Well took the day off to tackle the fuel injectors. They have been in the back of my mind for a while, as been seeing lots on how the filter baskets start failing and cause running issues.
Bought elring seals, stainless mesh baskets from AKS and I have the injector seal fitting tools already and went for it. I had carbon cleaned the inlet valves about 5 years 20k miles ago and was also curious to see how bad they had become, if at all.....they were really bad the first time I did them.
After striping it all down and removing the inlet manifold, I was surprised as to how much carbon had built up again....but not as much as when I first did it.
Injectors were dirty so soaked and cleaned with a tooth brush the heads
Removed the baskets which were also dirty and falling apart. Caught them just in time.
Cleaned the inlet valves to about a 90% clean state....after and before.
Flushed the injectors out using a can of carb cleaner connected to its pipe and then into a tyre valve. Used a 9v battery to cycle the injector on and off until a fine mist was produced.
New seals fitted to injectors and manifold
Put it all back together, primed a couple of times and she fired straight up..... thank the lord LOL
All good and no leaks, but will monitor how she drives and cold starts.
