DSrugis

I am looking to buy a vehicle for the winter and I found a used 95 Frontier 4x4 with a fuel problem. The owner isn't sure exactly what is wrong but he thinks it needs new fuel injectors. Is this a common problem? And if so, is it an easy fix...just replaceing them? Thanks.

Dave

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1995 Nissan 3.0 4x4 Hardbody
1999 BMW M3

DSrugis

Here was his response:

You can tell him he can drive it if he wants to.

My mechanic said that it can be driven, just not for a long period of time.

1 of the fuel injectors ohmed out above acceptable limits, 1 ohmed out
below acceptable limits, and the other 4 were within acceptable limits.

Is it an easy fix? Replace the fuel injectors or is it something more???

Dave

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1995 Nissan 3.0 4x4 Hardbody
1999 BMW M3

Meta

I don't know much about Nissan fuel injectors but it's not hard to replace the injectors (and harnesses) on many other vehicles. They shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred dollars for a full set. It would be a good idea to take it to a trusted mechanic first. You might be out 50 to 100 bucks for the eval but that's better than being out a few thousand for something much more serious.

alexnds

I just got into the same problem, but unkowingly, in the form of a 93 maxima. You at least have a chance to avoid the problem. My advice, stay away. The cost of Nissan OEM injectors is about $125 each, plus O-rings, at about $2 each, so for a 6 cylinder motor, you're looking at nearly $800 in parts alone. The labor on injectors involves pulling the intake manifold, to get to the fuel rail, to then take out the old injectors, and put in the new ones. Then putting in a new gasket and re-installing the manifold. So, dealer price for all this is $1300, which includes the above mentioned $800.

In my particular case, since I'm already knee deep in the problem, I'm trying to get the old ones sonically cleaned up, and that only costs roughly $15 per injector. That way I save on the part cost alone and can simply focus on the labor cost.

Stay away from that truck. Please see my other posts where I show URL links to web sites that clean fuel injectors. The owner was honest with you and did you a nice turn. In exchange, be nice to him and point him to the place that can at least clean his old injectors and even out their flow.

Point him to these people:

http://www.witchhunter.com