[Vwdiesel] ITS ALIVE!! (& leaky injectors)

[gary]

No sealant on the threads what so ever!

The leakers that I have had were due to the conical end of the hard pipe
not lining up and fitting into the cup shape of the injector. The hard
line catches on the edge of the injector, and the nut will not cover all
(well, most) of the injector threads as they normally do.

I these cases, I'll pull the nut up some, line up and push the cone into
the cup by holding the hard line up at the first bend, then spin the nut
down. It should practically fully engage all of the injector threads by
hand. Only need to final torque the nut with a flare-nut wrench.

Congratulations!

I know it gives me great satisfaction to have my own work come to life.

-Gary



On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 23:42, cass wrote:
> hey..
> wanted to thank everyone for all the help and support thus far.
> this is very much THE most extensive re-build ive ever done //
> so..today..after a few cranks ..it fired right up..ran rough till i bled her
> but she ran and eventually i  drove it a lil up n down the driveway!!
> re torque went well..better then i thought it might.
> its  a little gutless right yet ..slow to respond)..but thats soon to be seen to ;o)
> and its idle is a little off kilter..but..
>  will leave it till injectors are sorted out..
> 
> which leads me to a  question..a couple of my new injectors are leaking like crazy
> from where the hard fuel line connects to them .
> snugged them up good..no change..fuel literally running out.
> 
> i have another set of lines i will try..is Teflon tape a bad no no? :oD
> thinking that the new injectors and old lines just didn't come together well?
> 
> 
> IT RUNS.. :o)
> yaaahhh 
> clattery clattery..cassie
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