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Originally Posted by DanNY
well injectors like anything else needs maintenance.
i ran my injectors past 140K with out any issues. I would use a cleaner in the rail and sprayed that through the injectors every 30-40K. i often change the gas filter every 10-15K.
so yeah if you never changed your filter or even serviced your injectors they are going to go on you.
you just paid $1000 for your maxima. i paid $23,000 back in 1990. so yes i've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on the car.
the car is old...so yeah a set of tires for the car might cost more than the car itself. people tend to cheap on parts and stuff just to get by. by doing that you run the risk of your car breaking down on you. you can't have it both ways. what happens when you need a timing belt? are you going to just get another maxima? the T-belt/wp/seals/etc job is around 500 bucks...so in your case that's half the price of the car.
it's not just nissan...ANY old car you're going to run into their problems.
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I have never heard of injector maintenance, or "service".
I have spent my life around old, high mileage cars.
I have a 1987 toyota MR2 with almost 230k miles that is all original. Changed the clutch, some oil seals and that is it. In the Toyota world, when your engine finally wears out around 300k miles you clean your old injectors and throw them on the rebuilt motor.
My parents car is a '97 Honda accord, owned since new, with 276k miles on it. They do no maintenance what so every. It was a chore just to get them to buy a new alternator. They change their oil every 7500 miles, they have changed their trans fluid once. They even drove with toasted CV joints for about 6 years. NEVER REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER UNTIL A MONTH AGO. No injector problems.
My first car was a old ford escort. Family owned since new. Ran great till the day it was broad sided. 172k miles. Replaced the fuel filter once, Never did any injector maintenance. Funny thing is I broke a t-belt, while driving. Threw on a new belt. Non-interference motor. Everybody does it except nissan.
I have never used any OEM parts in any of my cars