Did i ruin my injectors..?

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skyline084
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This is for a 97 honda accord..
I did what this guy did on youtube to attempt cleaning the injectors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJlTfHyrUk

Fluid was spraying through all the injectors when I was doing it, but only one injector will not open/spray while on the car.

Is it possible that my injector burnt out while cleaning?
Now fluid won't squirt through the injector either
There's only one that isn't working now


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Depends on the impedance of your injectors. If you have ones that use a dropping resistor and you ran straight 12v to them you have likely destroyed them.

skyline084
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okay yea I've heard that tossed around.. thing is 3 of the 4 still spit fuel .
So wouldn't they all be toast if that were the case?

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Pretty sure Honda uses high impedance. It's probably just a bad injector that needs replaced.

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I'm pretty sure they're low impedance b.c now the car is running like complete s*** and will only fire on 2 cylinders, sometimes 3.
I get a solid spark out of each ignition wire though.

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If you got fluid out of all the injectors, then the injectors should be fine. If they are low impedance, then the only reason it wouldn't fire on the car is a power supply problem to the injectors, a problem with the dropping resistor, a problem with the ECU, or a bad ground.

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Well I get a constant 12v to all injectors, and the signal was somewhere around .8 for all of them.

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Apply 12v directly can mess up your injectors, so careful if you try doing that test on youtube.. got another injector, problem solved.


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