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nissan fuel injector cleaning question

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Wallace - 14 Sep 2006 01:03 GMT
Hi,
I have a 2002 Altima that just had it's 60,000 mile service.
The mechanic recommended cleaning the fuel injectors as preventive
maintenance since Nissans have, in his words, "notorious problems with
injectors getting dirty leading to costly repairs."
I held off on it since I didn't feel like spending the extra $148 that was
his fee "MotorVac" injector cleaning until I had a chance to look into this
a bit.
I'm looking for opinions on if I should go ahead and have this done soon.
thanks,
Tom
Willshak - 14 Sep 2006 01:16 GMT
> Hi,
> I have a 2002 Altima that just had it's 60,000 mile service.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> thanks,
> Tom

Yes, go ahead and have it done, except for bringing it back to the shop.
Buy a can of injector cleaner and dump it in the gas tank. I went to
50,000 miles before I did it and although I didn't have any problems
before 50k, I didn't have any after either.

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AS - 14 Sep 2006 02:29 GMT
Knocking on wood, my 94 Maxima never had any issues with fuel injectors,
and I never used any cleaners.

> Hi,
> I have a 2002 Altima that just had it's 60,000 mile service.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> thanks,
> Tom
Rosco - 14 Sep 2006 12:09 GMT
AS cried out

> Knocking on wood, my 94 Maxima never had any issues with fuel
> injectors, and I never used any cleaners.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> done soon. thanks,
>> Tom

i occasionally buy a bottle of complete system cleaner and dump it in
my full tank. My 91 runs perfect even with 223,000 miles, gotta love
the 1.6
do_not_spam_me@my-deja.com - 18 Sep 2006 08:09 GMT
> I have a 2002 Altima that just had it's 60,000 mile service.
> The mechanic recommended cleaning the fuel injectors as preventive
> maintenance since Nissans have, in his words, "notorious problems with
> injectors getting dirty leading to costly repairs."
> I held off on it since I didn't feel like spending the extra $148 that was
> his fee [for] "MotorVac" injector cleaning

Get a new mechanic because yours is either a hack (it's common for
hacks to suggest injector cleaning and tune-ups as cure alls) , or a
crook who wants to pay off his Motorvac machine.  Injectors made that
recently don't clog nearly as much as those from the 1980s or even
early 1990s, and gasoline has better additive packages than it used to,
thanks to EPA and auto maker requirements.  Injector flushing can
actually cause damage by dissolving insulation from the gasoline-cooled
solonoid coils, so it shouldn't be done unless the injectors are known
to be clogged and suspected to be in need of replacement anyway.  Just
use a bottle of Techron about every 10,000 - 15,000 miles.  It'll not
only keep injectors clean -- safely, but also remove carbon from intake
valves and combustion chambers.    It's also sold as Chevron Pro Guard
Clean Up, not to be confused with Stay Clean or Fuel Injector Cleaner,
which are more dilute.
Peter Hill - 18 Sep 2006 18:50 GMT
>Hi,
>I have a 2002 Altima that just had it's 60,000 mile service.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>thanks,
>Tom

I've just replaced the seals on my 150K mile '91 200SX turbo S13
CA18DET.  One 'O' ring had started leaking because one injector was
rotated to get access through nest of wiring to a hose clamp when a
water hose split.  Looking though the hole in the plastic cap, the
injector nozzles were bright and clean.  The plastic caps had a light
coating of carbon on them that cleaned up with one go round with a
paper towel soaked in jizer (gunk or paraffin will do).

It's had a few doses of "injector cleaner" over the last 6 years,
usually Wynns or STP.  But it's mainly down to the additives in modern
fuels.  The last 6 years it's been run on supermarket 95RON unleaded
petrol (92PON/AKI gasoline?).  It's had 2 fuel filter changes.

I've had problems with the fuel pump power supply due to an after
market alarm immobiliser circuit rated at 2amps on a fuel pump circuit
that draws 5amps.  In the process of finding this I had the pump out.
The tank was bright and shiny with no trace of sediment or
contamination, the only muck was in the filter sock on the pump which
was washed out and put back into service.
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