Refitting fuel injectors

[cavebloke]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me the best method to refit the fuel injectors. When I stripped the engine down the injectors stayed stuck in the inlet manifold so I left them there. Now when I've come to refit the fuel rail, the clips that go on the top of the injectors won't fit (because the injectors aren't far enough into the fuel rail once it's torqued down).

Is there some clever trick to acheiving this or should I strip them out and fit them to the fuel rail first before bolting it down into the manifold?

Cheers,

Simon

[phazed]

A bit of Vaseline on the injector O rings will have them bedding in their retainers nicely.

when you fit the clips, you'll be able to wiggle the injectors up and down until the clip lines up with the grooves on the injectors.

A little fiddly it seems but a piece of cake in reality.

HTH.

[blitzracing]

You will need to replace the O rings as well, they are unlikley to reseal effectivly. Theres a guy on ebay sells a packet of them for not a lot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-TVR-MORGAN-V...

[Sardonicus]

blitzracing said:

You will need to replace the O rings as well, they are unlikley to reseal effectivly. Theres a guy on ebay sells a packet of them for not a lot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-TVR-MORGAN-V...

Agree with both posts above and can vouch for the suggested part I have used 3 sets of those now on different cars like Phazed said I tend to slide the injectors up into the rail before sliding each inj down into the intake on all eight then fitting the clips and bolting the rail down, also make sure the intake inj holes are spotless and corrosion free before fitting though

[griffdude]

If you've referbed the top end you might as well do the injectors. This lot do it by post & IMHO are good value;

http://injectortune.co.uk/Injector_Cleaning.html