darkestfenix
Well-known member
When you find a really nice place and excellent/trustworthy service like the one I received, you just have to share with community.
Since the moment I fired up the car for this season, my idle hasn't been smooth. I would get "puffing" sounds from the exhaust and light misfires at idle. No issues or heavy misfires under load or when ripping the car on the highway. CEL eventually came on for misfires on 2 and 4 and random on all cylinders. The car was working perfectly fine before storage. Changed all the plugs and changed coils on bad cylinders. No dice. Before tossing more money at it, I started reading a lot online and a bunch of guys were having identical symptoms. It was either bad injectors, blown headgasket or bent valves. The S2K only has 67k km on the odometer so I'd be surprised it was one of the last two issues. Especially since there were no symptoms before storage.
Instead of spending $600 USD buying new injectors, I decided to get them an ultrasonic cleaning, test and rebuild. I was going to post on MR to find out about any places people were aware of but I randomly found this guy on the South Shore via Google.
http://fuelinjectorprecision.com/
1801 Touchette
Ste-Julie, QC
J3E 1J7
Gave them a call, spoke to Richard (tech/owner) and Carole (receptionist/wife). Really patient and nice, answered my questions, explained his process. So decided to give this guy a shot.
I pulled my fuel rail and injectors out.
Pics:
Had sediments/particles in my fuel rail as well...
Before I even get started on the service... When I walked into the shop, it was an OCD persons wet dream (such as myself). So clean, organized, neat... Even if you didn't know a single thing about cars or tools, you can still sit and stare in awe and admire how clean and organized this workshop was...
Once I saw his work area, I didn't even need to see this guy work to trust him to get the job done right; but he still let me hang around and see/explain every step of the process. Was a really friendly guy and I enjoyed watching everything get done in detail:
1. Ultrasonic cleaning of injectors (2 seperate steps: external and internal)
2. Backflush
3. Calibration testing (at different static RPMs and gradually increasing/decreasing RPMs)
5. Provide a test report
He even gave my fuel rail a good ultrasonic cleaning for free and even tested my fuel pressure regulator to make sure it was working fine.
The new filters, o-rings and seals.
Ready to go home and install
After re-installing the refurbished injectors and cleaned rail (I also removed and cleaned the PCV valve with carb cleaner while I was at it) all my symptoms disappeared, no more CEL, and car drives like new!
If you are someone like me, who appreciates someone that's clearly organized, competent and detail oriented, hope this thread gives some members a new place to get work done by someone you know is going to do an excellent job.
Thanks Richard!
If you use his services, tell him the engineer with the Honda S2000 referred you. I told him I'd post online on our forum to send him clients because I was so satisfied with his service.
Since the moment I fired up the car for this season, my idle hasn't been smooth. I would get "puffing" sounds from the exhaust and light misfires at idle. No issues or heavy misfires under load or when ripping the car on the highway. CEL eventually came on for misfires on 2 and 4 and random on all cylinders. The car was working perfectly fine before storage. Changed all the plugs and changed coils on bad cylinders. No dice. Before tossing more money at it, I started reading a lot online and a bunch of guys were having identical symptoms. It was either bad injectors, blown headgasket or bent valves. The S2K only has 67k km on the odometer so I'd be surprised it was one of the last two issues. Especially since there were no symptoms before storage.
Instead of spending $600 USD buying new injectors, I decided to get them an ultrasonic cleaning, test and rebuild. I was going to post on MR to find out about any places people were aware of but I randomly found this guy on the South Shore via Google.
http://fuelinjectorprecision.com/
1801 Touchette
Ste-Julie, QC
J3E 1J7
Gave them a call, spoke to Richard (tech/owner) and Carole (receptionist/wife). Really patient and nice, answered my questions, explained his process. So decided to give this guy a shot.
I pulled my fuel rail and injectors out.
Pics:
Had sediments/particles in my fuel rail as well...
Before I even get started on the service... When I walked into the shop, it was an OCD persons wet dream (such as myself). So clean, organized, neat... Even if you didn't know a single thing about cars or tools, you can still sit and stare in awe and admire how clean and organized this workshop was...
Once I saw his work area, I didn't even need to see this guy work to trust him to get the job done right; but he still let me hang around and see/explain every step of the process. Was a really friendly guy and I enjoyed watching everything get done in detail:
1. Ultrasonic cleaning of injectors (2 seperate steps: external and internal)
2. Backflush
3. Calibration testing (at different static RPMs and gradually increasing/decreasing RPMs)
- Impedance
- Pressure (Related to dripping)
- Vaporization
- Volume cc / second
- Control (pulse width)
- Static flow
5. Provide a test report
He even gave my fuel rail a good ultrasonic cleaning for free and even tested my fuel pressure regulator to make sure it was working fine.
The new filters, o-rings and seals.
Ready to go home and install
After re-installing the refurbished injectors and cleaned rail (I also removed and cleaned the PCV valve with carb cleaner while I was at it) all my symptoms disappeared, no more CEL, and car drives like new!
If you are someone like me, who appreciates someone that's clearly organized, competent and detail oriented, hope this thread gives some members a new place to get work done by someone you know is going to do an excellent job.
Thanks Richard!
If you use his services, tell him the engineer with the Honda S2000 referred you. I told him I'd post online on our forum to send him clients because I was so satisfied with his service.
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it's how he'll remember me. He was a aeronautical tech at Bombardier for 30 years and we had convos regarding our experiences with engineers.
