Injector Broken/Stuck In Head

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I have the rare V8s with diesel injectors fitted and one has broken off in the head. Any ideas on how to tackle it now without removing the head? or does anyone know of any of those specialist mobile broken/injector removal companys within travelling distance to Ross On Wye?

Edited by themee on Saturday 12th January 21:19

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Cheers both but, as Mike says it is properly stuck in there, soaked for over a week, slide hammer then eventually getting it to turn forward and backwards mm by mm.....thought I had it when it came out and then....... the little movement I had was actually breaking the head off. No rubber washers. Just a bloody tight fit and then clamped down onto a copper washer. Will try turning it over though, ta

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Cheers, seem to be a few companys in and around London advertising for Renault, Vauxhall, Merc but none are local and none of them mention the removal of of my 2.5 TDI S Series injectors, obviously they have a jig for the makes mentioned. Will have a phone around tomorrow. Ta

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Chris - is your engine fitted with diesel heads then? Maybe you could source a pair of "normal" heads and fit these.
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Im quite happy with the "Iceberg". Rang round a few places today, Best I found is in Bristol, not mobile (may) be able to get it out in situ, but will cost £100+ to trailer each way. Turned over without running and inner nozzle bit and a spring came out, so I now have a small hole in the centre

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Sorry to mislead anyone,(I actually thought you would all know what I was up to) But I thought post may be removed if I said it was actually on my VW T4, 2.5 TDI obviously I have asked on T4 forums but I think the knowledge of some of the S guys on here is far superior to those VW boys. Anyway I was thinking of tapping into it myself as suggested but It seems that the bit that now has a hole in it is just a very thin piece of metal so would just tear up with any force applied. Rang everyone that is within reasonable distance to me and none of them say they can remove it without removing the head...(I think I could remove it myself if the head was off) I do most things myself on the S and the Van but not sure if head removal is a bit out of my depth.....I know its just nuts and bolts but its getting the timing or something wrong that could lead to catastrophic failure that scares me. And after "having a go" at this injector replacement I may just leave everything to the pros from now on! Any other Ideas before I either completely break it (expensive) or just pay someone to do it (expensive) its the trailering to garage that will bump price up by a fair bit, How long do you think its wise to run on 4 of the 5 cylinders if at all? What damage can be done? would obviously have no unburned fuel going in, which I know is a bad thing. but what else? could maybe attach the new injector to pipework and put into a container of some sort. Thanks all, and this post will now probably be removed

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Steve_D said:

If it is now just thin metal then weld a self tapping screw to the end of a piece of rod (or a slide hammer) and try pulling it out with that.
If it strips out go up a screw size or two. Also looking at the new injector as a guide there must be something more substantial below the bit of tin that you could get a bite into with the right size screw.
It has to be worth giving it a good go before taking the head off.

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Thinking the same but the force I gave it with the slide hammer and 1/2" ratchet before it broke hadn't moved it at all so really don't think the thin piece would hold up. Also been thinking about tapping/drilling into the bit below but concerned about pieces getting into cylinder....suppose if heads got to come off anyway then there's nothing to lose if they do.......But would a powerful magnet or vacuum through injector hole get them out? would any really really tiny pieces just be burned/blown out?.......... This could also end up being expensive and why I should be leaving it to the professionals.