I have a few questions about the diesel injection system.
when the car is cold it "knocks" until it is warmed up, atleast on the first notch(100 degrees) of the gauge.
is this knocking the nailing i have read about before? i thought the engine was just old, but if its just a fuel injector problem, ill get at it and get rid of it, i cant do anything internal, but injectors come off easily=)
i ran some sea-foam cleaner through it that my dad got for me and it seems to start a little easier and now i want more! i want the durned thing to turn at the first peck of the starter motor! not 3 cranks!
i was reading(as always...) and i came across something over at shopforum and it said the injector is only 5 parts(?) and generally only needs to be cleaned with laquer thinner(which i have in abundance) a brass brush and a toothpick.
the main questions are as follows:
i cannot find diesel purge locally and want to clean the fuel system as best i can(ive done the filters and tank/tank screen (pictures soon. maybe along with some injector pictures)
would i be better served to spend the 20 bux to have the purge delivered?
will this cleaning procedure produce the same(or better) result?
and finally--
will i futz around and lose an errant spring with a bad attitude thatll go shooting off into some dark corner of the garage, or even worse...way off into the camelllia in the yard? (ohh that camellia...the metal things always travel to it, as if it were magnetized! once it dented my car.. but i digress..)
so what say youall?
when the car is cold it "knocks" until it is warmed up, atleast on the first notch(100 degrees) of the gauge.
is this knocking the nailing i have read about before? i thought the engine was just old, but if its just a fuel injector problem, ill get at it and get rid of it, i cant do anything internal, but injectors come off easily=)
i ran some sea-foam cleaner through it that my dad got for me and it seems to start a little easier and now i want more! i want the durned thing to turn at the first peck of the starter motor! not 3 cranks!
i was reading(as always...) and i came across something over at shopforum and it said the injector is only 5 parts(?) and generally only needs to be cleaned with laquer thinner(which i have in abundance) a brass brush and a toothpick.
the main questions are as follows:
i cannot find diesel purge locally and want to clean the fuel system as best i can(ive done the filters and tank/tank screen (pictures soon. maybe along with some injector pictures)
would i be better served to spend the 20 bux to have the purge delivered?
will this cleaning procedure produce the same(or better) result?
and finally--
will i futz around and lose an errant spring with a bad attitude thatll go shooting off into some dark corner of the garage, or even worse...way off into the camelllia in the yard? (ohh that camellia...the metal things always travel to it, as if it were magnetized! once it dented my car.. but i digress..)
so what say youall?