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Bad Injectors?

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Old 11-22-2008, 09:35 PM
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Bad Injectors?
How do I know when my injectors need replacing? I have 225,000 miles on my 2004 Cummins. Seems to me like it runs fine.
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Old 11-22-2008, 10:08 PM
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White smoke on startup, rough running, "making oil" are all pretty good signs of an injector problem.
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hard starting is also a sign. glad to see someone can get them to last
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i had 1 fail out of no where. it never smoked or ran any different than usual.
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Originally Posted by nwflyoda
i had 1 fail out of no where. it never smoked or ran any different than usual.
How did you know it went bad?
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it left me on the side of the road and it threw a cel. p 2149. it ended up being my #5 injector.
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