2013 injector failure

If you are feeling anxious about the car,but want to keep it,just buy an extended warranty for the next 7yrs. Sleep well.

One particular injector out of four? All injectors with a common fuel source. And we somehow tie this to poor fuel? Then why only at one cylinder? Might it not be more logical to consider that something not fuel related is causing the problem?

Fuel... Even at $4.25 per gallon my Passat costs less than ten cents per mile for fuel. Somehow the logic of burning recycled Jet-A and motor oil eludes me. Don't get me wrong here... It must work. But intentionally using a homemade brew (except in emergencies) in a brand new car somehow doesn't make much sense to me.

fede179070 said:

Seriously? Do you filter it ? That is really cool

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I used to run Jet A almost exclusively in my 7.3 powerstroke when the availability was better at another job. I have a pump set up with an engine oil filter and then the cars fuel filter handles the rest. I also experimented with running waste engine oil in my powerstroke for a while but kind of throttled back on that project when I started getting thick black oil deposits in my filter bowl and leaking injectors. The jet fuel and power service additive has since cleaned everything up after a trip to Florida and back hauling a 13k pound fifth wheel camper.

767wrench said:

Ive been running a mixture with up to 50 percent recycled Jet A with 10 percent of that being motor oil and so far so good!

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Keep an eye on your DPF ash loading for us.

What is recycled Jet-A? Once jet fuel is burned, it's burned. At least I thought...

Either way, as VeeDub said, keep and eye on that DPF ash loading. To be honest, your fuel mixture sounds a little rough for the newer modern engines and their emissions controls. What's good in the short term may not be good over the long haul. Ok, I'm done stating the over obvious.

Seriously though, I'm very interested in seeing what your DPF ash loading looks like over the course of time.

I think he's talking about fuel that's been offloaded for weight and balance.

nord said:

One particular injector out of four? All injectors with a common fuel source. And we somehow tie this to poor fuel? Then why only at one cylinder?

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You may want to read the thread again.
It's not one injector out of four. It's three injectors out of four that have failed so far.

Planes that undergo heavy maintenance such as fuel bay inspections are de fueled but fuel is still left on board for operational checks that require running pumps. after that the tanks are completely drained resulting in waste fuel that cannot be reused in aircraft applications and the company must pay to recycle it if no one wants it. Im not worried at all about ash loading ;-)

10k mile update....the car has just over 30k on it now and has given me no problems what so ever. Whatever caused the three injectors to fail has come and gone with (hopefully) no ill side effects. I will however strongly consider purchasing an extended warranty just for piece of mind.
Any feedback on extended warranties...at the risk of creating an entirley new conversation?