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Subject:Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:03:16 -0700

How about it being the actual mechanisim, the motor itself?   Faulty valve,
cylinder leak, etc?

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've tried Jim's suggestion. It works well.
>
> With 25 miles on a used serviced injector, maybe the issue went
> unnoticed at that time?
> Maybe it was poorly serviced? And regardless of occasional starts,
> over 5 years fuel pressure obviously leaks down. I don't know enough
> of injector construction but would guess that the moving parts inside
> could dry out, gum up and stop moving.
>
> Back flush injectors?
>
> On 10/15/14, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > .....The injector pulse
> > is good so I suspect a bad injector,  plugged or partially so. Yet there
> is
> > only about 25 miles -but about 5 years of sitting idle and never running
> > since the injectors were serviced just  before it was parked.
> >
> > Would anyone else think "bad injector" as well?
>
>
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