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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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trouble code

anyone know what this code could mean?
<TABLE borderColor=#bebbbb cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=750 align=center border=1><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width=50>P0279 </TD><TD align=left width=550>Cylinder 7 Injector Circuit Low </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonschwenk
anyone know what this code could mean?
<TABLE borderColor=#bebbbb cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=750 align=center border=1><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width=50>P0279 </TD><TD align=left width=550>Cylinder 7 Injector Circuit Low </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
An injector headed downhill toward failure, or fault/shorted wiring to that injector (most likely the connector in the rocker arm carrier).
 
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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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think this can be fixed myself?

what do you suggest? replace injector - can the wire be fixed
seems to only happen at idol when first started
code does clear once engine has been running
 
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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonschwenk
think this can be fixed myself?

what do you suggest? replace injector - can the wire be fixed
seems to only happen at idol when first started
code does clear once engine has been running
Sounds to me like the injector is failing then....

It really needs a good diagnosis before you go swapping parts though...mine was just an armchair diagnosis.

You probably COULD change an injector if you needed to, but you need to be of the adventurous sort if you've never worked on a 7.3 or 6.0 before.
 
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