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hi i bought an engine and put it in from SSS automotive and i didnt know u should put ur old injectors in the new engine or get the new 1's cleaned since they would have stuff dried out in them. nehow i was told the old petrol has dried up and now since they have had new fuel in them the old stuff went sticky and blocked them

neways i got a dyno and they told me my injectors are playing up and need cleaning...

so i was thinking im taking the head of my car tomorrow and i wanted to know is there some way i can clean my injectors when i take them out at home,

cause it would save alot of money??

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are you sure of this? i mean engines and injectors run for many 100,000kms without any cleaning or changing etc and they work fine

oh i forgot to say when i had it dyno'd they took out my fuel filter, it must have been that old the filter broke off its casing and all the stuff in it must have went through into the injectors

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Yeah cleaning injectors is no problem if you have your own ultrasonic cleaner, maybe a jeweler could do it cheap their their ultrasonic cleaner, done by pros who does fuel injectors your looking at about 20-40 per injector cleaned.

Yeah cleaning injectors is no problem if you have your own ultrasonic cleaner, maybe a jeweler could do it cheap their their ultrasonic cleaner, done by pros who does fuel injectors your looking at about 20-40 per injector cleaned.

yeah i know thats why i was thinking maybe i could clean it myself but if there is no way i can do it. i guess ide just have to take it to them...

Yeah cleaning injectors is no problem if you have your own ultrasonic cleaner, maybe a jeweler could do it cheap their their ultrasonic cleaner, done by pros who does fuel injectors your looking at about 20-40 per injector cleaned.

Show me a 'pro' that uses an immersion ultrasonic cleaner to 'clean' fuel injectors and I'll show you a 'pro' to run a mile from. Using that type of cleaner WILL result in damage to the injector pintle valve (it's a type of wear damage and the technical term is false brinelling)

A 'pro' that knows what he is doing will use a dedicated injector cleaning bench in which a special cleaning fluid is passed through the injector as it is cycled using a dedicated controller (ie very similar to the job the engine ECU does). At no time is the injector body immersed in the fluid.

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