ok so i was doing my injector swap and got to thinking about the stockers. i noticed they only had 100,000 miles on them since the last time the dealership changed them and the pump on the recall, so my question is

how often should these just be pulled and cleaned with a wire brush, i mean the tips had chunks of carbon on them, i cleaned them ( i had no core charge) and was wandering how much of a problem could this be, i mean i couldnt even see the holes

 

Btw, my local diesel pump shop guys told me to NEVER use a steel wire brush. Always use a softer one like brass etc... Just a side note I thought I'd share. The steel is too abrasive for something that is machined with such tight tolerances.

 

i'd love to know how to clean my injectors, cant hurt, and could proab help some at the pump if there really dirty? can anyone help me as how to clean injectors? thnaks a ton, cody

 

I soaked the tips in a pool of brake clean and then used a wore-out finish-prep abrasive cookie on a die grinder running about 1/4 speed with very light pressure. Crud came off with little effort and the tips polished to a nice shine

 

I did pretty much the same thing,I let em soak in a container of inj. cleaner for awhile and then blew them out with lite air pressure ,it seemed to work pretty good

 

i was thinking of cleaning my injectors here soon, did anyone notice a difference in how the truck ran afterwards, boost gains or anything?

 

Except for coolant puking all over the place, it seemed to run pretty good I'll let 'ya know when I get my new-to-me head

 

what happend to your head, how bad is it to take out the injecters. think i might like to take mine out and give em a cleaning, i have noticed my milage hasnt been so great lately. i think the injecters might be getting nasty, some one just told me its the winter blend fuel but im not shure.

 

Don't be too quick to blame the injectors EVERY type of diesel i've ever owned took a several MPG hit on winter fuel.