Doguepound Member 34 Member For: 18y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Inner Westie Posted 27/02/07 02:40 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 02:40 AM During my last service, the mechanic reccomended that I get the injectors cleaned. He commented that they were pretty dirty and then proceeded to ask for an extra $160 (on top of the cost of the service) to do it then and there. I declined, as I figured I'd get it done by a specialist injector cleaning mob but I want to know if anyone else had has this done? If so would you reccomend it? the car is a BA MKI XR6 with 95,000km on the clock. Fuel economy is a lttle worse than I expect (I drive like a gradma and still only get 14.5-15.5L per 100km out of a tank) so I'm wondering if cleaning the injectors will improve things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansxr6 Member 18 Member For: 17y 9m 21d Posted 27/02/07 02:49 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 02:49 AM you should be able to clean them your self. I get like 12-13.5 ltrs per 100 so yeah your using alot more fuel me thinks I drive a 03 n/a xr6 114,000 km on clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconutebeast Member 196 Member For: 18y 5m 18d Location: Sydney, Bankstown Posted 27/02/07 03:00 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 03:00 AM your cars o2 sensor will most likley be the reason its getting poor economy, they need replacing around the 100k mark.you can get them cheaper from repco than the ford supplied one.or one from ebay , which is even cheaper again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconutebeast Member 196 Member For: 18y 5m 18d Location: Sydney, Bankstown Posted 27/02/07 03:02 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 03:02 AM Off topic, how do you clean your injectors by your self? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O2STOCK Donating Members 607 Member For: 19y 1m 22d Location: Brisbane Posted 27/02/07 03:03 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 03:03 AM that's bad fuel ecconomy my Phhon gets 9.9L/100 to 14.0L/100 freeway to city driving (City read as drive like its stolen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doguepound Member 34 Member For: 18y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Inner Westie Posted 27/02/07 03:34 AM Author Share Posted 27/02/07 03:34 AM Yeah I thought the economy was a bit off. I know that at 1800kg or so the XR6 was never going to be economical, but when I hear of turbo guys running 250+rwkw and getting 11-12L per 100km it makes me think somethings amiss. whats the deal with reaplcing the o2 sensor falconutebeast? is this something that you can do yourelf, or is it a job for a mechanic? if so, do you know what sort of cost is involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/02/07 04:31 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 04:31 AM If they are going to clean them, make sure that they completely remove them, and get them ultrasonically cleaned.The company I currently work for "pressure" customers into getting thier injectors cleaned "as part of their service", its a load of , we do a oncar injection clean, costs $95, which I, and the rest of the techs personally think does more damage than good.Oh, but it lines the service advisors and the managers pockets nicely...... you wouldnt think, but there is big money to be had in aftersales service items, such as air con disinfects, on car injection cleans etc, and the initiatives that these companies hand over are very inticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doguepound Member 34 Member For: 18y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Inner Westie Posted 27/02/07 04:44 AM Author Share Posted 27/02/07 04:44 AM Yeah the original $160 injector clean was going to be an on board clean. The companies I've spoken to since say that this is as good as useless. The prices I'm getting now are $220-$300 which includes removing the injectors and cleaning each one individually then checking flow etc before replacing. Still trying to finf out whether or not this will have a great affect on my fuel economy though. This o2 sensor business has me intrigued...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 27/02/07 04:46 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 04:46 AM your cars o2 sensor will most likley be the reason its getting poor economy, they need replacing around the 100k mark.←Which hopefully it isn't - as there's none in Aust. and no ETA apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconutebeast Member 196 Member For: 18y 5m 18d Location: Sydney, Bankstown Posted 27/02/07 05:04 AM Share Posted 27/02/07 05:04 AM Sorry for the late reply Doguepound, this problem with the O2 sensor was decussed not long ago on FF, here is the link to answer your questions.Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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