hi to all
this is my first post on the forum so here goes!!
im the owner of a 51plate marea sx with a flashing engine management light, ive taken this to a main dealer to put on the diagnostic machine and found that its a fuel injector number 3 problem, my first q is are these easy to remove by a non mechanically minded person would the cleaning of the afore mentioned injector cure the prob or do i need to fork out and buy a new injector and pay to have the pleasure of a garage fitting this......

Now ive got that out the way, i didnt realise that there were that many mareas out there as around this way they are like the preverbial hens tooth

looking forward to suggestions and ideas on my prob.

ps does anyone else get annoyed by the sunvisors on mareas???

ta

Tintin:devil:

Simplicity to remove - disconnect the lead by pulling off the retaining clip then it merely pulls out

i assume this is a 1.6 model. you need to remove the upper inlet manifold and the fuel rail to get the injectors out but its easy enough. there are detaield instructions in the bravo/brava section if you do a search.

mike10 said:

Simplicity to remove - disconnect the lead by pulling off the retaining clip then it merely pulls out

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are you sure you're talking about an injector? they are not that easy to remove.

Yes - remove the rail (2 bolts), pull off the metal retaining clip, pull off cable pull out injector

yes it is the 1.6 engine, quite a common fault im led to believe and im lucky mines lasted 80k . was there ever a recall on these as its a common fault on mareas and bravos/bravas

:bang:

no recall. if something doesnt lead to certain death then a recall is unlikely.