Re: Injector Problem

["Walter Sherwin" <wsherwin@idirect.com>]

After cleaning and flowing TBI injectors, I usually drop them into a small
container of light utility oil,  to keep them happy after the "dry" bench
solvents.  After a couple of minutes I pluck them out and store them away.
This prevents the exact problem you describe.  You might want to try soaking
your stuck injector, to see if it frees-up.

Connecting a P&H TBI injector directly to battery source if not a good
thing.  Depending upon the battery voltage, you can rapidly sink as much as
8-9 amps through the injector coil and cause permanent damage if connected
for any length of time.   A short zap may be okay (very risky), but anything
longer will ensure that the coil becomes "toastificated".

Use a DVOM to measure your zapped injector's coil resistance.  If it
measures close to 1.1-1.5 ohms them you are okay.  Much above or below that,
then throw it away.

Walt.






>Hi Folks,
>     I had a pair of 454 TBI injectors cleaned about two months ago and
just
>put them on the vehicle yesterday and they were both seized so I removed
>them and took them back to be recleaned and we got one to work again but
the
>other is a dead player....apparently the cleaning solution is so dry that
>once it evaporated the injector is now seized.....does anyone know how to
>get this to work again??? Also, does it hurt the injector to "spark" it
>directly from the battery????The guy that cleaned them did that in an
>attempt to get it to work...Is it toast now?? Thanks
>-Carl Summers
>P.S. I had this happen once before and it just took a sharp whack with a
>plastic screwdriver handle.