FIC Injectors
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FIC Injectors
Ordered a set of rebuilt injectors from FIC and installed them Friday, now the 92 takes numerous turns of the engine to get started. Never had this problem and I think its because they sold me 22lb instead of 24lb. The first time I called them I told them I heard I needed to go with the 24s and the guy agreed but the second time they said I needed the 22s after I mentioned the 24s. I figured maybe they make them how they are supposed to be but call them 22s. Whats everyone think? Ive never had a starting problem before now, is there anything else that I may have overlooked? I reset the battery and let it idle per instructions.
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did you drive it 30 plus miles to let it relearn?
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Its certainly not impossible that the injectors are somehow related to the long crank problem. I just wouldn't skip any of the regular diagnostic steps and assume that the injectors are at fault even though it has all happened just after they were replaced. I mean they are newly remanufactured right ? I would make the assumption they are ok, and you have another problem brewing.
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Its certainly not impossible that the injectors are somehow related to the long crank problem. I just wouldn't skip any of the regular diagnostic steps and assume that the injectors are at fault even though it has all happened just after they were replaced. I mean they are newly remanufactured right ? I would make the assumption they are ok, and you have another problem brewing.
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Certainly not, but I have read here and there about injector size and with what I have read it casts doubt. I just walked down to the garage and did a fuel pressure test as 1993C4LT1 suggested and it IS reading 41psi but what is weird is that when I first turned the key to the ON position it read about 35psi and after I turned it off then back on it read 41psi. Now I checked the fuel pressure just recently and it read 42-43 as always when checked before but all of a sudden it reads 41psi and flaky so coincidence I guess but strange. There anyway air could be in the rails and causing a problem? I will call FIC and talk to Jon Monday and will probably replace the fuel pump regardless.
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My sniffer isn't as good as it used to be, I smelled a little maybe but that could be the errant gas spilled while connecting the the tester. I figured Id see if it would hold a vacuum but it wouldn't, am I correct to think it should hold vacuum?
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Certainly not, but I have read here and there about injector size and with what I have read it casts doubt. I just walked down to the garage and did a fuel pressure test as 1993C4LT1 suggested and it IS reading 41psi but what is weird is that when I first turned the key to the ON position it read about 35psi and after I turned it off then back on it read 41psi. Now I checked the fuel pressure just recently and it read 42-43 as always when checked before but all of a sudden it reads 41psi and flaky so coincidence I guess but strange. There anyway air could be in the rails and causing a problem? I will call FIC and talk to Jon Monday and will probably replace the fuel pump regardless.