Wont start without pressing down gas pedal. (Sometimes)
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That's nice to know, but doesn't say much when you try to diagnose leaking injectors. You want to search for something called a leak-down test.
The thought behind this, is that you measure fuel pressures after you shut the engine off. The speed and characteristics of how the fuel drops, will give you valuable information.
The thought behind this, is that you measure fuel pressures after you shut the engine off. The speed and characteristics of how the fuel drops, will give you valuable information.
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That's nice to know, but doesn't say much when you try to diagnose leaking injectors. You want to search for something called a leak-down test. The thought behind this, is that you measure fuel pressures after you shut the engine off. The speed and characteristics of how the fuel drops, will give you valuable information.
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Might try pulling each injector, looking for the one with a wet tip. Or you can pull the entire assembly, rail and all and set it on some paper towel, then turn the key to build pressure while looking for leaks.
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I would be leaning towards a marginal battery well before looking into a fuel issue. A marginal battery may have enough charge for lights and other accessories, but can not hold a charge to keep the engine running once it is started. Autozone can load test your battery for free, even if yours is new it could be causing a problem.
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I would be leaning towards a marginal battery well before looking into a fuel issue. A marginal battery may have enough charge for lights and other accessories, but can not hold a charge to keep the engine running once it is started. Autozone can load test your battery for free, even if yours is new it could be causing a problem.
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It would be good if you could have the gauge on there at least 30 minutes, like suggested.
You want to see when it starts dropping and how quick, It will almost give you the answer to your question and where to look..
You want to see when it starts dropping and how quick, It will almost give you the answer to your question and where to look..
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It is in no way electrical. Plus I have a new starter, battery and alternator
I'm golden haha i don't think a faulty battery that decides to act up rarely can cause my motor to stutter and have rough idle for a solid 45 seconds then be fine the rest if the day. I'm almost positive it's a fuel issue. Just not sure exactly what, gonna go back to autozone and see if I can rent the tool they used to test the fuel pressure
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It is in no way electrical. Plus I have a new starter, battery and alternator
I'm golden haha i don't think a faulty battery that decides to act up rarely can cause my motor to stutter and have rough idle for a solid 45 seconds then be fine the rest if the day. I'm almost positive it's a fuel issue. Just not sure exactly what, gonna go back to autozone and see if I can rent the tool they used to test the fuel pressure
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I had a similar issue for a bit after a trip to the sand. I could keep it running if I kept giving it a little gas but it wanted to die. I had to replace all my injectors with new out in the dunes. (And lucky me I got a bad one out of the box and one other one had a different number from the other 5. Good ol' Napa) Figured we'd just misdiagnosed it because it was acting the same, swapped which vehicle was on the trailer and drove the 13 hrs home in the Rickety-Rig. When I got home it turned out it really was the injectors (one was dumping fuel constantly). Good luck and hope you've solved yours by now.
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