Re: Fuel Injector Inserts

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>Helpful Hint (hello Mr. Goggin):  On insertion of injector with air shrouds
>(upper and lower seal), lightly coat the lower seal with oil, and twist the
>injector gently into it's seated position.  You can easily lose the lower
>seal if you neglect this procedure, and all your "sealing" efforts wasted in
>deference to the air leak around the injector that is missing the 0-ring.

I'll offer another helpful hint: Prepare for the worst!  I've done this job
several times and it's usually a no-brainer (i.e., less than one hour,
start-to-finish).  However, the last time, several of the inserts were
broken in the process of removing them and pieces fell into the intake
manifold and/or cylinders ... the tip off one of the injectors fell off as
well.  I pulled the intake manifold but couldn't find the pieces and my luck
being what it was, I figured I'd better pull the head as well to play it
safe ... from there, it wasn't too far to deciding a valve job was in order,
etc.  Thanks to other distractions, it was two months before I finally got
everything back together...  :^(

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