injector cleaning?

[wminmi]

Anybody know of a "how-to" write up on this?

Have around 300k on my '89, and I highly doubt the injectors have ever been cleaned....

Did a search and all I could find was the injector chart and other injector swap posts, nothing about cleaning and re-install.

TIA

[dpuckett]

Usually, you take them to an injection shop to have them cleaned and pop pressures reset.

Remove is pretty simple- remove the lines and retaining nuts, and pull them out. Ok, the last part is the hard part, but isnt so bad, either.

Dan

[mprmn08]

just take em out and soak them in diesel over night or something. good enough

[dpuckett]

Um, dont they soak in diesel fuel all the time?

[mprmn08]

Um, dont they soak in diesel fuel all the time?

i know it seems stupid but i did it to mine and it broke up alot of carbon. i had a pile of it on the bottom of the bucket i had them soaking in.

[PToombs]

Um, dont they soak in diesel fuel all the time?

Only the insides!

[gear jammer 91"]

I took mine apart and soaked the tips and bodies in a tub of carburetor cleaner. If you do it, just do them one at a time, and make sure they are absolutely clean before you put them back together, or your gonna have a leak.

[Smokem1]

Cleaning the tips off will do very little as far as R&R is concerned. You need to have them checked for opening pressure variance and seating area wear.

[gear jammer 91"]

Cleaning the tips off will do very little as far as R&R is concerned. You need to have them checked for opening pressure variance and seating area wear.

That's probably why I couldn't tell a difference before or after. My truck wasn't running rough, I just had the injectors out while the head was being re-surfaced and I was bored.