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bimmerfane21
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leaky injectors....

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my injectors that are only a couple years old at the most are leaking and not opening at the same time.
i have flushed my injectors.
i pulled the poppet out wit a small wire very carefully, clamped a hose on the injector and back flushed it to get rid of anything in there, and they still leak just as bad.
i was very careful when putting the wire around the injector poppet to pull it out a little to flush them.
any ideas worth cleaning again or need new injectors


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Jeroen
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Re: leaky injectors....

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Probably the seals are pretty much dead after 35+ years of service. It's not cheap but replacing them with new ones is the only option left if a thorough and careful cleaning didn't help.
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Re: leaky injectors....

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they are only a couple years old
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Re: leaky injectors....

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Oh sorry for overlooking that! That is really weird. Puzzled as much as you are now!
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Re: leaky injectors....

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Shameful. Ill keep trying to adjust mixture screw slowly and dist to get it going again as from previous post. Hoping to get her to start again
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