Well things got pretty hardcore this weekend, for me at least.
I wasn't able to get the sheared bolts out of the manifold with an easy-out, so I ended up drilling and tapping new holes just above the originals. I had always thought that would be a difficult thing to do in metal, but I stand corrected.
Once I got the fuel rail bolted back in place and put the upper intake back on, tried turning the key to "On", but fuel is now leaking from a different injector (either 3 or 4).
So I have a few questions now:
1. Do I have to put the upper intake back on to test if the injectors are leaking? Wasn't sure and didn't want fluids spurting out all over the place when I turned to "On".
2. When installing the injectors, is it best to seat them all in the rail first and then push them all down into the manifold together? I did the opposite and after thinking about it was probably wrong.
3. Can I unbolt only one side of the fuel rail (passenger side) and pull it up to get those 4 injectors out or do I need to unbolt both sides to prevent damaging it? The driver's side isn't leaking so I don't want to mess with it if I can help it, but also don't want to risk bending the rail. Even with both sides unbolted my fuel rail doesn't seem to want to move very much at all so I'm kind of scared to yank on it too hard.
I wasn't able to get the sheared bolts out of the manifold with an easy-out, so I ended up drilling and tapping new holes just above the originals. I had always thought that would be a difficult thing to do in metal, but I stand corrected.
Once I got the fuel rail bolted back in place and put the upper intake back on, tried turning the key to "On", but fuel is now leaking from a different injector (either 3 or 4).
So I have a few questions now:
1. Do I have to put the upper intake back on to test if the injectors are leaking? Wasn't sure and didn't want fluids spurting out all over the place when I turned to "On".
2. When installing the injectors, is it best to seat them all in the rail first and then push them all down into the manifold together? I did the opposite and after thinking about it was probably wrong.
3. Can I unbolt only one side of the fuel rail (passenger side) and pull it up to get those 4 injectors out or do I need to unbolt both sides to prevent damaging it? The driver's side isn't leaking so I don't want to mess with it if I can help it, but also don't want to risk bending the rail. Even with both sides unbolted my fuel rail doesn't seem to want to move very much at all so I'm kind of scared to yank on it too hard.