DIY injector cleaning

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #1
    thinking about how i could go about cleaning them while they are out of the car, you lot got any wise idea's? i aint got a syringe or any carb cleaner left...which makes thing oh so much easier....

    cheers
  2. Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Scotland Posts: 1764 Because racecar
    #2
    Leave them soaking in coke?

    Once done, snort them clean.
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #3
    You can buy ultrasonic cleaning bath kits. No idea how effective theyd be on injectors but they do a job on most other stuff.
  4. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by chompy View Post
    Leave them soaking in coke?

    Once done, snort them clean.
    hmm, well my drug habbit isnt as bad as it used to be, ill have to settle for coke-cola lol cheers for that though, ill try that

    ill have a nose on ebay for those ultrasonic bath thingy's

    cheers lads
  5. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #5
    Problem being is how are you going to know the flow rate?without this you can't tell if an injector is faulty.
  6. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevo67 View Post
    Problem being is how are you going to know the flow rate?without this you can't tell if an injector is faulty.
    that is a problem i have thought of....i was thinking of getting a clear plastic tube, somehow feed the injector something at a pressure and time it, mark the level, next injector and so on, may not be brilliant nor accurate, but at least it should give me a rough idea, i would send them off to be done, but it is a bit expensive...
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mi5terSIR View Post
    that is a problem i have thought of....i was thinking of getting a clear plastic tube, somehow feed the injector something at a pressure and time it, mark the level, next injector and so on, may not be brilliant nor accurate, but at least it should give me a rough idea, i would send them off to be done, but it is a bit expensive...

    Thats pretty much how injectors are tested anyway, so tear in.
  8. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #8
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gabbastard View Post
    Thats pretty much how injectors are tested anyway, so tear in.
    that sounds promising, as long as im pointing the right way lol, ill get at it.

    cheers
  9. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 215
    #9
    How are you going to pulse the injector?
  10. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #10
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by oxass View Post
    How are you going to pulse the injector?
    ill use my powerprobe probably, or rig up the pc power supply to pulse it, with a moment switch or something