- At Redline Injectors, we take a different approach. Unlike the traditional injector cleaning methods, used by every shop since 1989 that relies on 90% water and 10% solvent, we go beyond traditional process.
- We offer testing and cleaning for Mercury Optimax Fuel Injectors and the Mercury Optimax Air injector
- Redline Injectors puts extra focus on cleaning, testing, and restoring Marine fuel injectors. We use precise, well-crafted methods and products to bring them back to their original performance and reliability. For Marine fuel Injector cleaning service, go with Redline Injectors!
Mercury Optimax Injector Cleaning Overview

Mercury Optimax Fuel & Air Injector Cleaning and Testing
We consider Optimax fuel and Air injectors as port injectors for service ordering purposes.
The Mercury Optimax uses a specialized injection system where fuel and air injectors work in precise sync, delivering a timed fuel-air mixture for maximum power. Performance can be affected by high-ethanol fuel or debris from air pump failures.
Our Mercury Optimax Air Fuel Injector Service uses custom-machined cups we designed and has CNC’s by our machine shop partners for the Carbon Zapp test bench and our proprietary POWERFLUSH machine to clean and test the air side of the injector stack. Premium service includes seal installation with our proprietary tool—at a cost lower than most shops charge for cleaning alone. Details are on our Port Injector Cleaning and Flow Testing page.

Proprietary Mercury Optimax Air Injector Tooling
Our Optimax injector and Air injector service builds on the Port Injector service detailed on the Port Injector page. Some shops advertise Mercury Optimax air injector cleaning for $20, but this typically excludes O-rings and seals, which are extra—OEM Seal Kit #26-804875 alone costs $22.
To cut costs, many shops use aftermarket combustion seals, but most are inaccurate, they all come from the same supplier base regardless of who you buy them from. They were either too thin or too large or both. After discarding thousands of these, we now manufacture the proper precision-fit Optimax Air combustion seals ourselves.

Proprietary Optimax Combustion Seals
To fix the quality gap in the market, we now produce our own proprietary Air Injector combustion seals and a precision billet aluminum re-sizing tool ensuring exact OEM-level fit and performance.
By making these components in-house, we can provide full Mercury Optimax cleaning and testing at a price lower than most shops charge for cleaning alone—no more worrying about short, bulging, inadequate seals.
As part of our standard Optimax Air service we always include:
- Correct Combustion Seal exactly matching OEM
- Combustion Seal Precision properly Fitted with Our Proprietary Tool
- Correct Upper and Lower O-rings

