Cleaning Fuel Injectors w/Brake Parts Cleaner?

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

There is a valve in the injector that will not open until it reaches a
certain pressure.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leach, Michael" <michael.leach@lmco.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:56 AM
Subject: Cleaning Fuel Injectors w/Brake Parts Cleaner?


> I don't remember who it was that said they cleaned their injectors by
> spraying brake parts cleaner into the inlet but I tried this and nothing
> came out the end of the injector.  It all just came back out on the inlet
> side.   I was really hoping to do this and see the misting pattern and
know
> that the injectors were fine.  What am I missing here?...do I need more
> pressure to make the injector mist?
>
> 16v injectors removed from the fuel line (I do not want the obvious
> questions of did you take the injector off first?)
>
> and I was using one of those straw like spray attachments on the nozzle of
> the can
>
> thanks
>
> Michael Leach
> LAMPS Integration and Test
> Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
> Owego, NY 13827
> 607-751-7542
> FAX 751-6198
> michael.leach@lmco.com
>
>
>
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