Injector Insert Help???

[Richard J. Andrews]

At 05:57 PM 9/2/01, you wrote:
to do this job the right way you really should pull the intake off. this 
will require
an allen socket, i've never pulled the intake while the engine was in the car.
probably would need to remove the airbox, not sure, someone else can jump 
in here.
then when the insert breaks as you are trying to remove it you can pull the 
pieces
out without them going into the engine.

unless you don't care about the chance of your i-5 ingesting some plastic 
pieces...
but it really is easier without the intake in the way. in fact i don't know 
if it'd be feasible
to try without removing the intake.

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq
>Hello Audi Enthusiasts:
>I have a quick question about fuel injector inserts on my '86 4000q.  My
>Bentley shows that the plastic insert has been updated to a new two piece
>metal unit.  I was just in the process of pulling my fuel injectors and
>noticed that my Bosch replacements look different than the originals.  They
>have 2 o-rings instead of 1.  From reading between the lines it looks like my
>only alternative is to install the metal injector inserts.  If that is the
>case will these 15 yr. old plastic inserts disintegrate when I try to unscrew
>them.  Any insight will be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Todd Hayes