Had slow start problem when the car sat for awhile and diagnosed as leaking injector(s).
Replaced them all with VDO brand. That fixed the problem, the car would fire up with no grinding of the starter, no matter the conditions.
Now a month or so later and several hundred miles, the problem is there again. I verified the leak by letting it sit 2 hours after a nice ride, removed the cap on the schrader valve on the fuel rail and pushed down the valve...no gasoline squirted out.
I guess it is possible that a new injector failed but why didn't it fail right from the start? Could there possibly be something getting through the fuel filter that has affected one or more of the injectors?
The car is a 2004 with 59K miles, I doubt that the fuel filter has ever been changed. Would running a tank with fuel injector cleaner possibly help...or hurt?
Replaced them all with VDO brand. That fixed the problem, the car would fire up with no grinding of the starter, no matter the conditions.
Now a month or so later and several hundred miles, the problem is there again. I verified the leak by letting it sit 2 hours after a nice ride, removed the cap on the schrader valve on the fuel rail and pushed down the valve...no gasoline squirted out.
I guess it is possible that a new injector failed but why didn't it fail right from the start? Could there possibly be something getting through the fuel filter that has affected one or more of the injectors?
The car is a 2004 with 59K miles, I doubt that the fuel filter has ever been changed. Would running a tank with fuel injector cleaner possibly help...or hurt?