Fuel Rail/Injector leaks, Advice?
08-31-2007, 04:17 PM
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Fuel Rail/Injector leaks, Advice?
I got a good whiff of fuel while i was driving my 951 the other day and sure enough, Injector #4 was leaking from the injector-intake seal.
Went to Kragens, got a set of seals for all of the injectors (about $11 in total cost)...
The part I hate is this, I installed the new seals, only for injector #1 & #4 to leak from the rail-injector seal and i beleive #1 was also leaking from the injector-intake seal.
How do i fix this?
Why, oh why, cant the design be more like my POS 86 toyota corolla... haha
Went to Kragens, got a set of seals for all of the injectors (about $11 in total cost)...
The part I hate is this, I installed the new seals, only for injector #1 & #4 to leak from the rail-injector seal and i beleive #1 was also leaking from the injector-intake seal.
How do i fix this?
Why, oh why, cant the design be more like my POS 86 toyota corolla... haha
08-31-2007, 08:01 PM
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Advice to self...
"When replacing the seals, use good seals and not the cheapo brand at Kragen Autoparts."
I'm still curious to as why it started leaking in the first place. I ended up buying injector seal kits from Napa autoparts... costed $17 dollars and the O-rings fit alot better.
Now i'm starving and still have to put my strut tower bar back on and move the car.
Oh, i think i may have stripped one of the fuel rail bolts... its holding in tight still, but i hate myself at the moment.
"When replacing the seals, use good seals and not the cheapo brand at Kragen Autoparts."
I'm still curious to as why it started leaking in the first place. I ended up buying injector seal kits from Napa autoparts... costed $17 dollars and the O-rings fit alot better.
Now i'm starving and still have to put my strut tower bar back on and move the car.
Oh, i think i may have stripped one of the fuel rail bolts... its holding in tight still, but i hate myself at the moment.
08-31-2007, 08:34 PM
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Reading your story was like reliving my own nightmare. Had similar problem, but the injector was leaking from the body (injector body was cracked). Got new injectors and seals then stripped the bolt for the fuel rail to the intake manifold. But didn't know it was stripped until about a month later when it started leaking.
You will eventually leak some fuel from the rail. Had to tap in a slightly larger and longer bolt...no problems since and that was two years ago. The aluminum in intake manifold is just so soft. I was using a torque wrench (ok cheap torque wrench) when I stripped it.
You will eventually leak some fuel from the rail. Had to tap in a slightly larger and longer bolt...no problems since and that was two years ago. The aluminum in intake manifold is just so soft. I was using a torque wrench (ok cheap torque wrench) when I stripped it.
