It could also be a sticky valve.. seafoam, when used properly, can help
disolve
nasty deposits on the valves.
It makes a LOT of smoke when you start it backup after letting it soak a
bit....
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:24:57 -0700, "bigbeaver" <bigbeaver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Josh:
>Thank you for your prompt and cogent response. It must be the injectors
for I
>have checked the fuel pump via the Schrader fitting on the fuel supply
line
>and it reads within spec- 56 lb. I am pleased that here are responders
such as
>you in this NG.
>
>"Josh Assing" <XjoshX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:alrig2p9bb1fsdj3a18qa922eleieh4kad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I would run some Techron (the real stuff; not the diluted stuff) thru a
>>tank --
>> put it in and drive it a lot -- and hard. 25,000 miles is nothing for a
96.
>> I've had good luck with SeaFoam for injector cleaning/maintence &
>> intake/valve
>> cleaning.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:37:10 -0700, "bigbeaver"
<bigbeaver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have 1996 1500 V8. I'm sole owner and an old man. I do believe I'm
still
>>>burning .95 cents a gollon gas. About every 4/5 weeks I drive it to the
>>>local
>>>Safeway, only because my wife is driving the other vehicle. It has
about
>>>25000 miles on it now because when I first got it I was doing local
>>>appliance
>>>repair and used it alot. Anyhow - two or three days ago I went out to
use
>>>it
>>>and it would not start. There is at the very first instace of trying to
>>>start
>>>it seems to catch, and the it just grinds away. One of my grandbabies,
who
>>>is
>>>an expert motorcycle mechanic (thundermfg.com) tells me it is probably
the
>>>injectors because it sits for weeks without being started. How do I do
self
>>>help to clean those injectors? I'm halfway passable in reparing
washers and
>>>refrigerators.
>>
>>
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