fuel injector issues with only 300 miles

[saphireplatinum]

Just bought a Marauder and found with only 300 miles on the odometer it started running rough at about 55 mph and blowing oil out the dual exhaust. It was like a bad Cheech and Chong movie.......

It was diagnosed at the dealer as a fuel injector problem. I drove it around about a 100 more miles that night and had to take it back to the dealer. Has anyone else had any problems with the injectors in the first 1000 miles? Is this usual for this engine....... I think not in the research I've done. People were mostly complaining of the transmission when I was looking into this purchase.

I am currently getting about 10 miles to the gallon with this problem. And this was supposed to support a weekly commute between Michigan and Buffalo. Damn, I'll be broke in no time.... 10 miles to a gallon.

[Petrograde]

Wecome aboard!
I'm sorry to hear about your problem with your shiney new MM. I haven't heard of any problems like that before.

I hope the dealership sqaures you away with it!

[RF Overlord]

it started running rough at about 55 mph and blowing oil out the dual exhaust.

I am currently getting about 10 miles to the gallon with this problem.

First of all, Welcome!

Second, are you sure it's OIL out the tailpipes? Is the smoke blue or black?

If it's running rough, putting out black smoke, and only getting 10 MPG, it does sound like an injector issue as your dealer said. Possibly one stuck open, making that cylinder very rich, which would give the above symptoms. It could also be a problem with the MAF or the ECM...

None of these potential problems is common, so let us know what the dealer finds, eh?

[RoyLPita]

Welcome aboard. Sorry to hear about your troubles. Anyway, keep us posted, please.

[saphireplatinum]

The smoke is blue and the original thought was a fuel injector stuck open, I took it back to the dealer last night and I'll find out later today what they suspect.

Thanks for the support, I only joined earlier today and I already love this site!

Allright, I'm off for my trip to work (all 315 miles of it).

[Fourth Horseman]

Blue smoke would indicate burning oil, wouldn't it? Bad valve guide?

[tta197]

Welcome to the site. Is your car a 2003 or 2004?

[jgc61sr2002]

Welcome to the MM site. Hope the problem gets resolved quickly.

[CRUZTAKER]

Welcome! and let us know when you get back....thinking out loud....should this car be taken on a road trip in this condition???

I thinking loaner, since it's still so new.

[RCSignals]

If you are getting only 10mpg, most of that fuel is probably ending up in your crankcase, diluting the oil, and being thinner, this oil is more readily getting into the combustion chambers and burning.

I can't imagine why your dealer would diagnose the problem and then let you drive car unfixed.

If your oil has been diluted there could be other damage caused

[RF Overlord]

Excellent point, RC...I should have seen that one...you da' man!

[saphireplatinum]

I didn't think it wise to entrust myself to getting across Canada/ Michigan in the Marauder yet, so I kept my backup.... and probably will keep it for awhile longer now.

The second trip back to the dealer and they still didn't fix anything just diagnosed and gave it back. (again a fuel injector).....

It's a 2004 in silver. Pretty sweet looking. Already catching eyes,..... and unwanted glances from the Troopers in New York when they don't see a plate on the front (registered to Michigan).

[TripleTransAm]

The second trip back to the dealer and they still didn't fix anything just diagnosed and gave it back. (again a fuel injector).....

Interesting... are they, umm... GOING TO FIX IT????

[MitchB]

You risk ruining the ring seal in this cylinder by washing it down with fuel. Get it fixed ASAP and do a compression check in a couple thousand miles.

Mitch

[BillyGman]

I know that you would rather not think about this right now, but for your sake I'll say it:

I think that it's very important for you to go to your dealer, and insist that they give you receipts for both of the two times that they worked on your car to correct this problem. And make sure BEFORE you leave that there are dates on BOTH of those receipts. if they try to tell you that you don't need a receipt since it was warantee work, tell them that you insist on receipts anyway for your own records and that you are entitled to them weather it's warantee work or not.

If they will not cooperate, then ask for the service manager's name first, and then ask to talk to him about that, and tell him the same thing. You might very well need the receipts with the dates on them IF they do NOT fix the problem completely by the third time. The Lemmon law sates that upon returning your car for the third time to the dealer for the same problem, they still do not fix it, then you are atleast entitled to a whole other new car(or possibly a refund, but I'm not possitive about the refund part). But the law stipulates that the three visits to your dealer have to all be within a certain time frame (it's eather 30 days, or 90 days) so you might very well need proof that you were there three times as well as what dates the three times occured, and that's why you should alwys ask for a receipt. Most dealers will NOT give you one for warantee work, unless you demand it. And I'm sure that it's because of this law they don't.