fuel injector removal

[Trptguy]

So i have been searching for a diy writeup on injector removal. I have been unable to find one. The pelican parts on does not give a great description on getting the electrical connectors off the injector and the bentley just says to remove the entire fuel rail first. Niether option seems to be great.

Anyone have any other ideas???

[lateracer]

I pull the vacuum tube off the valve cover,
use a flat head screw driver to pop the metal clips off the injector plugs,
unplug the injectors and temp sensors
unscrew the 4(?) bolts holding in the rail
- can't remember, but you may need to remove the FPR
pull up on the rail and wiggle it out

Pulling the valve cover will give you more room to work with.

[Trptguy]

those metal clips are a complete bitch!

[nando]

is your car early or late? if it's early you have to compress each clip by hand, but the clips are big so it's not hard.. if it's late, just pull up on the injector harness, it pops right off. You don't have to touch the clips.

[Trptguy]

is your car early or late? if it's early you have to compress each clip by hand, but the clips are big so it's not hard.. if it's late, just pull up on the injector harness, it pops right off. You don't have to touch the clips.

no way really??????? and this won;t damage anything.


I also found fuel in my intake boot....not sure why

[nando]

no, it's how they're meant to come off.

[Sagaris]

The fuel in the intake boot could be either:

1) oily vapor nonsense from the PCV hose

2) actually fuel from a bad FPR allowing fuel to get sipped into the intake manifold


I would bet that its #1 but #2 is still possible

[Trptguy]

yeah i got to swap out the fpr too....so much friggen work and no time...ugh

[Trptguy]

so it turned out to be the fpr....yay!!!!!!!

Thanks for the advice guys!!

[zshopa]

hey just out of curiosity what was wrong with the car that the FPR fixed?

[///M42 sport]

wanna posts a writeup since your doing this?

[///M42 sport]

any pics? for the love of god someone post pics of this process.