fuel rail bolt

[drastangracin]

So me my bro and cuz been workin on my bros mustang for a week now.Only hold back is a brokin fuel rail bolt in the lower intake.So we went and got a nother intake and same prob.Here is the thing was the guy driving around without it?And if so could we do the same for a week or two till we get a new intake for the car?Well thanks again guys

 

[stang22]

Unless you want to risk about 35psi of fuel shooting out of the fuel rails, be my guest.

Why don't you just drill it out and tap some new threads in there, throw a new bolt in and call it a day?

Tim

 

[fordman54935]

Yeah I agree, I wouldn't drive it with a missing fuel rail bolt. Even though there may be 3 other bolts holding it on, nothing will burn a car to the ground faster than raw fuel being yakked onto a hot, hot engine. Just drill that puppy out of there and call it a day - you should have good access to it with the fuel rail off.

 

[Funanin]

not as easy as it sounds... mine is actually cracked from a broken off bolt. I been driving around with 3 bolts now on my GT40 for quite some time, and plenty of rip down and rebuilds. You can do it with 3, just make sure the rail is tight and pushed down as far as it can go with those remaining three holding it in place.

 

[drastangracin]

We have broke 2 ezout bits in the to intakes now.So not always that easy.Bad part is one of the intakes is at a shop and has a brokin bolt in it.The guy who has it now takes awhile on things so thats why i asked.

 

[drastangracin]

well we are going to start it tonight see if it leaks at all.We got it in there tight and put zip ties to hold it down so we will see.The guy at the show doesnt have the other lower intake ready and we have notthing to do.

 

[Funanin]

if will be fine as long as the others are tight holding it down as low as you can get it. (have your brother/buddy hold it down while you screw in the other 3 bolts.) As long as the O rings on the injectors are all good you really shouldnt have a problem.

 

[drastangracin]

We started it up ran it for 10 mins shut it down.Ran it again for 20 then again for 5 no leaks yet.Still no word on are intake from the shop

 

[jb89coupe]

Personally there's no way I'd drive it around like that.. it's not that hard to pull the fuel rail off the injectors, or the injectors out of the intake. And you don't really have "3 out of 4 bolts" holding the fuel rails down.. the two sides are independent, so you really only have 1 out of 2 bolts, and I wouldn't take those odds when we're talking about spraying gas all over your motor/headers. I broke a fuel rail bolt off in one of my lowers, and I just drilled into the broken bolt and tapped it for a smaller bolt.. took about 5 minutes