Fuel injector cleaning

Diagnostics and repair of injectors: main aspects

To understand how important it is to have your injectors checked and repaired in a timely manner, you need to have an idea of ​​how a car’s internal combustion engine works.

In simple terms, its work looks like this:

• • fuel is injected into the working chamber;
  • under the action of an electric spark, it ignites;
  • the gases formed during combustion have a larger volume and push the piston out;
  • the piston drives the chassis mechanisms;
  • the car moves.

In this process, the injectors are responsible for preparing, dosing, and atomizing the fuel. If they are faulty – they have failed or are simply clogged – this will negatively affect the overall operation of the engine with all the ensuing consequences.

In such cases, in order to understand the cause, diagnostics will first be needed. Repair of injectors or their replacement can be done on your own, but more often in such cases, motorists prefer to visit a service station.

Why do injectors get clogged?

The injector is a small fountain that sprays fuel, if dirt gets into it, it starts to work unstable or gets clogged altogether. This happens in cases where you use low-quality gasoline with a high content of heavy impurities.

Unfortunately, even when buying expensive types of fuel, you cannot be completely protected from counterfeiting. Therefore, from time to time, even expensive cars that are refueled only at premium gas stations need to repair injectors. For modern cars, computer diagnostics of injectors is carried out. Replacing or cleaning clogged elements is carried out immediately after the inspection and does not take much time.

How to understand that you need diagnostics of engine injectors?

Since the operation of the car largely depends on the injectors, you will feel their failure quite quickly.

In general, the following signs can be distinguished that indicate that your car needs diagnostics of engine injectors: