> Many cars have an extra injector in the intake somewhere
> that acts somewhat like a choke. If this extra injector
> goes bad you might get symptoms like hard starting and
> fuel leakage, although not much fuel could leak without
> the pump running. I would suggest pouring a can of
> Chemtool in the tank and hoping that the injector cures
> itself. Make sure you have pleanty of gas in there. I
> poured a whole can in a motorcycle tank with three
> gallons of gas. It sure did clean it well. It even
> cleaned the electrodes off the sparkplugs.
> Andy
> > A buddy of mine has a 1995 6 cylinder Chevy Blazer with 73,000 miles.
> > Lately he has been noticing a hard start problem first thing in the morning.
> > When he get's it cranked, white smoke plumes out. A little rough running at
> > first, but once warmed up it runs fine. He took it to the dealer this
> > morning and they told him that fuel is leaking into the cylinders due to a
> > bad central port injector (or something like this). I gather that this
> > thing controls fuel flow to the fuel injectors. The said that they have to
> > take the intake off and it would be $1,200 to fix. They say that failure to
> > fix it will lead to further deterioration and carbon buildup, and possible
> > problems with the catalinic converter and passing emmision inspections.
> >
> > Does this sound familiar to anyone? Are there any other repair options?
> > Thanks for your help.
Some cars have fuel acumulators that cn supply fuel even without the pump
running. The Volvo 240's and 260's could reall surprise you when you pull
a fuel line off after the car has been sitting for a few days abd fuel
shoots all over te place!
Peace,
Pat
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