Loud Ingectors at idle ??

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07-19-2001, 09:18 PM

matty

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Ok a completly warmed up VQ with 91K on it sitting at my macanic's garage and I wanted him to see my new horns..open up the hood with the engine idleing and i hear that same noise i always hear under the hood so i figure ill ask him if its my valves...he tells me to put my finger on one of the injectors and to feel the noise and feeling it makes...well thats whats making the clicking noise under the hood only heard at idle when warm...what do you think ?? bottle of injector cleaner may help ?? may be normal/possible/thats what he said?? anything will help

07-20-2001, 05:01 AM

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Originally posted by matty
Ok a completly warmed up VQ with 91K on it sitting at my macanic's garage and I wanted him to see my new horns..open up the hood with the engine idleing and i hear that same noise i always hear under the hood so i figure ill ask him if its my valves...he tells me to put my finger on one of the injectors and to feel the noise and feeling it makes...well thats whats making the clicking noise under the hood only heard at idle when warm...what do you think ?? bottle of injector cleaner may help ?? may be normal/possible/thats what he said?? anything will help

It is normal for fuel injectors to make a clicking sound when they operate. If your engine is running well, don't use an injector cleaner. Leave it alone.