I am having my regular oil change service this week and I wonder if this would solve the problem I am encountering and would a basic oil change service in a way help in cleaning my fuel line/injector and/or engine?
I would greatly appreciate a detailed advice on this one, THANKS!
Will a basic oil change service provide solution to help clean my fuel lines/injectors and/or engine?
No, an oil change will not solve the issue that you're describing. You'll need a fuel injection cleaning service. Which you can probably have done at most oil changing service stations or a vehicle service shop. They can also diagnose your vehicle in more detail to determine exactly what the issue is. Your car may not have a clogged fuel line but could be something else, hopefully not worse involving an engine overhaul due to bad valves.
Good luck and hope this helps!
Will a basic oil change service provide solution to help clean my fuel lines/injectors and/or engine?
Oil change has nothing to do as does octane as computer is set for 87 and rest is wasted. You need to folow maintenance manual and have injectors cleaned every 6 months for 60.00
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This will do nothing for your problem. Fuel system service is completely different than an oil change.
Your problem could be any number of items none of which would be related to your lubrication system.
First of all unless this is the supercharged model, it should only require 87 octane regular unleaded fuel.
Without connecting your engine to any diagnostic equipment I can only make wild guesses.
It could be a malfunctioning knock sensor. This sensor listens for detonation (pinging) and will cause the engine management computer to correct the problem.
It could be a malfunctioning EGR valve, usually stuck in the open position.
It could be excessive carbon buildup. Unlikely. Carbon can build up in the cumbustion chamber to the point where it increases the compression ratio. Unusual in a modern engine and would be a symptom of a serious problem
It could be problems with the fuel system such as dirty fuel injectors, dirty fuel filter, malfunctioning fuel pressure regulator, contaminated fuel, etc.
It could be a plugged catalytic converter. A plugged catalytic converter is usually caused when there is a problem with the fuel / air mixture.
It could be a dirty or malfunctioning oxygen sensor or mass airflow sensor. These sensors help the engine management computer determine the correct fuel / air mixture and ignition timing.
You have a few choices here. You can throw lots of parts and money at it and hope that you get lucky enough to stumble upon the source of your problem. In the mean time you will get frustrated with your car because you will be spending lots of money in the process and it will continue to run like crap.
You can continue to waste your money on premium fuel
Or your best choice would be to bring it to the Pontiac Dealer Service Department. I know this will cost more than a private mechanic. But a Pontiac mechanic specializes in General Motors products. They would be more likely to get it right the first time, saving you money in the long run.
The ping is probably something else. Did your engine throw any codes?
change the fuel filter and get the injector service too. that will clean out the screens in the injector nozzles. use a gas treatment once a month to keep water / dirt out of your tank.
no an oil change doesnt have anything to do with the fuel line
you can buy some gas additive at any auto parts store and even most gas stations, add a bottle of that about once a month or every couple weeks to clean out bad gas, and use better gas for a while at least
Normal oil service won't change anything about your fuel system, although many oil change places will offer a fuel line/injector cleaning service for another fee. I have had it done before and I'm skeptical that it did anything that a bottle of fuel additive type cleaner won't do.
Mad Jack gave the only sensible answer. All this guessing and throwing money at it won't do a bit of good.
I would have your injector system serviced as well and have the Ignition system Inspected for a miss-fire.
premium fuel is never a bad idea, that helps reduce knock and usualy has more detergents in it to help stop that carbon build up, your knock sensor listens for knock like the other guy said, if it hears a knock then it will retard the timming a little to try an stop that pinging, if you have better fuel in it, it should have to retard the timming less and may actually advance it and you could increase your gas millage, it would probably take a tank or two for it to realize it completely that it can advance it further than it use to be able to, its just like people used to advance their timming on older cars with the distributor cap, you cant do that anymore its automatically done for you, but using the better fuel will advance the timming
b-rich, if you put higher octane gas in a motor that is designed for 87 octane it will do NOTHING for the motor and can, in some cases, hurt performance.
To the person that asked the question, listen to some of the other guys, you need to take it somewhere to get a diagnosis, it could be NUMEROUS things and it doesn't sound like you're too mechanically inclined(no offense).
