Alarm goes off, bad injector on next startup - coincidence?

[Jakw]

Just wondering if there could be some kind of freaky electrical thing going on, but it seems like a long shot.

So I put my remote in my mouth while I had the door open, it locked, and the alarm when off. I pressed the unlock button, and it turned off.

I got in the car a couplek hours later, started it up, and it's all shakey and the check engine light is on. I got code 51, injector analysis. So...is there some way this could be related, or did an injector just happen to die at the same time? Thanks for any help.

[littlewillie]

Modified by littlewillie at 10:25 PM 12/23/2007

[driverdriver]

That code doesn't necessarily mean you need to replace an injector. Isolate the suspect injector by doing an Ohm test. Your inkector should be in the 10-14ohm range anything outside this range is a fault. swap out an ingnition coil and see if that fixes it. Sometimes failed ignition coils result in that particular code too.

[Jakw]

Heh, I know it sounded ridiculous, but I dug up another thread where a guy said his alarm went off and he couldn't start his car, so I thought I'd throw it out there.

It's at a shop right now. I reaaallly hope they don't have to pull the plenum. I have very few tools and no workspace really. Ouch.