5kcstq Injectors, head removal questions (PITA)

[Joshua Van Tol]

Be really careful about using a vacuum cleaner in the possible vicinity 
of gasoline. It's pretty easy to wind up with a blown up vacuum 
cleaner.

On Feb 21, 2004, at 11:57 PM, Ado Sigal wrote:

> It is a perfect time to change the injector inserts, shrouds, insert 
> seals and injector seals to, so start by unscrewing the inserts (allen 
> key 12 or 13 mm) and taking out the shrouds, to gain access to the 
> pieces fallen into manifold, which if don't come out with shrouds, one 
> can access and possibly collect with piece of wire and some sticky 
> substance on top, or better still, by sucking it out via small dia 
> tube attached to your domestic dustsuccer. Don't use the hats with new 
> injectors, and change to appropriate shrouds. The rest is just work 
> and patience.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Ado
>
> barry at moonbeast.com wrote:
>
>> Okay, I've taken the front of my car apart to do the timing belt 
>> change, and thought I'd fix that long cranking problem at the same 
>> time.
>> This is what I get for thinking.
>> *deep breath*
>> So I got 5 replacement injectors, water pump, timing belt, hydraulic 
>> lifters and replacement valve cover seal from 'thepartsconnection'.  
>> Also crank and cam seals.
>> My digicam sucks, so here's the disassembly in crap-ti-color:
>> Pass side
>> http://www.geocities.com/workhouse_master/feb18_04-007.jpg
>> Front view
>> http://www.geocities.com/workhouse_master/feb04_-006.jpg The first 
>> three injectors came out fairly easily.
>> Not so with the last two.
>> There is a metal press-fit cap on the end of these injectors that I 
>> managed to leave in #4 and #5 whilst pulling them out.  No big deal, 
>> right?  Wrong.  The more things I tried to get that #4 injector cap 
>> out, the further down the well it got lodged.  That's what I get for 
>> trying to get innovative.  Now it's almost certainly in the valve 
>> chamber.
>> Injectors
>> http://www.geocities.com/workhouse_master/feb04_-009a.jpg
>> Just to be certain, now.  I'm gonna have to take the head off to get 
>> the f*@king thing out, aren't I?
>> I haven't taken the intake valve out of #4 yet, but I don't think I 
>> can get to the stupid cap that way without taking the head off.  I'll 
>> have to take that valve out anyway, I know.
>> So the big questions:
>> Can I get the valve assembly out/back in again without special tools? 
>>  Any BTDT?  Is there a good writeup on this somewhere?  I've got the 
>> Bentley, but I'm not terribly impressed with it.
>> What all should I replace while I've got the stupid thing torn down 
>> this far?
>> (I'll get the head gasket set and replace all of them).  Thermostat?  
>> Anything else?
>> What other special tools am I going to need to get this cap 
>> extraction operation completed?  I had to borrow the crank lock tool, 
>> but I'm hoping to be able to use some more "standard" tools and 
>> ingenuity for this already WAAAY too involved project.
>> Thanks very much for any help-
>> Barry
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
>> _______________________________________________
>> quattro mailing list
>> quattro at audifans.com
>> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro