Having a issue with your motor vehicle is traditional, because unfortunately recent vehicles are more and more complex and therefore be subject to more and more possible breakdowns. On this page we’re going to try to help you to resolve an injection problem on your Ford Transit . This is a issue that is specially frustrating because it can sooner or later bring your car to non starting or broken engine unit. To do this, first we will find out how injection works, then, what are the different problems that can exist on a Ford Transit injectors , and at last, how to resolve them.

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What is the aim of the injection of a Ford Transit?

So we begin our content page by promptly explaining how an injection system works so that you have all the information you need to understand the failure affiliated with it. < br>
The injection system of a Ford Transit handles the fuel intake into the engine unit , it replaces the old carburettors. It has the advantage to be far more precise and to come, under pressure, to discharge the fuel in the engine unit. 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 Ford Transit. 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 problems on Ford Transit?

Now in this second component, we are going to see the different injection problems and their manifestations that you may face on your Ford Transit .

Injection pump problems Ford Transit

To begin, we will find out the injection pump problems on your Ford Transit, there are not many of them, they are quite often persistent but we will highlight them 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 unit of your Ford Transit.
  • Leakage from the injection pump of your Ford Transit: If you have a major leakage problem, the consequence 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 manifestations of a fuel pump issue on a Ford Transit , you will certainly experience, a lack of power, your engine unit grazing, dark smoke emissions…

Injectors problems Ford Transit

Now we proceed to the injector problems on Ford Transit . Injectors represent the end of your injection system, here are the different problems you may encounter:

  • Dirty Ford Transit injectors: This can happen as a result of 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 functioning properly.
  • Leaky Ford Transit 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 Transit HS: This is the case when your injectors are completely clogged or when you have an electronic problem, it will not let anything go.

Concerning the signs of illness of injector problems on your Ford Transit it is about the same as for a faulty injection pump. You may encounter problems with starting, throttle response, power loss, and smoke emission.

How to fix an injection issue on a Ford Transit?

To end our article content on the injection problems on Ford Transit , we will try to give you the solutions that exist to resolve these problems.
If after a precise analysis it’s your injection pump that is the source of your problems, it will unfortunately be very difficult to intervene on the trouble without changing the component, this change quite often goes with the replacement of the injectors, and occasionally the tank, it will take between 2000 and 3000 euros for the whole, try to get several diagnostics and estimates before starting any repair.
Concerning a issue with an injector there are various solutions depending on your concerns, here they are:

  • Dirty injector: You can clean the injectors of your Ford Transit, do not be reluctant to consult our content page on this subject to get the process. If it doesn’t work, you will have to change 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 consult our content page on the injectors that leak on Ford Transit, to have all the solutions available to you.
  • Injector HS: Finally, last remedy, your injector is broken or doesn’t work anymore, in general, the replacement of an injector costs around 500 euros labor included.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Ford Transit, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Transit category.