The symptoms of failing injectors are always broadly the same: rough running, harder starting, a drop in power, higher fuel consumption and smoke from the exhaust. The trouble is that one set of symptoms covers three different faults, and each one is fixed differently. Below: how to tell them apart before you spend money. Clogged, […]
Types of Injectors in Cars
Popular round-ups split injectors into mechanical, electronic, common rail and piezo as though that were one list. It is not one list, it is three different criteria mixed together. A common rail injector is of course electronic, and a piezo injector almost always works in a common rail system. This article separates those axes and […]
How to Clean Injectors? A Guide for Drivers
Before choosing a method it helps to know where the deposits actually sit. An injector gets dirty from two directions at once, and most cleaning methods only reach one of them. This article says plainly what each method removes, what it cannot touch, and what you must never do to an injector. Where the deposits […]
How to check which injector is damaged in a car?
Fuel injection is an extremely important component of a car’s engine fuel system. Damage to one of the injectors can cause many problems with engine operation, which is why it is important to quickly identify the damaged injector and replace it. In this article, we will present a few simple steps that will help you […]
Injector Reconditioning - When and Why Is It Worth Doing?
Injector reconditioning is not a service item. It is a repair you carry out when measurement shows an injector has drifted out of tolerance. This article explains how to tell the two apart, what reconditioning cannot fix, and why the job most often fails not on the bench but at the laptop. What wears in […]
What Are Piezoelectric Injectors?
Piezoelectric injectors are special devices used to inject fuel into a vehicle’s engine. They are equipped with special piezoelectric elements that allow precise control over the amount of fuel delivered to the engine. How do piezoelectric injectors work? Piezoelectric injectors work by harnessing piezoelectric properties. While the engine is running, electric pulses are sent to […]
Engine Flush - What Is It and Is It Safe for Your Engine?
Do you own a car? Are you interested in the automotive world? Or maybe you simply heard a phrase like engine flush at some point? No matter which group you belong to - it is worth knowing what exactly this term means. In today’s article we will explain the concept of flushing the power unit […]
Engine carbon deposits - what are they and how do they form?
The engine is the heart of every vehicle, which is why it is so important to constantly take care of keeping it in good condition. Unfortunately, we sometimes forget about this, and in the meantime a great deal of dangerous deposits builds up inside it, among which carbon deposits deserve particular attention. What are they […]
Engine Flush - Is It Worth Using?
Do you own a car? In that case, you are probably aware of how important it is to change the engine oil regularly. More and more often, a standard oil service is supplemented with an engine flush using special preparations known as flushes. These products are designed to clean the engine of various types of […]