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- From: Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Cleaning injectors
- Message-ID: <712468889.F00007@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:20:21 -0500
- Lines: 32
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- JN> In article <1992Jul29.173824.150349@lexmark.com> mollett@lexmark.com
- JN> (Vic Mollett) writes:
- JN> >Has anyone ever cleaned diesel injectors?? Is it the same as cleaning
- JN> gasoline
- JN> >injectors?? My 240D (which has Bosch mechanical fuel injection, but I
- JN> don't
- JN> >know what series) could use some cleaning I think (rougher than normal
- JN> idle
- JN> >sometimes). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
- JN>
- JN> I'm not particularly qualified to make suggestions, but what I CAN do
- JN> is
- JN> pass on some information which I received from a Mercedes mechanic.
- JN>
- JN> Anyway, during the course of the tutoring session, I mentioned that I
- JN> had
- JN> heard people say that it would be a good idea just on general
- JN> principals
- JN> to get the injectors cleaned on a car this old (1977 model). He said
- JN> no,
- JN> that unless there was a problem (usually characterized by hard
- JN> starting)
- JN> that the best thing would be to add some Redline to the fuel every
- JN> now and
- JN> then, and that would keep the injectors cleaned out pretty well.
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- That is correct. Diesel fuel is a pretty good solvent; better than gasoline,
- apparently. You need to pay more attention to the fuel filter in your Diesel
- engine, however. Most cases of bad idling can be cured by adjusting the valves.
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