CGT fuel injector replacement

[Huw Powell]

> I have traced the poor/hard starting condition on my '86 CGT to
> leaky/clogged/bad fuel injectors. The car currently has 216k on it, and all
> injectors and seals appear to be original. I have five new injectors and
> seals ($37 a piece from EuroExpress...another WorldPac distributor) and 5
> new brown plastic holder tips and seals. The injector removal and
> replacement seems pretty straight forward (Huw's site has a nice writeup on
> this), but I was wondering about the replacement of the plastic tips and
> their seals. A couple of posts in the archives pretty much say to leave well
> enough alone, and trying to remove them is more trouble than its worth since
> they are apt to be brittle and crumble easily. Since I have the new parts, I
> would like to replace the tips and seals. Any tips or tricks for their
> replacement? TIA.

Your injectors are slightly different than mine were - yours shuld have
the little shrouds on the tips, with another, smaller seal.

New ones for your car should come complete, with shrouds and two seals
installed.

So long as you don't mind fiddling with awkward, weird sized (12mm
hex??) plastic doohickeys, removing the inserts to use new ones is
probably a good idea.  try one carefully, first, if it goes well, do
them all.  If it seems difficult, just use those new injectors and
you'll be loving the smoothness!

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Huw Powell

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