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Subject:Re: BAD gas mileage and injector service
From:Kenneth Lewis
Date:Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:17:36 -0400

TJ,

http://www.witchhunter.com/ for injector cleaning.

Also measure your engine's vacuum. http://www.aa1car.com/library/vacleak.htm
Rings and such could be at the end of their life.

Ken

On Wed, June 29, 2011 10:55 am, TJ Hemrick wrote:
> All,
>   I'm nailing out a whopping 10-12 mpg in my van and my first thought
> turned
> to how "rough" my 24 year old injectors must be.  My first reaction was to
> get new ones and then I wondered about getting them "balanced and
> blueprinted" at one of those places that do it for big horsepower cars.
>  Does anyone have a contact for someone who they'd recommend to the list
> based on the quality of their work and fairness of price for such
> services.
>
>   Along with that, any other thoughts on why I'm burning fuel as fast as
> the
> QE 2?  Oh, and that was highway mileage... Ugh...
>
> Thanks,
>
> TJ
>
>

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