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Year: 2011
Miles: 61,xxx
Injector Failure symptoms: Number 8 injector stuck open
Duration driven with symptoms: a few miles before pulling over (I was on the highway)
Secondary failure: Hydrolocked and bent the crap out of the rod and beat the hell out of the piston and block/cylinder wall.
Injector failure cause or theory: I don't really have a cause for it to happen, my theory was that maybe not driving the car enough, I only drive it a few thousand miles a year if that.
This happened around the beginning of April, I was merging onto the highway and all the sudden got reduced power, increased emissions warnings so I drove slowly to the next exit, had it towed home and then to the shop. Found out it was the injector failing and causing the engine to hydrolock. All the major things have been done to the car preventatively, I just never thought about the injectors until now and definitely would have replaced those after knowing what I do now and that they can be an engine killer. As of now, the block was just sent off to get honed and sleeved and will be put back together soon. Just in time for winter fml.
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