Fuel Injectors

2001 Mitsubishi Montero Sport Limited, RWDSECTION Fuel Injectors
  1. Listen to injectors during cranking and at idle. They should make ticking sound. Frequency of sound should increase as engine speed increases.
  2. Disconnect injector 2-pin connector at injector. Check resistance between injector terminals. Injector resistance should be 13-16 ohms at 68°F (20°C). On engines with inaccessible injector connectors, check resistance at the injector intermediate connector. To test right bank injectors on Eclipse 3.0L and Galant 3.0L, disconnect right bank injector intermediate 4-pin connector. To test all injectors on Montero and Montero Sport, disconnect injector intermediate 8-pin connector. To test all injectors on Diamante, disconnect injector intermediate 12-pin connector. Check resistances between indicated terminals. See INJECTOR CHECK AT INJECTOR INTERMEDIATE CONNECTOR  table.
  3. If using lab scope, connect lab scope pick-up to ECM/PCM side (ground side) of injector circuit. Start engine. Compare waveform to normal waveform. See Fig 1.
  4. To test injector circuit, see DTC P0201-P0204: INJECTORS NO. 1-4 CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION or DTC P0201-P0206: INJECTORS NO. 1-6 CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION in appropriate SELF-DIAGNOSTICS article.
INJECTOR CHECK AT INJECTOR INTERMEDIATE CONNECTOR

Application Injector No. Check Between Intermediate Connector Terminals No.
Diamante (Both Banks)
1 6 & 12
2 6 & 5
3 6 & 11
4 6 & 4
5 6 & 10
6 6 & 3
Eclipse & Galant 3.0L (Right Bank)
1 1 & 2
3 1 & 3
5 1 & 4
Montero & Montero Sport (Both Banks)
1 8 & 3
2 8 & 2
3 8 & 1
4 8 & 7
5 8 & 6
6 8 & 5
Fig 1: Identifying Normal Injector Waveform
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