It is rarely ever pleasant to listen an injector noise on your Ram P/U. It is a noise that happens continually, usually when you accelerate or your engine is idling. However, this warning sign may be linked to different kind of problems with your car injectors. It may not be anything major, but when a persistent noise arises, you have to be sure. Especially since repairing your Ram P/U’s injectors can be expensive. That’s why our team chose to produce this article in order to help you see more clearly, learn about the different plausible failures and establish your issue. To do this, we will first look at the normal running and usefulness of the injectors in your Ram P/U, then at the plausible causes from which an injector noise may come.
Purposes of the injectors
Injectors are a very vital component of the operation of your engine unit. They were introduced to the modern cars about 20 years ago. Before their arrival, 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 accurately (quantity of fuel injected, air/fuel mixture) via the analysis of the data collected from the various sensors equipping the car (engine temperature, acceleration level, engine speed, etc.). Their goal 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 coming from the injectors of your Ram P/U
Hearing injector noises on your Ram P/U may originate from different origins, we will now look into the potential triggers of these. In general, the regular noise of a faulty injector is of the snap type. Here are the several sources of these noises and the solutions to be put into practice to get rid of them. If you listen another clicking noise but it is not from your injectors, we suggest you to read this article about clicking noise on Ram P/U to find the trigger.
The reasons for injector clicking or knocking noise Ram P/U
A clicking or knocking noise from your injectors can be explained for different reasons. Indeed, the injectors of your Ram P/U have three main missions, to manage the vaporisation of the fuel, i.e., to convert the liquid into “gas” during injection, to ease its combustion. Then, its goal is to deal with the air/fuel dosage and finally the homogeneity of the mixture, always with the aim of improving combustion. If one of these three tasks is altered, the main functionality of the injectors will be disturbed and this will lead to poor combustion. This bad combustion will be a violent explosion in the cylinders due to bad timing, or a bad quantity of mixture or finally an inhomogeneous mixture and will trigger thoses knocking or clicking noises on your Ram P/U. The main trigger of these concerns in most cases originates from a particle that gets into the injectors. The accuracy of the injector being in the nanometer range, any possible blockage will inevitably lead to a malfunction of the injector. If after verifying, this noise originates from another part of the engine of your Ram P/U, check this article for more informations.
The consequences of injector noise on Ram P/U
Now that we have analyzed the diverse causes for injector noise on your Ram P/U, we will end by stating the possible consequences of malfunctioning one or more of your injectors. Whether only one is obstructed, or broken, or your entire fuel rail is involved, you cannot escape these consequences which can quickly become severe….
First, you risk destroying your exhaust system 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 basic repercussions felt by drivers is a significant loss of power. Indeed, if your engine is running on 3 out of 4 cylinders for example, you will obviously have a loss of power
Finally, you risk deteriorating one of your pistons or your engine. Poor combustion will quickly harm your cylinders or pistons and your engine may tighten.
Here are three little suggestions to limit the risks linked 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>
