HELP!! What would cause an injector to stick open??
HELP!! What would cause an injector to stick open??
I have been chasing a huge miss since last fall. There is massive fuel being dumped (puddles on the garage floor) into the exhaust and it drowns out the spark. I verified this by putting new plugs in, firing up the car and the #8 comes out shiny and new (and wet) as well as the header tube being much colder then the rest. The fuel is drowning the spark out. So #8 it is.
I've switched the #8 injector to another hole and it didn't do anything. Still shiny new plug in #8. I am convinced it is the wiring but have gone through the harness and versafueler wiring and don't see anything cut or out of the ordinary. I'm running a versafuler and 72# injectors on a 95 TA btw.
The opti was just done last month so that should be OK.
What in the wiring would cause an injector to stick open. I am getting 11.55V from the pink wire on #8 and all the wires on the driver side for that matter. The ground wire looks fine. Is there another ground I'm missing??
Any ideas??
Thanks
I've switched the #8 injector to another hole and it didn't do anything. Still shiny new plug in #8. I am convinced it is the wiring but have gone through the harness and versafueler wiring and don't see anything cut or out of the ordinary. I'm running a versafuler and 72# injectors on a 95 TA btw.
The opti was just done last month so that should be OK.
What in the wiring would cause an injector to stick open. I am getting 11.55V from the pink wire on #8 and all the wires on the driver side for that matter. The ground wire looks fine. Is there another ground I'm missing??
Any ideas??
Thanks
If the ground (signal) wire to the injector was grounded all the time, the injector would stay open.
[edit] Dude, you double posted...
https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=701908
[edit] Dude, you double posted...

https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=701908
Last edited by shoebox; Jul 28, 2009 at 03:00 PM.
If the ground (signal) wire to the injector was grounded all the time, the injector would stay open.
[edit] Dude, you double posted...
https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=701908
[edit] Dude, you double posted...

https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=701908
Yeah..I didn't know where I'd get the most looks.
Hmmm. I separated that wire out and all looks good.
Another thing I just found, when the fuel pump is primed for the the 2 seconds when you turn the key on the pressure spikes to 48 or so then would settle to 39 or so showing the fuel rails are presurized. Now it bleeds back to zero.
If I disconnect the #8 injector it will hold the pressure. As soon as I plug the injector back in it bleeds down to 0 pressure.
Diagnose
Trace the ground wire on the number 8 injector all the way back to the versafueler and check the splice of the wires that connect the versafueler to the pcm. It sounds like there has to be a issue with the ground wire being grounded to a ground and not through the unit as intended.
I will redo the switching again tomorrow. I could have picked up the wrong injector.
Trace the ground wire on the number 8 injector all the way back to the versafueler and check the splice of the wires that connect the versafueler to the pcm. It sounds like there has to be a issue with the ground wire being grounded to a ground and not through the unit as intended.
The wire is grounded or the fueler is faulty.
Agree
I agree totally Shoe...and thank you so very much for all the work you do in maintaining your site. It has helped me countless times. Currently laid off..but when I do find a new job..I will definitely make a contribution.
Bob
Bob
Hook a test light from battery + to the side of the injector that the PCM grounds. See if it's getting a pulsing signal.
If it is, you may have a stuck open injector (gunked up)
If the test light stays solid on, you probably have a fried output transistor in the PCM, which might be easily fixable.
Easiest test is to swap in a different PCM and see if the problem is solved.
If your PCM appears to be ok, then that wire may be shorting to ground in the harness or something.
If it is, you may have a stuck open injector (gunked up)
If the test light stays solid on, you probably have a fried output transistor in the PCM, which might be easily fixable.
Easiest test is to swap in a different PCM and see if the problem is solved.
If your PCM appears to be ok, then that wire may be shorting to ground in the harness or something.
Last edited by MikeGyver; Jul 28, 2009 at 08:28 PM.
wooo double posting is fuuuuun! https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=701908


