Eddiek
8/7/2007 12:11:44 PM
Hi everyone. It's been a while. Everything is good with my vehicles. However, my uncle has a 1992 DeVille that is running very rough. It is sputtering and missing real bad. This condition came on all of a sudden. It had all new plugs, new wires and filters done a year ago. He has only put on about 2,000 miles on it since the work was done. It has been diagnosed by an auto electric shop as having 3 bad fuel injectors. It is the same shop that did the tune up. They want $800 for three injectors or $1500 for all eight. I have never had a car with bad injectors so my knowledge on the subject is nill. I guess common sense would tell me that the diagnosis could be correct. What do any of you think. Also, how does the repair price sound. Thanks as usual.
Eddiek
jasper60103
8/8/2007 9:45:50 AM
Well, i know they can go bad.
I had a couple replaced on my 95 chevy lumina.
The car ran terrible before getting them replaced.
I can't recall the price, but it wasn't
a cheap fix.
stomper
8/8/2007 10:41:39 AM
the vast majority of "bad injectors" is actually the connection.
what was done to make that diag?
were the connectors taken off the injectors, cleaned, dielectric greased, and reinserted?
Eddiek
8/8/2007 12:11:35 PM
Thanks for the replies. It's my uncle's car, so I'm not sure how they came up with the diagnosis. I asked how they knew that the injectors were bad and all he told me was that they said three were shot and that he should have all 8 replaced. My brothers 1995 Camaro had the exact same symtoms. Ran great after they were replaced. My uncle had a bad habit of running regular fuel instead of premium in that car. Maybe that helped create the problem. I told him that was a no no for a 1992 Cadillac.
Eddiek