How could one go about cleaning a set of injectors without paying an arm and a leg or just putting something into the tank?

Anyone ever pull them out and hand clean them in a solution or anything like that? A while back my dad's van had injector issues and the dealer did something to clear it up on the spot but it wasn't just something in the tank... I don't have a clue what they did but it worked great. Anybody have a clue what to do?

 

I clean them with an ultrasonic bath I bought from Walmart online. $35.00 and I can clean my watch with it too. It works fantastic and I just used a bottle of Chevron Techron as the solution.

This isn't the one that I bought but looks like an upgrade:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8130170

I actually bought the other Haier model.

 

I have that same ultra sonic cleaner. The thing works great. The only thing I didn't like about it is how long the time can be set for. the longest time setting it has is 480 seconds or 8 minutes. Other than that it works great!!!!

 

I bought this one (was on sale for $19.99) and use mineral spirits as the cleaning agent. I don't know if it was this cleaning or the plenum repair i did at the same time, but my truck idles real smooth now.

 

+1. wal mart sells that sonic bath, pull the rail, pull the injectors, make sure you buy new o rings (there are 2 on each injector). i did mine in a bath of sea foam.

 

ok wait this is the 2nd time ive herd this.when i did my plenum last week i bought new o ring for the injectors,but the part store only had 2 paks in stock (4 pr pak)so i only had 8 o rings so i figured on only replaceing 1 on each injector.so when i pulled the injectors i only had 1 o ring on each,and only 1 spot.so now somthing seems fishy,any answers?

 

There is one o ring at the top and bottom of each injector. One seals the fuel rail, one seals the combustion chamber for each cylinder.

 

oh, da i should have known that,ive had a long day.thank am4sqlz.

 

Looks like I'll be looking into the sonic baths. I had no idea those things were that cheap. Thanks for the advice everyone, much obliged.

 

just make sure to apply some fresh oil, or petrolium jelly to those o rings when reinstallin em. it took me forever to get them back in, and when i would, one would leak. Finally after the 4th time of pullin the rail and reinstalling it i got it leak free. Also, stay away from the stealership (naturally) for those o rings. They wanted $15 for 2. Advance sells felpro's that are $3 for 4. So your gonna need 16 o rings to get the job done right.