Having a issue with your car is traditional, because regrettably recent automobiles are more and more difficult and therefore exposed to more and more possible breakdowns. In this article we’re going to try to help you to solve an injection problem on your Alfa Romeo 156 . This is a issue that is especially frustrating because it can sooner or later bring your vehicle to non starting or damaged engine. To get this done, first we will see how injection works, then, what are the different problems that can exist on a Alfa Romeo 156 injectors , and finally, how to solve them.

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What is the goal of the injection of a Alfa Romeo 156?

So we start our content page by quickly detailing how an injection system works so that you have all the information you need to understand the failures connected with it. < br>
The injection system of a Alfa Romeo 156 handles the fuel intake into the engine , it replaces the old carburettors. It has the advantage to be much more precise and to come, under pressure, to launch the fuel in the engine. The injection pump takes care of pressurizing the fuel and transferring it to the injectors, and the injectors will discharge the fuel in the form of micro-drops into the cylinders of your Alfa Romeo 156. The advantage of fuel injection is to have a much more precise dosage than a carburettor and to enable a better air/fuel mixture and therefore a better combustion.

What are the different injection complications on Alfa Romeo 156?

Now in this second component, we are going to see the different injection complications and their symptoms that you might come across on your Alfa Romeo 156 .

Injection pump complications Alfa Romeo 156

To start, we will see the injection pump complications on your Alfa Romeo 156, there are not many of them, they are quite often recurrent but we will detail them down below:

  • Electronic issue of the high pressure pump: If you have an electronic issue, the pressure in your injection system may be too high or too low which will bring about a bad air/fuel mixture and therefore a bad combustion and thus alter the performance of the engine of your Alfa Romeo 156.
  • Leakage from the injection pump of your Alfa Romeo 156: If you have a major leakage problem, the end result will be much the same as if you have a lack of pressure, you will not have enough pressure and therefore the combustion of your fuel will not be good

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Concerning the results and symptoms of a fuel pump issue on a Alfa Romeo 156 , you will undoubtedly experience, a lack of power, your engine grazing, dark smoke emissions…

Injectors complications Alfa Romeo 156

Now we move on to the injector problems on Alfa Romeo 156 . Injectors are the end of your injection system, here are the different complications you might encounter:

  • Dirty Alfa Romeo 156 injectors: This can happen as a result of poor fuel quality, they will let less fuel through or more if they are totally clogged. So you will probably have one or more cylinders that are not working effectively.
  • Leaky Alfa Romeo 156 injector: It’s quite often at the high pressure seals that an injector can leak, it can also, more rarely, be cracked or broken.
  • Injector Alfa Romeo 156 HS: This is the circumstance when your injectors are totally clogged or when you have an electronic problem, it will not let anything go.

Concerning the symptoms of injector complications on your Alfa Romeo 156 it is about the same as for a faulty injection pump. You might encounter problems with starting, throttle response, power loss, and smoke emission.

How to solve an injection issue on a Alfa Romeo 156?

To end our article content on the injection complications on Alfa Romeo 156 , we will try to give you the solutions that exist to solve these complications.
If after a precise diagnosis it’s your injection pump that is the cause of your complications, it will regrettably be very difficult to intervene on the trouble without replacing the component, this change quite often goes with the replacement of the injectors, and in some cases the tank, it will take between 2000 and 3000 euros for the whole, try to get some diagnostics and estimates before starting any repair.
Concerning a issue with an injector there are different solutions based on your concerns, here they are:

  • Dirty injector: You can clean the injectors of your Alfa Romeo 156, do not think twice to seek advice from our content page on this subject to get the procedure. If it doesn’t work, you will have to replace them.
  • Leaky injector: The change and the purchase of a joint kit will only cost you a few tens of euros, but you still need to be able to change it, do not hesitate to seek advice from our content page on the injectors that leak on Alfa Romeo 156, to have all the solutions available to you.
  • Injector HS: Finally, last solution, your injector is damaged or doesn’t work anymore, generally, the replacement of an injector costs around 500 euros labor included.

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