I have a 1993 Nissan Sentra, and my mechanic has been telling me that the fuel rail froze and is all messed up - I have been waiting for this car for almost 6 months because one part after another keeps needing replaced, or one personal crisis after another keeps happening. And now this - after he spent 2 weeks trying to find the right clutch cable (he even went to the Nissan dealership to see if they could tell him where to find the right one, and they couldn’t - what?). I have never heard of a fuel rail before, and when I google it, I’m getting a few sparse relevant links - I know it exists, but I can’t see if it actually exists in my car. And apparently, if it does exist, it’s like Bigfoot - elusive and very hard to find.
Don’t worry, I’m having the car towed to a different mechanic today - a reputable one, one I should have gone with in the first place, but I was looking to save a little money. Of course, the old adage holds true: you get what you pay for.
TIA!
If You’ve Got Multi-Point Fuel Injection (You Probably Do) Then You’ve No Doubt Got A Fuel Rail. It’s The Metal Tube That The Injectors Sit In Or That Connects The Injectors And Supplies Gasoline.
Frozen ? There must be a part of it that won’t come off or unscrew. The stuck parts would be considered to be “frozen.”
CSA
Second the move on taking it to another mechanic. The fuel rail is common in fuel injected motors. Usually they are service free, but I have seen them split which spills fuel on top of a hot motor causing a dangerous situation. When doing other repairs a fuel rail needs to be removed and it could be that’s were the damage was done in this case.
A cable for the clutch shouldn’t be that hard to find. A Nissan dealer can order one if they don’t happen to have one in stock.
All this can be sorted out by the new mechanic. Your previous one had too many issues and certainly didn’t seem to be either qualified or professional in handling your car.
The car is 18 years old…The only place you will find uncommon “factory” parts would be a salvage yard…Dealerships and their distributors limit parts support to 10 or 12 years…
" . . . my mechanic has been telling me that the fuel rail froze and is all messed up - . . .
The delay in getting the car returned in running condition and reading between the lines in the quote above is worrisome. I hope the mechanic wasn’t in over his/ her head and was responsible for messy things up.
This can sometimes be a nightmare that goes first to mechanic #2 (who figures out all the additional parts and labor to get back to square one) and then the bad news goes to the car’s owner, Greasy grrl.
“Don’t worry, I’m having the car towed to a different mechanic today - a reputable one, one I should have gone with in the first place, but I was looking to save a little money. Of course, the old adage holds true: you get what you pay for.”
Right On, right on, right on. You get it.
CSA