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The older injectors will go bad quicker if the car sits
Posted by
DVDBURN (MD)
on December 30, 2007 at 9:51 AM
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when something breaks, upgrade :) on a related note..
posted by ali300zx
on December 29, 2007 at 10:13 PM
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for long periods of time when you have ethanol in your gas. If the gas is flowing there is less reaction time from the effects of the ethanol. Either way its going to get them.
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2 more injectors bite the dust
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Alan(NJ)
21:36:30 12/29/07
Sounds like a Z alright. (n/m)
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ZXRider(SoCal)
21:40:16 12/29/07
yeah im tired of these old injectors dieing
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Alan(NJ)
21:42:51 12/29/07
when something breaks, upgrade :) on a related note..
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ali300zx
22:13:50 12/29/07
its true when one dies, the rest follow
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Alan(NJ)
22:23:47 12/29/07
I have only had one fail in over 7 years of z ownership
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ShakaShaun(Denver)
22:56:30 12/29/07
u are lucky (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
22:57:53 12/29/07
I believe it's about the fuel. If you have injectors failing
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ShakaShaun(Denver)
23:54:22 12/29/07
i try to stick with BP and Sunoco
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Alan(NJ)
23:56:29 12/29/07
Sunoco is your problem - high E10 content. (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
00:28:53 12/30/07
fwiw, I've used strictly nothing but Sunoco fuel
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TTFairladyZ
01:00:06 12/30/07
going to be inevitable the more ethanol spreads (n/m)
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Guapo
00:04:03 12/30/07
hopefully thats with the old style injectors
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Alan(NJ)
00:07:08 12/30/07
Should be good to go with the 740's (n/m)
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Guapo
00:07:41 12/30/07
yeah in a stock motor =/
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Alan(NJ)
00:10:42 12/30/07
No harm in using them on a stock motor. Install the
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Guapo
00:13:07 12/30/07
true true
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Alan(NJ)
00:14:42 12/30/07
Ethanol has been in denvers gas for years now.
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ShakaShaun(Denver)
00:21:49 12/30/07
what gas stations do you go to? (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
00:23:22 12/30/07
Phillips 66. but in Denver phillips gas is refined locally
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ShakaShaun(Denver)
14:03:56 12/30/07
Shrug. Just a matter of time. (n/m)
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Guapo
00:24:28 12/30/07
You are correct, if it ohm's out of spec it's dead
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SilverTwin(OH)
23:23:34 12/29/07
i may take you up on that offer :) jk
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ali300zx
23:34:29 12/29/07
some people are stuck in their ways
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Alan(NJ)
23:39:04 12/29/07
so true..
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ali300zx
14:52:17 12/30/07
The older injectors will go bad quicker if the car sits -
DVDBURN (MD)
09:51:26 12/30/07
that doesnt really make sense. they are ALWAYS in ethanol
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AntiHero
08:49:18 12/31/07
FYI, when you do a power balance test, the software shuts
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whatsthegoodword
23:22:18 12/29/07
Okay, but if the cylinder isn't firing in the first place
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Guapo
23:34:45 12/29/07
yup. 3 and 6 this time
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Alan(NJ)
23:42:28 12/29/07
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