About two weeks ago, my escort started this slight sputtering, after getting gas. Just a very slight sputter and hesitation that pretty much cleared itself up. A week later, it came back, very hard. The hesitation was terrible and the sputtering was very loud. Finally, a blinking SES light, which came out as a cylinder one misfire code. Ran Lucas injector cleaner through it along with some dry gas, then replaced the fuel filter, spark plugs and wires. Fixed the problem for about a day, then it returned. Worse this time. Misfire code still present, so I took it in for diagnostics, which found nothing to be wrong with the electrical system. Fuel pump was checked out as well. So far, nothing. The fuel injector on cylinder one began to tick. Mechanic suggested that it may need cleaned out, that I may have build up. Went for full fuel injector service, complete cleaning out. It corrected the problem for two days. The problem came back today, along with the same misfire code. The sputter and hesitation is slightly less than it was before, but seems to be getting more frequent. The tick comes and goes, sometimes louder than other times. The louder the tick becomes, the harder the vehicle sputters and jumps. Flashing SES light again. Are these symptoms of a bad fuel injector and is there a way to test the injector? Any idea how expensive this test may be, or would it be more affordable to simply replace the injector and hope that it was the problem? Any ideas? Thanks a million.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 AT 8:09 PM
