fuel injector issues?
fuel injector issues?
My 535i turbo has run like poop since replacing my injectors with 42#'s (0280150558). I made the changes in megasquirt but the car is running much much richer than before. I thought maybe I got scammed and received some Chinese injectors, but i sent them off to a injector shop and they all flow tested very well.
Are there any other tests I could perform on the high impedance injectors? Otherwise, I was considering to buy a second set like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6X-Green-Giant- ... cb&vxp=mtr
Are there any other tests I could perform on the high impedance injectors? Otherwise, I was considering to buy a second set like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6X-Green-Giant- ... cb&vxp=mtr
Re: fuel injector issues?
What were in it before? And define "made the changes"
Re: fuel injector issues?
30#'s hi imp were there before. Now, 42 hi imp. I was running too close to 100% duty cycle under boost. Under the "Engine Constants" I selected the "Required Fuel" tab and I changed to 42's. Car ran pretty well before the injector change. Barely idles now.
Re: fuel injector issues?
Injectors can vary considerably. I went from cheap 42# injectors to good ones of the same exact specifications and still had to alter my VE table quite a lot to get it running right. If all your settings are correct, then you are just going to have to do some tuning. I would expect slight changes needed even swapping matching injectors in. At least my experience has shown this.
Re: fuel injector issues?
The issue is trying to decide where to invest in next to fix the issue. I did try tuning - and sent my msq file to Matt at DIYautotune, and he said everything looked fine. I was beginning to wonder if my wideband (AEM) o2 sensor needs to be replaced, although it has about 10,000 miles on it since I put it in. The fuel injector place thought I had quality injectors, so that is why I wanted to see if there were any further tests I could do myself since the car ran pretty well with the old 30lbs.
Re: fuel injector issues?
Is your trouble limited to idle or everywhere? Small injectors are typically great for idle tuning. I hate tuning idle, never could get my m30 to run smooth at anywhere near stoich, also running 42#ers. What is the AFR in question? Hows it run under driving conditions? If idle is the only area with issue then tuning is going to be the answer.
Re: fuel injector issues?
I can not get it to the point where I can drive on the street. It runs so poorly at idle that I am limited to seeing how it runs elsewhere. My friend's e28 turbo has 60's and his car runs damn smooth at idle.
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Re: fuel injector issues?
Have you tried shifting the req. fuel #?
If you are too rich, shift the req fuel # lower, vice versa if lean.
I would expect to retune the ve, playing with req fuel should shift the ve map to something that will kinda work. Then you can autotune ve , or datalog and analyze with megalog viewer.
marc
If you are too rich, shift the req fuel # lower, vice versa if lean.
I would expect to retune the ve, playing with req fuel should shift the ve map to something that will kinda work. Then you can autotune ve , or datalog and analyze with megalog viewer.
marc
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Kelvin sent me his msq since he also uses 42's. He said his tune idles really well. I loaded it on mine, and my car still ran terribly. I played with the VE map before getting Kelvin's tune. Still no luck. That's why it made me wonder if these injectors are crap.
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Re: fuel injector issues?
Have you double checked to make sure the injectors are still batched/wired correctly?charofire wrote:Kelvin sent me his msq since he also uses 42's. He said his tune idles really well. I loaded it on mine, and my car still ran terribly. I played with the VE map before getting Kelvin's tune. Still no luck. That's why it made me wonder if these injectors are crap.