fuel in oil!

[24VChevy]

Has anyone seen a injector leak so bad from under the solenoid that it sprays fuel with the valve cover removed? I had a truck in at the shop with a extra couple of gallons of oil (3-4). I pulled the valve cover to run it to find the leak and did not even need to use dye and a black light. The fuel was spraying out from under the solenoid cap area. It was hard to tell were as it was soo bad.

truck is a 2005 Dodge CR motor

I know the they can fail from too much pressure but I thought that they cracked at the tip to body area.

Anyone chim in as to why it failed? I pulled the injector and could not see any signs of a crack or blown seals.

Thanks


Malcolm

 

[Dumb Ass Wade]

Normally they will fail at the soloniod before the body or tip will have problems.

Yes failures like that are common.

 

[lmills]

Malcom, that is very common and typically comes from running excessive pressure. There is a ball that is under the nut that holds the solenoid on. It will usually blow that ball right out the side of the injectors.

 

[24VChevy]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I will stick a rail pressure gauge on it. Just running a smarty. Who know what the customer set the pressure at. Has a stock CP3 so I don't think that it was related to too much fuel. Probably just a bad injector.


Thanks again


Malcolm