It is rarely ever pleasant to acknowledge an injector noise on your Peugeot 3008. It is a noise that appears frequently, usually when you accelerate or your engine is idling. However, this sign may be related to different sort of trouble with your vehicle injectors. It may not be anything severe, but when a repeated noise happens, you have to be sure. Most importantly since replacing your Peugeot 3008’s injectors can be expensive. That’s why our team decided to produce this content in order to support you see more clearly, learn about the different possible failures and distinguish your problem. To do this, we will first look at the normal running and usefulness of the injectors in your Peugeot 3008, then at the possible causes from which an injector noise may come.
Attributes of the injectors
Injectors are a very important component of the operation of your engine unit. They were launched to the modern automobiles about 20 years ago. Before their introduction, more conventional carburettor-type intake systems were employed, which handled the intake of air and fuel into the engine cylinders. With the injectors, manufacturers now have the possibility, thanks to the injectors pump, to control electronically each stage of the intake process very precisely (quantity of fuel injected, air/fuel mixture) via the analysis of the data received from the various sensors equipping the vehicle (engine temperature, acceleration level, engine speed, etc.). Their objective is therefore to inject under high pressure a precise quantity of an air/fuel mixture at a perfect timing to get the best possible combustion in the cylinders.
The different triggers of a clicking or knocking noise caused by the injectors of your Peugeot 3008
Listening injector noises on your Peugeot 3008 may originate from different sources, we will now concentrate on the potential causes of these. In general, the common noise of a faulty injector is of the snap type. Here are the different origins of these noises and the solutions to be used to prevent them. If you acknowledge another clicking noise but it is not from your injectors, we encourage you to go through this content about clicking noise on Peugeot 3008 to find the cause.
The reasons for injector clicking or knocking noise Peugeot 3008
A clicking or knocking noise from your injectors can be explained for different reasons. In fact, the injectors of your Peugeot 3008 have three main tasks, to manage the vaporisation of the fuel, i.e., to transform the liquid into “gas” during injection, to facilitate its combustion. Then, its objective is to manage the air/fuel dosage and at last the homogeneity of the mixture, always with the target of improving combustion. If one of these three functions is altered, the main role of the injectors will be disturbed and this will lead to poor combustion. This bad combustion will be a violent explosion in the cylinders resulting from bad timing, or a bad quantity of mixture or finally an inhomogeneous mixture and will provoke thoses knocking or clicking noises on your Peugeot 3008. The main cause of these problems generally originates from a particle that gets into the injectors. The precision of the injector being in the nanometer range, any possible blockage will inevitably result in a malfunction of the injector. If after verifying, this noise originates from another element of the engine of your Peugeot 3008, browse this content for more infos.
The effects of injector noise on Peugeot 3008
Now that we have reviewed the different reasons for injector noise on your Peugeot 3008, we will end by stating the possible consequences of malfunctioning one or more of your injectors. Whether only one is blocked, or broken, or your entire fuel rail is involved, you cannot escape these repercussions which can almost instantly become serious….
First, you risk destroying your exhaust unit in the long run, because the unburned fuel residues that will end up in your exhaust system can corrode the metal in it.
One of the most known effects felt by drivers is a significant loss of power. In fact, if your engine is running on 3 out of 4 cylinders for example, you will undoubtedly have a loss of power
Finally, you risk degrading one of your pistons or your engine. Poor combustion will almost instantly damage your cylinders or pistons and your engine may tighten.
Here are three little suggestions to limit the risks connected to your injectors and protect you from engine failure:
- Do not drive at the bottom of the tank, as you may absorb impurities
- Use quality fuel
- Think of swapping your diesel fuel filter regularly>
