My 94Q is shaking too much
My 94Q is shaking too much
This car has been in California its whole life until this september when I moved it over to Chicago. I don't know if the problem has to do with the weather or not, but I just thought that I would mention that. Anyways, last week I noticed while driving my car was shaking/vibrating a bit, then I when I pulled in to park and the car was idle I noticed that it was actually shaking a lot. Also that's when the emissions check light came on. So I take it to an autozone cause they will hook up a car to a computer for free. But the guy couldn't find my ODB connector. His opinion was that it was my fuel injectors. I don't know that much about troubleshooting car problems so I was hoping that some of you guys could give me some insight before I took it to a mechanic. Thanks for your time.
If it is an injector (still an "if"), there are four you can get to without removing the plenum and four you can't. Plenum removal would add 8 hours to the job, so there's a $700 spread, depending on which injector! Injectors themselves are somewhere around $130 ea. from Scottsdale.
In his last words on the subject, Dennis said that injector failure is pretty rare. I would go the Nissan Consult route!
In his last words on the subject, Dennis said that injector failure is pretty rare. I would go the Nissan Consult route!
Do a search on the subject. There's a pretty reliable check you can do yourself. The injector harness connects near the rear of the right bank. You can check the resistance of each injector and verify it's in spec. Consult is very very good, but it's never a bad thing to go into a shop with a good idea what's wrong.
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landtodd wrote:In his last words on the subject, Dennis said that injector failure is pretty rare.
It's rare in Georgia per non-oxygenated gas, but very common in CA, AZ, CO, etc. I think Chicago area has oxygenated gas too, so all injectors are suspect sooner than later.
If more than 1 or 2 are bad it's probably more economical to replace them all to save on repeat labor costs. Any Nissan specialist should be able to handle it, but DO NOT use anything other than brand new OEM injectors. Most have had problems with rebuilt or aftermarket injectors. Better to spend $2000 and do it right than spend $700 now, then $900, then $400, then $800, etc. etc. etc.
