metts 0 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I have a 1.6 estate with an annoying fault. When the engine gets hot it runs on three cylinders and then picks up on four again. It does not always do it. I also have a 1.8 so I have tried to eliminate the symptoms by swapping parts over. I have swapped the H.T leads and a vacuum switch (which is situated on the bulkhead) over but the fault remained. I checked the resistance of the injectors and they read 15 except one which read over 100. I thought I had found the fault as I also checked the electrical supply to the dodgy injector with a test light and found the supply to be good. I swapped the faulty injector from number three cylinder to number four to see if the fault moved. It did for a while but then number two injector started playing up. Can anybody help please. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
metts 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 I have a 1.6 estate with an annoying fault. When the engine gets hot it runs on three cylinders and then picks up on four again. It does not always do it. I also have a 1.8 so I have tried to eliminate the symptoms by swapping parts over. I have swapped the H.T leads and a vacuum switch (which is situated on the bulkhead) over but the fault remained. I checked the resistance of the injectors and they read 15 except one which read over 100. I thought I had found the fault as I also checked the electrical supply to the dodgy injector with a test light and found the supply to be good. I swapped the faulty injector from number three cylinder to number four to see if the fault moved. It did for a while but then number two injector started playing up. Can anybody help please.I have now cured the above problem by fitting some second hand injectors off of a 1.8 Carina. The injectors are colour coded so the fact they came off of a different engine did not matter. £25.00 for four injectors and the rail - job done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peteandtheresa 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 yes the injectors are annoying aren't they, :D read many forums and changed two of mine 10mins job well sorted :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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