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1 bad injector (i think)

Old Oct 2, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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1 bad injector (i think)

for about 2 weeks my car just hasnt been running like it should.... so today i decieded to check my injectors the ghetto way by just pulling individual coils. well i pulled #6 first and the car bogged, then i checked #1 and there was a very little differance compared to the rest of them. is it possible for it to just be alittle bad and if it hasnt gone out completely is there anyway i can "repair" it for the time (hopefully till summer when i dont have any college to pay for fer 3 months).

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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 04:45 AM
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Try running some seafoam through it to clean them.
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 03:04 PM
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i actually do that every 5k to 7500 miles and the problem seemed to start last time i did that a couple weeks ago
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by longpole938
for about 2 weeks my car just hasnt been running like it should
Can you describe that more?
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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seems like theres a very small miss at idle and wheni listen to the exhaust it seems to "chug" on one of the cylinder... acceration doesnt seem to be effected too much, im more worried about wasting gas just sitting at a light
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 08:37 PM
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Ah I see, Mine does that from time to time but it cured itself after using injector cleaner and getting new plugs.
Old Oct 4, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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see thats why im confused.... just sea foamed it no more than 500 miles ago and my plugs are only about 4 months old (if that)

would you suggest i do a full sea foam right before i do my next oil change??

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Old Oct 4, 2004 | 12:00 PM
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Never used the stuff before but I heard it does good things. IIRC from other threads, you should dump half into your gas tank and the other half into your brake booster line.
Old Oct 4, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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any links to this sea foam..
Old Oct 4, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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There are plenty on the fluids and lubrication section.
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