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True, but for what is worth, I used to have a Pathy and had to get rid of it a few months ago, today I bought another one and while I was Pathy-less I would still read the posts from time to time. I guess once you have one you can't stay away from them.

I'm back, couldn't stay away, just bought a 95 pathfinder, runs great but it has a problem with the reverse. I'm going to try flushing the fluid and will keepyou posted on the results. Thanks for the info.

Good point, thanks for the tip, it does make sense to leave the hard to reach stuff untouched. Thanks

Geez Girl... If I ever get stranded in the middle of nowhere I would like for you to drive by. Do you really do all the work yourself? That's fantastic! Thank you so much for your help. I will label things as it comes off "THE INTAKE" This is so cool, everybody is so helpful on this forum. Thanks again, I'll probably get to work on it tomorrow, I got home late today, had to go visit a client. Oh one more thing, the plugs are new, but I guess they have gotten soaked with fuel, at least the one under the bad injector. Do you think I should replace it? Thanks again.

That is good advice, I will try to remove the manifold. Thanks

Where did you get the rail from? Does it come with the injectors already in place? How about o-rings? Those need to be replaced also, right? Thanks for all the good info.

I'm going to try this next. Thanks for all your help.

This is the latest, I replaced the starter again, replaced the ignition wires, evrything seemed fine, tried to start the car, it wouldn't start right away, but the battery terminals were not hot, no smoke, or smell from the starter, went back in the car, tried a couple more times to start, finally it turned on, still smoking the white-light blue smoke, strong smell of fuel in the smoke itself. I am willing to bet it is an injector at this point. I will try to run the codes from the ECU, I guess the best way is to remove the front seat to access the box. I guess I have to keep on trying at this point, no sense in giving up. What's your take on replacing the injectors? Should I do all of them or just the faulty one? Thanks.

Thank you for your reply. You're right, must be a lot of pull from the starter, the wires only get hot when the starter can't do it's thing, now I think the starter burnt out.. Thanks

Yes, and the blue smoke smells heavily like raw fuel, as a matter of fact on Friday as I was driving home, the smell was so strong that my clothes smelled as if I had spilled gas all over me, and I had my windows up, A/C on, etc.

Thanks for your reply. You're correct it was fine when it started, but now I think the starter went bad. (it's new). I have to wait until tomorrow to replace it and keep on trying.

Actually, no I'm not using any coolant, level is full, temp gauge is normal. I think the culprit could be a wire. After removing the plugs I turned the engine, a lot of fluid came out, then it started fine, but of course the blue smoke was still there and the 5 cyl feeling still there. It was fine for about a minute, then I turned her off, went to check the wires, hoses, etc. everything seemed fine, I got back in the car and went to start her, then the same thing as with the hydrolock thing happened again, took off plugs did the song and dance again, on the last attempt to start her, the starter did the smoking thing, wires got hot, etc. I went to start her again after I did the song and dance, more fluid came out, put everything back together, plugs, wires, etc. Went to start the car and now the starter solenoid won't stop making a whinning noise, I turn the key in the ignition to the off position, but the starter solenoid keeps on going, I have the keys in my pocket, and the car wants to start, I'm walking away to disconnect the battery and the friggin car starts jumping, moving forward ( I had it in gear), I jumped back in the car, stepped on the clutch, put her in Neutral, the solenoid is still going, then I disconnect the battery everything is quiet, I wait a few minutes, connect the battery back and first I connect the - wire, then as soon as the + makes contact with the terminal, some sparks fly out, smoke out of the starter, smell, etc. I disconnect + wire again, wait a little longer, connect it back, everything seems normal, now I touched the wires they are cold, I got in the car, try to start her, makes one attempt to turn over, then all my dash lights turn off, as if the battery was dead, car won't turn, all it does is a "Tac" noise once, and that's it, dashboard lights go off right away. I thing the starter went (it's new, bought it yesterday). I guess at this point I need a young and an old priest to perform an exorcism on this car. I wanted to have the car running, even if it was smoking, and I wanted to pull the ignition wires, one at a time, to see if I could find a faulty one, however, if it is an injector would I be able to tell by pulling the wires? My guess is that if it's an injector the car will run the same and shut off every time I pull a wire, if it is a wire it will shut down when I pull one of the good wires, but will continue to run like crap when I pull the bad one. Does this make sense. Thanks again for all the information.

By the way, is it normal for the + and - wires to get hot when making an attempt to start? Of course the engine does not turn, my guess is that the starter is trying to do it's thing, but of course the engine won't let it. I could understand the + wire getting hot, but isn't the stater grounded by the housing mounted against the motor? Why would the - wire get hot? Thanks again.

Thanks for all the sugestions, I'm going to pull the plugs and try turning the engine first, and of course keep my fingers crossed for it to run. Thanks everyone, and thanks to NPORA for making this site possible.

Thanks, the hydrolocking was a result of the spray I used to clean the TB, I hope I can deal with that today and fix it, however, what could cause the engine to run as if it only had 5 cyl from one day to the next, without any warning, and to still continue doing it, even after new plugs? Thanks for your help.

Hello everybody. I need some advice on my ordeal. I Have a '95 pathfinder with 150K miles on it, Bought it about a month ago, it has been running great until yesterday. In the morning I went to turn on the car, and it didn't turn on right away, this was unusual, once it turned on, it felt as if it was firing on 5 cyl, little shakes, loss of power, and when I stopped at red lights it smelled like raw fuel, smoke out of the tail pipe was blue. I kept driving it to work, it is close by my home, I'm only about 20 minutes away in S. Fla traffic. I did notice it was using a lot of fuel, my needle was going down quickly, and at times it turned off at intersections after a complete stop. My first thought was to replace the spark plugs, I thought maybe one of them is fouled, and that was a reason for the truck to feel as if driving on 5 cyl. Long story short, on my way back from work it used up all of my gas, I had a half tank in the morning, and before getting home I had to stop for more fuel. Everytime I stopped, the truck was rough to start, and when giving it gas, more blue smoke will come out. This morning I replaced the spark plugs, the old ones were not in bad shape, but they looked old. When I was done with that, I turned the truck on, it was a little rough to start, when it started if felt the same way as before the new plugs, I gave it some gas to see if maybe that would help, instead every time I gave it gas, more blue smoke came out. I turned it off, and went to check the wires, they were all fine, then I looked into the TB, and found it to be filthy, I had some cleaner, sprayed about half a can, and tried to star her again, this time the engine tried to turn, but wouldn't start, not turn at all, it made no attempt on turning, no noise, and all my lights in the dash would turn off as soon as I turned the key to start it, the only sound was a loud clank, like the starter trying to turn but insted is getting stuck, I bought and installed a new starter, tried again, same thing, it felt as if the engine was frozen, with the old starter, after trying to start, there would be smoke coming out of the bottom of the car, smells as if something electrical was burning, that's why I replaced it, with the new one, same thing, same smell, some smoke coming from the bottom, and also both + and- wires get very hot. I disconnected the battery, thought maybe the battery has a short, went and bought a new one, installed it, and same thing, one big "clunk" noise, wires get very hot, smells like burnt electrical stuff, and the engine does not turn for anything. I don't know what else to try, or where to look into next. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.