Fuel Injector 'Doughnut' installation...

[jesper moreau]

believe it or not, a plentiful amount of spit works wonders. its free, non
corrosive to rubber, and you'll never run out. Check the archives, I'm sure
others use the same method. I have changed many an injector and have never
had an air leak.
HTH

On 10/23/05, orsopers <orsopers at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I am currently replacing the injector sleeves and o-rings on my '88 80q
> (NG
> motor) and I remember reading here once that you could use very hot water
> to soften up the really tight green 'doughnut' o-rings that go on the top
> of
> the injector. Is that true? The Bentleys says to lubricate before
> installation but that is all.
>
> I have been hunting down a vacuum leak and this is the last thing to do.
> Actually I think that number 3 was allowing a vacuum leak as the sleeve
> came
> off very easily and its 'doughnut' looked all smosshed not at all
> doughnut'ish. The other four were very hard to remove and looked very much
> like the replacements.
>
> Thanks for all the great advice over the years. I doubt I would have been
> able to keep my wonderful car runnig without all of you!
>
> Rand Soper
> '88 80q
>
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Jesper Moreau
'88 5KTQ rocket
'86 5KTQ stocket