fuel injector video (car won't start)

lycanthrope · Post by **lycanthrope** » March 29th, 2007, 9:20 pm

can someone please look at this video i took of the fuel rail?
(it's a small video, less than 1 megabyte (731 kb))

http://africadrilling.com/misc/injectors_.html

i've lifted it out to see if the injectors were spraying (the car won't start). It's a 1.8 ltr kia (don't hit me, it's my wife's car), the spray doesn't look consistant, so i'm trying to rule out what to change next, i've changed the fuel filter already...

i know if any forum could help diagnose this prob it would be this forum...

would the pressure regulator cause the inconsistant misting?

Thanks in advance you guys...

Leon

Cy · Post by Cy » March 29th, 2007, 10:03 pm

1st thing: Seafoam...Get a can and put the whole thing in like a 1/2 to 1/4 tank of gas..then drive the piss outa it for like 100-200km...

2nd: if that doesn't work then from what i'm seeing..The injector is fkt or a bad wire connection...

Put a 12volt test light on the injectors and make sure it's firing every time the light comes on...

If it's not...then it's beyond me..?

lycanthrope · Post by **lycanthrope** » March 31st, 2007, 12:23 am

ta da!!!

finally figured out what it was, for some reason my wife's kia won't burn pure ethanol (the everclear on the right)
well, it's not pure ethanol i'm guessing ~80%, heh heh, i was tempted to take a sip...
just kidding...

oh, and i went to the gas station tonight to see who i needed to speak to and the pump
she put gas at on Monday was disconnected, she put ~3/4 of a tank of this stuff...

fun fun stuff, heh heh...

leon