Having a issue with your car is basic, because sadly recent vehicles are more and more difficult and therefore at the mercy of more and more possible breakdowns. Today we’re going to try to help you to fix an injection problem on your Volkswagen Atlas . This is a issue that is particularly annoying because it can sooner or later bring your vehicle to non starting or broken engine unit. To achieve this, first we will see how injection works, then, what are the different problems that can exist on a Volkswagen Atlas injectors , and finally, how to fix them.

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What is the aim of the injection of a Volkswagen Atlas?

So we start our content by promptly detailing how an injection system works so that you have all the info you need to figure out the failures affiliated with it. < br>
The injection system of a Volkswagen Atlas manages the fuel intake into the engine unit , 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 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 Volkswagen Atlas. 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 Volkswagen Atlas?

Now in this second component, we are going to explore the different injection problems and their manifestations that you may encounter on your Volkswagen Atlas .

Injection pump problems Volkswagen Atlas

To commence, we will see the injection pump problems on your Volkswagen Atlas, there are not many of them, they are quite often frequent 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 cause a bad air/fuel mixture and therefore a bad combustion and thus alter the behavior of the engine unit of your Volkswagen Atlas.
  • Leakage from the injection pump of your Volkswagen Atlas: If you have a major leakage problem, the 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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Regarding the results and manifestations of a fuel pump issue on a Volkswagen Atlas , you will most certainly experience, a lack of power, your engine unit grazing, dark smoke emissions…

Injectors problems Volkswagen Atlas

Now we move on to the injector problems on Volkswagen Atlas . Injectors represent the end of your injection system, here are the different problems you may encounter:

  • Dirty Volkswagen Atlas injectors: This can happen because of poor fuel quality, they will let less fuel through or more if they are completely clogged. So you will possibly have one or more cylinders that are not working effectively.
  • Leaky Volkswagen Atlas 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 Volkswagen Atlas HS: This is the circumstance when your injectors are completely clogged or when you have an electronic problem, it will not let anything go.

Regarding the signs of illness of injector problems on your Volkswagen Atlas 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 Volkswagen Atlas?

To finish our content page on the injection problems on Volkswagen Atlas , we will try to give you the solutions that exist to fix these problems.
If after a precise diagnosis it’s your injection pump that is the reason of your problems, it will sadly be very complicated to intervene on the problem 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.
Regarding a issue with an injector there are different solutions depending on your concerns, here they are:

  • Dirty injector: You can clean the injectors of your Volkswagen Atlas, do not think twice to consult our content on this subject to get the procedure. 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 on the injectors that leak on Volkswagen Atlas, to have all the solutions available to you.
  • Injector HS: Finally, last solution, your injector is damaged or doesn’t work anymore, in general, the replacement of an injector costs around 500 euros labor included.

To find more tips on the Volkswagen Atlas, take a look at the Volkswagen Atlas category.