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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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I have a 1994 honda accord ex and I had some issues with it and couldnt figure out what the problom was. Well it all came down to some dirty injectors that needed cleaning. Well it ran fine for about a good 80 miles then started to act the was it did before I cleaned the injectors. Well after it started that I cleaned the injectors and ran fine for another 70 miles or so till it started again. Im to the point now where Im wanting to pull the tank and filter and blow back the lines to clean them out but Im having a problem finding someone in the area who will boil my tank for me. Is there another way to to do this, clean the tank, cause everyone is telling me that they dont boil tanks around here anymore.

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Oh! and I didt use a injector cleaner both times. I used STP injector cleaner.
 
Old Mar 2, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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I would just drain the tank and replace the fuel filters. . It has a drain plug like the oil pan.
 
Old Mar 3, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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in the DIY Answer forum there is a link for the fuel filter change.
Drain the tank by the drain plug as suggested.
To clean injectors; rev the engine up to around 6k RPM then pinch off the FPR vacuum line and let the engine fall back to idle for about 10-15 seconds, then let go of the vacum line.
It might trip the O2 sensor code.
 
Old Mar 3, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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Thanks for the help guys Ill have to do that this weekend and see if it makes a difference.
 
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