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Tampa T-Type

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Replaced my 28's with 50's from a member. Three of the injecrtors are leaking one big time from the top o-ring. It has a clip but they seem to be loose, I must have done somthing wrong any feedback?
 
leaking injector

take the injector off and make sure the oring is not pinched torn or missing. the clips does not matter if there loose just not to loose
 
I would recomend replacing all the orings with new ones..You can get them from your dealer...The do not have to be car specific as I used LT1 orings on the old car...

I would never install used injectors with old orings... :)
 
Let me know if ya need a hand i'll come by if ya can't get it, you should use o-ring lube prior to installing that will allow them to slip in there just perfect if not most likely pinched or broken.
 
You have to carefully install each injector into the rail with oil on each o-ring, or the ring will stretch, pinch, twist up and bind, etc. Dont put the o-ring in the fuel rail injector bore first and then force the injector in. The O-ring must be on the injector before it goes into the rail. Then once the injector/rail assembly is together, you carefully press each injector into the injector bungs, but you dont fully seat 1 injector and then move on to the next. You push it a little bit into the bung, an then the next and then the next. You keep doing this gradually till every injector is fully seated. Otherwise you'll be cocking each injector so much that something could get damaged. You have to have oil on the lower o-rings, and the injector bores should be totally clean and free of grease and debris, and then you rub a tiny bit of oil into each bore, and on the little countersink, or lead in if you want to call it that. Then you install it. Never put them in dry. Your only option right now is to pull the fuel rail back out and inspect every o-ring. You most likely tore one or more rings. Pull the o-rings off, and stretch them slightly to expose any cuts there may be on them that you normally wouldnt be able to see by just staring at them. Slightly stretch...these arent rubber bands. The key to doing this right is cleanliness and extreme patience. If an injector doesnt seem to want to go in, dont ever ever ever force it. If it takes you a day to get the injectors, so be it. relax and have fun.
 
There out in the open now!

On a hot air that's no picnic. I should have replaced the o-rings, do the local parts house have them?
 
Tampa T-Type said:
do the local parts house have them?

Yes. Theyre generic.. nothing special. I got a set once from bumper-bumper
 
Yes you can get them from the local parts house... My Dad works for the dealer so it is just as cheap and easier for me to go there...

The last set i did I used just a little vasoline on the orings and everything went together real easy...Good luck and let us know how it turns out!
 
Mark- no need to change the o rings- the orings are new- they were only installed once as well as the injectors. sent you a PM.
 
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