[Vwdiesel] What makes an injector stick and make a sound like you have bl...

[82 Diesel Westy]

Well, that is not a simple answer that I had hoped
for.  Another person posted to just rev. the motor and
see if that blows it through.

Fuel filter is new 2K ago on this setup.  All fuel
lines were blown out before van was put back together,
but surely some dirt could have gottin in there.

Water and Rust particals do not sound likely and that
would really suck.  Since I have gotten to motor
running again, this has happend 3 times in about 2,000
miles and 3 months of moderate driving.
Still wondering why stopping the motor clears it up
and it does not happen again for a long time?
As always in my case, no easy fix here, but I will
shut the motor down as soon as it happens, as I have
been doing.  Again, it has not ever happened under
load on the highway, only while coasting to a stop.


Well, I will keep this as food for thought.
Thanks, Bryan

--- Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/10/06 8:18:05 AM US Mountain
> Standard Time, 
> dieselwesty at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> 
> > So, what is going on in there to make this happen?
> > 
> > Next time it happens, it there any harm in letting
> the
> > motor run this way until I can get the motor cover
> off
> > and try to pin point which one is doing it so I
> can
> > have it taken apart and inspected or fixed?
> > 
> 
> The most common cause of a stuck injector is that
> some particulate may become 
> lodged on the seat of the injector keeping the
> injector open and so fuel 
> squirts as soon as the pump starts pushing fuel at
> that injector.  It is my 
> understanding that it is potentially extremely
> harmful to the motor due to the 
> combination of streaming fuel and a very advanced
> timing on that cylinder.  The 
> potential is the potential of melting the piston top
> or head prechamber.  If it 
> has happened more than once I would very much
> suspect either poor fuel 
> filtration at some point or water that made it past
> the seperator and so perhaps rust 
> particulate is in the pump or injectors.  
> 
> Andrew 
>