thewrath
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nashville, TN
2000 XJ limited. 125k miles.
started missfiring on friday after work, stoped and wiggle checked all injectors. started up and ran fine to get me home. took to autozone to read codes and got a cyl #2 missfire, and injector #2 open circuit. now am thinking either wiring problems or injector problem.
last fall had simmilar problems but on cyl 3, and i dont think i had the open circuit error. replaced injector and ran no problems for approx 8 months now.
took car to dealership today and they are telling me i need a new engine wiring harness becuase the fuel injector leads are heat damaged on cyl 1, 2, 3, 5. cost for harness is $989 plus 5hrs labor (total around $1500). This seems kind of absurd for such a small wiring problem. Anyone have any experiance dealing with this sort of issue? is it possible to just replace the last foot or so of fuel injector wire by very carefully cutting and splicing in some new wire? (solder and heatshrink on each one). Also is it possible to get replacement fuel injector electical connectors or would i have to splice onto the last inch coming out of the connector? Also how about the simple solution? Might i have any luck by simply replacing the fuel injector? It worked last time, right?
please help, dont really have a spare 1500$ lying around.
started missfiring on friday after work, stoped and wiggle checked all injectors. started up and ran fine to get me home. took to autozone to read codes and got a cyl #2 missfire, and injector #2 open circuit. now am thinking either wiring problems or injector problem.
last fall had simmilar problems but on cyl 3, and i dont think i had the open circuit error. replaced injector and ran no problems for approx 8 months now.
took car to dealership today and they are telling me i need a new engine wiring harness becuase the fuel injector leads are heat damaged on cyl 1, 2, 3, 5. cost for harness is $989 plus 5hrs labor (total around $1500). This seems kind of absurd for such a small wiring problem. Anyone have any experiance dealing with this sort of issue? is it possible to just replace the last foot or so of fuel injector wire by very carefully cutting and splicing in some new wire? (solder and heatshrink on each one). Also is it possible to get replacement fuel injector electical connectors or would i have to splice onto the last inch coming out of the connector? Also how about the simple solution? Might i have any luck by simply replacing the fuel injector? It worked last time, right?
please help, dont really have a spare 1500$ lying around.