Date:         Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:38:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Injector cleaning

Hello,I once had a vanagon that had clogged fuel injectors.The van had been
sitting for 2 or3 years,and that seems to be enough time to cause the moter
not to run.The gas had turned bad and clogged the fi outlets.Once I
diagnosed the problem,the fix was ez.First, I removed all injectors.Each
had a rubber hose about 1.5 inches long.I used a tea spoon,and filled this
hose w/concentrated fuel injector cleaner.The kind that you put into your
gas tank.Next,I got an old valve stem from an old tire and carved off the
rubber till it would fit into the rubber hose on the fuel injector. I
clamped this w/the cleaner inside.Then I attached an electrical fitting to
the fuel injector electrical connection.This was donated by Crazy Ray
junkyard,Jessup Md.It was the connector that normally goes there,but I
could not cut the connector from the van.Next,I attached this connector to
a 12volt battery and energised the injector,opening it up.Lastly,I attached
a bicycle tire pump to the valve stem and forced the cleaner through the
injector.I did this 3 times for each injector.I could see the before and
after injection cloud,before my very eyes,and what a difference!It was so
clean,that I put these injectors on my good vanagon .That was 15,000 miles
ago and they work as new.If you do this ,be sure to have plunty of water
avaliable in case of fire.I was real sloppy,and dripped cleaner
everywhere,but I couldnt get the cleaner to ignite,no matter how careless I
could be. .Maybe the proper connector prevented any spark.Good luck,this is
the cheap way out,Roger Sisler