Driving with a bad injector. "OK for now" or "DON'T DO IT!"?

[makeuw3t]

hey everyone,

i have a bad injector resulting in a dead #4 cylinder. the car idles a little shakey and runs crappy. it runs and i can drive it but it just has very little power. thing is, i dont have time to fix it right away but i need to drive the car...for short distances, less than 15 miles. is it bad to drive it with a dead injector/cylinder or is it ok in the mean time?

also, im sure its the injector. i get 0 ohms and i tested the plug and wires and those were good. and when i drive it, i drive it like a boy scout (not hard, just "normal". sorry to the hardcore boy scout drivers out there).

thanks for the help,

eelekim

[Dittoz7]

A Day Maybe...

A Week Is Pushing It.

Just Rent A Car, It's Like What $13 - $30 A Day?

[simmode1]

Don't do it. Fuel starvation may cause the motor to die and leave you stranded. I wouldn't trust a KA with a bad injector any farther than I could throw it...

Rent a car or bum a ride...

[94_240sx]

#4 is not that bad cuz it's close to the firewall. #1 is really bad. Anyway, I drove several days with a bad injector and it was okay. Your cylinder is moving without the fuel. Spark is there though. Just no fuel to burn.

[PyroTecK]

i drove for some time w/ a dead injector in the first cyl on the ka... didnt really push it much but didnt do it anygood... i think the worst that came out of it was a front main seal oil leak... which is a pain in the ***

[night240]

bad injectors don't drive period.

[makeuw3t]

awesome! thanks for the help guys!

i went to the two junkyards near me today to look for some injectors. first place had just one 240 with the ka24de but all 4 injectors got swiped. second place had again, just 1 240 but this time, the whole motor was gone. doh. maybe next week.

[simmode1]

#4 is not that bad cuz it's close to the firewall. #1 is really bad. Anyway, I drove several days with a bad injector and it was okay. Your cylinder is moving without the fuel. Spark is there though. Just no fuel to burn.

Possibly true. I've had different injectors fail on me 3 times. I think the time the engine died WAS from the #1 injector...

[94_240sx]

Possibly true. I've had different injectors fail on me 3 times. I think the time the engine died WAS from the #1 injector...

What I meant was #1 is really bad because engine shakes like crazy since it's located at the end. If one injector goes out, car will shake, but it shouldn't die.

Same here #1,2 & 3 went bad within a year and I replaced all of them myself. Most likely if one goes out, next one will follow sooner or later. I've been waiting for #4 to go out, but it's doing good.

To the OP, I have KA24DE injectors for sale, so let me know if you can't find one soon.

[makeuw3t]

To the OP, I have KA24DE injectors for sale, so let me know if you can't find one soon.

sounds good. ill search again next week, but after that, if i dont find any, ill probably hit you up since i do need my car. how much do you want for 1? i asked my local junk yard and its $5 each.

[bj_woods]

when paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas...and the car is wasting it...i say...park that b****.the end.

[danielsan]

a dead injector shouldn't cause any damage to the engine. my brother drove a month with a bad injector and didn't have any issues with the engine. its like saving gas with a cylinder deactivation that new cars have. lol

[edgartheace]

I have a couple extra injectors laying around. Hit me up If you need one. I'm in the Compton area.

[silvia_ks_69]

why dont u just get another injector lol and then rent a car for a day? wouldnt this solve the whole problem? cost maybe 200 the most.. and it would save possible further problems down the road.

[makeuw3t]

park that b****.the end.

and thats what i did till i got another injector. this time around at the junk park, i was able to find 4 injectors. i only needed one but grabbed 4 just incase so now i got 3 extra. not even sure why i fixed the pig since i got a motorcycle. my car gets a pathetic 23 mpg and my bike gets 46 mpg O_o.

[Shabbernigdo]

when i first got my car i had to drive it 350 miles back to my house with a dead no4 FI got it fixed when i got back and it has run good ever since