fuel injector install tips?

[sb306]

I tried the search but didn't find the answer. Should be a simple question. I'm going to be installing a fuel injector tonight when I get home. Just wanted to find out if its a straight forward as it looks. Or if maybe I need to coat the orings with anything. thanks for the help in advance.

 

[bgstew6]

light coat of vaseline on the orings

 

[yadisisp6]

When you install the new injectors. Put on a SMALL amount of grease on the 0-rings to let them slide in easier. It's pretty straight forward though.

 

[throttle jockey]

Did mine last weekend... fuel rail lifts off with slight pressure. I lubed the o-rings with a little white lithium grease, but was also told WD-40 or petrolium jelly would be fine... pretty much anything to lube them so the slip in place easily and to condition them.

 

[ronnie]

Also, don't forget to pick up a couple of extra O-Rings in case you misplace one, break one, or somehow the engine bay gnome steals one.

 

[sb306]

thanks, that's what I was looking for.My engine bay gnome usually doesn't steal anything. He just rolls my sockets and any tool that falls under the truck directly underneath the truck at the most inconvenient places. Sometimes he puts bolts in certain crevices in thr engine bay that are impossible to get ur hands into, or even find at all. My gnome seems to be a all around prick actually.

 

[03LCalgaryAB]

dont mean to hi-jack..but to remove the injectors, do u just wiggle and pull them out? I was trying to remove some from my dads truck but I didnt want to break anything.
Thx

 

[FordFanStan]

Yes just wiggle them out after you remove the two 8mm bolts on each side and pop/lift the rail up. Sometimes the injectors stick to the rails, sometimes to the intake. Make sure you have 16 o-rings when you pull them out, one on each side of every injector. If not, go searching in the fuel injector holes on the rails or intake. Make sure you get them all out, or else the new one will not seat properly. Silicone spray or some Petroleum Jelly works the best for slipping the new ones in place. Once they are all in, make sure you put some pressure on the rails and they are seated completely, the four 8mm bolts should go back in easily and evenly without issue. Stan

 

[03LCalgaryAB]

Thx!!

 

[03LCalgaryAB]

woops

 

[Exdecuk]

Yeah treat em like a good woman, wiggle it to break the seal to get it out & a spray of WD40 to help slide it it.

Is it me or do i just hang with the wrong sort of women :shrug:

 

[ecoastkid]

vaseoline is your friend!!!...never try to slip them in dry...Almost impossible to get the fuel rail down with out lube.