I've had a intermittent fuel smell inside my car since I've owned it (10/03).
In the lower intake, you can se wet-looking crap all around the injectors. When I pulled the dizzy last week, I saw the #7 injector, and the whole thing is absouletly SOAKED. There's wet crap caked all over it. Soaked.
Two of the injectors were repalced several years ago (I have all the receipts from the previos owners), but I don't know if that was one of them . I think it might be, because I didn't see any orange, but I'd have to look again.
What do you think it could be?
Poor install resulting in torn 0-ring?
Bad injector itself? What pat of the injector would break causing the whole thing to be soaked?
Is there any way I can diagnose it without pulling the upper intake at all?
Or even if I do, how can I figure out where the problem lies, and what steps are included?
Thanks,
J
2 DAYS LATER
UPDATE:
I did all the injectors today (in the rain) Well. engine bay work in the rain, injector work inside.
Anyway, put it all back together, and once I got home, there's still one injector w/ a little puddle beside it in the lower intake
So, my thoughts:
1.) Could I have put too much oil on the top or bottom O-rings when installing? Is that possible?
2.) If I loosened the fuel rail bolts and tried to push the rail down tighter on top of the injectors, might that do the trick?
3.) The injector itself is just **** and I need to replace it.
Anyone have any other ideas or think it's one of those 3?
Also, I have 8 injectors from the GT40P Explorer lower that I have yet to install. Could I use one of those injectors if this one turns out to be bad? I know they look different, but would the computer recognize it and do they flow the same?
Thanks guys,
Jeremy
In the lower intake, you can se wet-looking crap all around the injectors. When I pulled the dizzy last week, I saw the #7 injector, and the whole thing is absouletly SOAKED. There's wet crap caked all over it. Soaked.
Two of the injectors were repalced several years ago (I have all the receipts from the previos owners), but I don't know if that was one of them . I think it might be, because I didn't see any orange, but I'd have to look again.
What do you think it could be?
Poor install resulting in torn 0-ring?
Bad injector itself? What pat of the injector would break causing the whole thing to be soaked?
Is there any way I can diagnose it without pulling the upper intake at all?
Or even if I do, how can I figure out where the problem lies, and what steps are included?
Thanks,
J
2 DAYS LATER
UPDATE:
I did all the injectors today (in the rain) Well. engine bay work in the rain, injector work inside.
Anyway, put it all back together, and once I got home, there's still one injector w/ a little puddle beside it in the lower intake
So, my thoughts:
1.) Could I have put too much oil on the top or bottom O-rings when installing? Is that possible?
2.) If I loosened the fuel rail bolts and tried to push the rail down tighter on top of the injectors, might that do the trick?
3.) The injector itself is just **** and I need to replace it.
Anyone have any other ideas or think it's one of those 3?
Also, I have 8 injectors from the GT40P Explorer lower that I have yet to install. Could I use one of those injectors if this one turns out to be bad? I know they look different, but would the computer recognize it and do they flow the same?
Thanks guys,
Jeremy