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- bay area, CA
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- 2002 Protege5
Here's my issue! Had this car for only a few weeks of actual driving. I'm about 70 miles away from home (70 miles away from my tools) and suddenly I get an awful gas leak when the engine is on: bigggg puddle dripping all over the ground and on the transmission, etc so I popped the hood and called a tow to a mechanic nearby. Bolts on the fuel rail looked loose. The mechanics said the fuel rail bolts had been hand tightened and came loose, so they torqued them back to spec and test drove it. No leak apparently. I drove it a 3 or 4 miles seemingly fine but when I turned it on again the leak smell was coming back badly - checked underneath and a smaller puddle this time. Popped the hood and the rightmost (driver side) fuel injector had a little pool of gas around it, and the next one over seemed a bit wet. I took it back to the mechanics and they're inspecting it at the moment.
In your opinions, what would cause such a significant leak that gas would be leaking so heavily? Should I be expecting a replacement of the injector seals and rings? If so I would love to do that following this guide:
Would a bad fuel injector(s) as well as seals cause such insane leaking out the top? I will update with the mechanics inspection, but I'm hoping to do this job myself if I can safely get all the parts and tools. Wish this had come up when I was at home but that's life !
Image attached is of the first leak.
In your opinions, what would cause such a significant leak that gas would be leaking so heavily? Should I be expecting a replacement of the injector seals and rings? If so I would love to do that following this guide:
DIY: Injector Seal Replacement
After changing my engine last weekend I had vacuum leak that I had some trouble finding. I had odd idle behavior (severe loping after resetting ECU, eventually calmed down. Still had occasional hiccups) and an occasional P0171 code. I grabbed a can of brake cleaner and went to town. When I...
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Would a bad fuel injector(s) as well as seals cause such insane leaking out the top? I will update with the mechanics inspection, but I'm hoping to do this job myself if I can safely get all the parts and tools. Wish this had come up when I was at home but that's life !
Image attached is of the first leak.
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