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A method and apparatus for cleaning the fuel injection system of a vehicle without disassembling the fuel injectors from the vehicle engine, the apparatus comprising a mechanism for feeding a solvent-fuel mixture into the fuel supplying system of the engine, a control system for the feeding mechanis

A method and apparatus for cleaning the fuel injection system of a vehicle without disassembling the fuel injectors from the vehicle engine, the apparatus comprising a mechanism for feeding a solvent-fuel mixture into the fuel supplying system of the engine, a control system for the feeding mechanism and a series of connectors between the fuel injection system and both the feeding mechanism and the control system. The metod includes connecting the feeding mechanism and the control system to the engine fuel injection system and running the engine to clean the fuel injectors on site without disassembling the fuel injectors from the vehicle engine.

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An apparatus for cleaning the fuel injection valve system of an engine, said valve system including at least one fuel injection valve operably secured to and associated with said engine and responsive to a charge of electricity to input fuel to said engine, means for supplying fuel to said at least

An apparatus for cleaning the fuel injection valve system of an engine, said valve system including at least one fuel injection valve operably secured to and associated with said engine and responsive to a charge of electricity to input fuel to said engine, means for supplying fuel to said at least one valve, means for controlling said at least one valve to feed fuel to said engine, and means for powering said controlling means, said apparatus comprising: means for feeding a solvent-fuel mixture into said fuel supplying means of said engine, comprising: an outlet conduit, a storage tank for a supply of said solvent-fuel mixture separate from said fuel supply means, means separate from said fuel supplying means for pumping said solvent-fuel mixture from said storage tank to said outlet conduit, and means for communicating said storage tank with said pumping means; a control for said solvent-fuel mixture feeding means comprising means for charging said fuel injection valves with electricity to operate said valves, said charging means disposed in operable association with said engine, switch means for determining the commencement or cessation of operation of said feeding means, and means for operably associating said valve operating means and said switch means with said powering means, a device for transporting said control, said communicating means, said pumping means, said storage tank, and said outlet conduit to and from operable association with said engine; and means for operably associating said outlet conduit of said feeding means with said valve fuel supplying means and disabling said valve fuel supplying means to permit said feeding means to be the source of the fuel supply for said at least one fuel injection valve, wherein said apparatus is removed prior to use of said fuel supplying means to operate said engine.