If your car, truck, or utility vehicle is having any of the problems listed below, bring it to Clark’s Car Care for a professional fuel injection cleaning. The problems that we have listed are signs that the fuel injectors are clogged or leaking. We will inspect the injectors to make sure they aren’t cracked. If they are, we will replace them. If they aren’t, we will remove the carbon deposits that have clogged them.
Misfiring/Sputtering Engine
When you don’t have clean injectors spraying a steady stream of fuel into the combustion chamber, your engine will start to misfire and sputter. It will run better when the fuel is in the cylinders and sputter when it is being fuel-starved. The sporadic injection of fuel is a sign that carbon deposits have built up on the injectors and are affecting their ability to release the fuel.
An Engine That Idles Roughly
Your engine will also idle roughly if it is being fuel-starved. The engine needs plenty of fuel to run smoothly. If the injectors are unable to supply the engine with enough fuel, it will idle roughly and struggle to run. In severe cases, your engine may die because there isn’t enough fuel in the combustion chamber to sustain the idling.
A Dancing Tachometer Needle
Another thing that can happen if there is an unsteady stream of fuel heading into the combustion chamber is a dancing tachometer needle. The RPMs will increase when the combustion chamber gets an influx of fuel. They will then decrease when the combustion chamber is being starved of fuel. You will be able to see this as your tachometer needle bounces up and down to register the RPM changes.
A Reduction in Fuel Economy
Naturally, your engine is running horribly when it has the above problems. Consequently, it will burn through what fuel it has in an effort to prevent stalling. As such, you will notice a significant reduction in your fuel economy until we clean the clogged injectors.
Inability to Start Your Car
In fact, if the injectors get clogged to the point that they can no longer add fuel to the combustion chamber, you will end up with a dead engine that will not start. It’s a good idea to have your fuel injectors cleaned by us every 30,000 miles to avoid this problem.
Call Clark’s Car Care in Naperville, IL, today to set up a service visit for a fuel injector cleaning.