Having a problem with your motor vehicle is traditional, because regrettably recent vehicles are more and more complex and consequently subject to more and more possible breakdowns. Today we’re going to try to help you to fix an injection problem on your Ford Puma . This is a problem that is particularly irritating because it can sooner or later bring your vehicle to non starting or broken engine. To achieve this, first we will find out how injection functions, then, what are the different concerns that can exist on a Ford Puma injectors , and finally, how to fix them.
What is the purpose of the injection of a Ford Puma?
So we start our article by promptly detailing how an injection system functions so that you have all the information you need to figure out the failure affiliated with it. < br>
The injection system of a Ford Puma manages the fuel intake into the engine , it replaces the old carburettors. It has the advantage to be far 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 release the fuel in the form of micro-drops into the cylinders of your Ford Puma. The advantage of fuel injection is to have a much more precise dosage than a carburettor and to allow a better air/fuel mixture and consequently a better combustion.
What are the different injection complications on Ford Puma?
Now in this second component, we are going to explore the different injection complications and their signs of illness that you may possibly confront on your Ford Puma .
Injection pump complications Ford Puma
To commence, we will find out the injection pump complications on your Ford Puma, there are not many of them, they are quite often recurrent but we will highlight them down below:
- Electronic problem of the high pressure pump: If you have an electronic problem, the pressure in your injection system might be too high or too low which will trigger a bad air/fuel mixture and consequently a bad combustion and thus alter the behavior of the engine of your Ford Puma.
- Leakage from the injection pump of your Ford Puma: If you have a significant leakage problem, the consequence will be much the same as if you have a lack of pressure, you will not have enough pressure and consequently the combustion of your fuel will not be good
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Regarding the results and signs of illness of a fuel pump problem on a Ford Puma , you will obviously feel, a lack of power, your engine grazing, dark smoke emissions…
Injectors complications Ford Puma
Now we proceed to the injector problems on Ford Puma . Injectors are the end of your injection system, here are the different complications you may possibly encounter:
- Dirty Ford Puma injectors: This can happen due to poor fuel quality, they will let less fuel through or more if they are completely clogged. So you will probably have one or more cylinders that are not working effectively.
- Leaky Ford Puma 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 Ford Puma HS: This is the circumstance when your injectors are completely clogged or when you have an electronic problem, it will not let anything go.
Concerning the symptoms of injector complications on your Ford Puma it is about the same as for a defective injection pump. You may possibly experience problems with starting, throttle response, power loss, and smoke emission.
How to get rid of an injection problem on a Ford Puma?
To end our article content on the injection complications on Ford Puma , we will try to give you the solutions that exist to fix these complications.
If after a precise analysis it’s your injection pump that is the reason of your complications, it will regrettably be very complicated to intervene on the problem 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.
Regarding a problem with an injector there are various solutions based on your concerns, here they are:
- Dirty injector: You can clean the injectors of your Ford Puma, do not be reluctant to seek advice from our article on this subject to get the process. If it doesn’t work, you will have to replace them.
- Leaky injector: The replace and the purchase of a joint kit will only cost you a few tens of euros, but you still need to have the ability to replace it, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on the injectors that leak on Ford Puma, to have all the solutions available to you.
- Injector HS: Finally, last solution, your injector is broken or doesn’t work anymore, generally, the replacement of an injector costs around 500 euros labor included.
To find more tips on the Ford Puma, take a look at the Ford Puma category.
