>I noticed something else. When it runs poorly.. the injectors make a >slight tapping noise, when it begins to run better,, the tapping goes >away. The worse it idles the louder the taping noise as soon as the noise >goes away, the engine runs very smoothly. This operation is erratic. It >is almost as if there is a vaccum leak on a carburated engine. I spoke to a >local repair shop and they sugested changing th e fuel filter, siting that >if there was too little fuel in the injector rail the injector would be >empty or close to it and yuo would hear the the seleniod in the injector >open and close
Are you sure it's the injectors tapping? A loose valve seat that holds the valve open can also sound similar and cause rough running.
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