Fuel Injectors

1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE
143,400 MILES • V8 • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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JOSEYMOES
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Is there any way for me to know if I need new fuel injectors? I am getting conflicting opinions.
Feb 16, 2016 at 1:23 PM
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CATAFINA
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There is really no way of telling unless you have a fuel injector tester or remove the fuel rail connect the injectors and look for a cone shape pattern.
Feb 16, 2016 at 2:10 PM
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JOSEYMOES
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Thank you!
Feb 16, 2016 at 2:22 PM
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STRAILER
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Check this guide out.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-a-fuel-injector
Feb 23, 2016 at 10:38 AM
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JOSEYMOES
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Wow! Thank you, that was really helpful. I do appreciate it.
Feb 24, 2016 at 9:08 PM
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GHS56
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My car is a 1995 Cadillac Deville, it has 1 fuel injector missing. Will it hurt the engine to keep running the car?
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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RASMATAZ
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You'll end up burning more fuel to keep it going-imbalance air/fuel mixture to the cylinders
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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MHPAUTOS
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Get all the injectors serviced & flow tested, do not just do the one faulty injector, you wiill pay for this quickly with the saving in fuel usage.
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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CHARLASDILLARD
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1990 Cadillac Deville V8 Front Wheel Drive Automatic 149000 miles

i have a miss and im hoping its not my injectors ,im hopeing its my rotor and cap or wires ,how can i tell its not my injectors?
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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FACTORYJACK
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Check spark on the cylinder if it is known which one. Do a compression test on the cylinder. Listen to the injector with a long rod or screwdriver for a clicking noise. If you verify spark and compression on the cylinder, it can most likely be the injector.
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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PIATKOWSKI000
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Hello my friends, can You help me? I have question about fuel injectors. Should all of the injectors be the same color? Is the big difference for the engine if they are different color, but they are for the correct engine? I will be very very thankful for help. Sorry for my English. Best regards.
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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CARADIODOC
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The color is not the important issue. They could be from different suppliers or different manufacturing dates. What is important is their flow rates. Replacing just one or two injectors can result in them having different flow rates. That has been the source of a lot of Check Engine light problems on 1990's GM vehicles. At high mileage, one or two injectors flow a lower fuel volume resulting in some cylinders running lean. There can be misfires too, so you are chasing misfire fault codes and "running too lean" fault codes. The fix is to buy a flow-matched set of rebuilt injectors. Most manufacturers buy their injectors in flow-matched sets from their suppliers. GM is one of the few that just grab a handful of injectors out of a bin and toss them into the engine with no regard to flow-matching. That does not cause a problem until they have a little wear from high mileage, then the elusive problems start.

Your car is not new enough to have the computer controls that detect misfires, and those that might occur are generally too hard to notice.
Dec 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM (Merged)
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