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chucknms
August 29th, 2017, 02:20 PM
so I went and tried an injector balance test to see the state of my injectors after a couple codes popped up and went away. got some strange results and i'm sure I'm doing something wrong. I see that numbers should be + or - between 0 and 10.

balrcyl1 - 217 mm3
balrcly2- -1919 mm3
balrcyl3 - 1347 mm3
balrcyl4 - 2046 mm3
balrcyl5 - 1312 mm3
balrcyl6 - 817 mm3

this was at 1800 rpm at 47 mph

I have no idea whats up with these readings

Move'n Up
August 30th, 2017, 02:41 AM
Check at Idle and if you have an automatic also in Drive with your foot on the brake (not moving forward)

chucknms
August 30th, 2017, 02:55 AM
Check at Idle and if you have an automatic also in Drive with your foot on the brake (not moving forward)

Tried that. About the same result. One said 1 for a few seconds

Move'n Up
August 30th, 2017, 02:59 AM
You should see a completely different result vs what you show in your first post.

chucknms
August 30th, 2017, 03:16 AM
I know I have to be looking at or doing something wrong21444

chucknms
August 30th, 2017, 10:01 AM
Ran the test again.

-1
-4
4
0
-2
3

Move'n Up
August 31st, 2017, 02:29 AM
Ran the test again.

-1
-4
4
0
-2
3
You have injectors going out. The +4 is shot and the +3 isn't far behind.
Was that at idle or in gear (if you have an automatic)?

Also keep in mind; EFI Live balance rates logging will show you the Cylinder number, BALRCYLx, based on Firing Order which is 1-5-3-6-2-4 for the 5.9 Cummins as viewed from the front of the engine.

Here's an example; BARCYL6 is the 4th cylinder from the front.

chucknms
August 31st, 2017, 06:33 AM
Yeah I knew they were bad as soon as I saw the results. I do have an auto and that was in drive with my foot on the brake. What blows is the truck runs perfect and doesn't smoke.

Apples24v
February 20th, 2018, 07:03 AM
What are the numbers they are reading when testing the injectors? I have 3 that read high I have a 4, 3 and a 2.5