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93 euro... injector leak...?


lustofdecay
01-28-2005, 07:29 PM
93 lumina runs great... diagnostic computer is reading everything fine, normal idle at 750rpm, good air flow and vaccuum, normal fuel pressure, but the car always smells like raw gas, seems to burn very rich, and wont start when hot. when its cold, it will start right up. if injectors were leaking, i would expect the car to sputter when it was idling or in gear, but it doesnt... any ideas?

toddgak
01-29-2005, 04:41 PM
It does sound like it could be your injectors sticking letting excessive fuel into the cyls. When the engine is could, it needs the extra fuel, but with a hotter engine, this same amount of fuel could be flooding your car. Try running some injector cleaner in the tank to cure this.

jeffcoslacker
01-29-2005, 07:24 PM
It can compensate by shortening injector dwell when running, at least to some degree, but might be leaking fuel into the cylinders when sitting. Like was said, they like a rich mix cold. I don't know. I think I'd get a fuel pressure gauge, hook it to the rail and see what's happening. If the regulator went bad, it might be the cause too. See what kinda pressure the rail holds when the engine is shut down, and what it has running. I think it shouldn't have much more than 40 psi running, but you might double check that. Should hold pressure when turned off. If you pinch the return line with the key on, and the pressure shoots up, the regulator is bad.

cadgear
01-29-2005, 08:22 PM
Per Haynes, the 93 should have between 40 and 47 psi. Just a spec lookup for you to go by.

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