Fuel injectors are far more important to your car’s engine health than you might think, and MotivWerks wants to help you to understand how. It helps to know a few important facts about fuel injectors and the fuel system.
Fuel Injectors Can Get Clogged
One of the most common problems to experience with fuel injectors is that they get clogged. That is a problem because their job is to take fuel from the fuel lines and cause it to spray into the combustion chamber in a fine mist. Mixed with air and hit with a spark, that fine mist of fuel properly combusts. A clog in the fuel injectors means that the fuel either isn’t getting misted properly or is mixing into the combustion chamber in the wrong amount.
Fuel Injectors Can Fail
A bigger problem is if one or more fuel injectors stop working altogether. That means that fuel might not be moving at all from that particular injector, and your car’s engine definitely doesn’t have the right fuel to air ratio in the combustion chamber. At first, that’s a minor issue, but as the problem goes on for a longer period of time, you’re at greater risk for developing engine damage.
All the Parts of the Fuel System Have to Work Together
It’s important to remember that all of the parts of your car’s fuel system are working together to get the job done. If not enough fuel is pumped out of the tank by the fuel pump, that affects what the fuel injectors are able to do. Likewise, a clogged fuel filter reduces the amount of fuel that gets to the injectors. Problems anywhere in the system affect other parts of the system at some point.
Preventative Maintenance Is the Way to Go
That’s part of why preventative maintenance, in all of the systems of your car, is so important. It helps you to resolve problems before they really even are problems. Getting your fuel injectors cleaned and getting the fuel system inspected periodically all helps to ensure that your car’s engine isn’t starved for fuel when it needs it most.
MotivWerks in Chambersburg, PA wants to help with your fuel injector problems. Contact us right away and we can inspect your fuel injectors and the rest of your fuel system. We’ll help you to figure out what’s going on so that you can get safely back on the road again.