Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
09-27-2004, 06:20 PM
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Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
Removing my Intake Manifold...I got the lil Fuel line quick disconnect tool..but do I have to relieve the pressure somehow before disconnecting it?
09-27-2004, 06:33 PM
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Re: Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
Well if you must take off the rails, there is a relief on the shraeder (sp?) valve right where the fuel lines connect to the regulator. That will bleed off your pressure.
However, the way you are doing it is a real pain in the ***. Just unbolt the fuel rails from the intake and wiggle out the injectors. Move the wiring harness off the top of the intake, behind (torwards fire wall) the FP regulator. That will give you the room to pull off the intake, all the while leaving the fuel rail connected, yet plenty out of the way to still work around it.
However, the way you are doing it is a real pain in the ***. Just unbolt the fuel rails from the intake and wiggle out the injectors. Move the wiring harness off the top of the intake, behind (torwards fire wall) the FP regulator. That will give you the room to pull off the intake, all the while leaving the fuel rail connected, yet plenty out of the way to still work around it.
09-27-2004, 06:39 PM
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Re: Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
Originally Posted by atljar
Well if you must take off the rails, there is a relief on the shraeder (sp?) valve right where the fuel lines connect to the regulator. That will bleed off your pressure.
However, the way you are doing it is a real pain in the ***. Just unbolt the fuel rails from the intake and wiggle out the injectors. Move the wiring harness off the top of the intake, behind (torwards fire wall) the FP regulator. That will give you the room to pull off the intake, all the while leaving the fuel rail connected, yet plenty out of the way to still work around it.
However, the way you are doing it is a real pain in the ***. Just unbolt the fuel rails from the intake and wiggle out the injectors. Move the wiring harness off the top of the intake, behind (torwards fire wall) the FP regulator. That will give you the room to pull off the intake, all the while leaving the fuel rail connected, yet plenty out of the way to still work around it.
09-27-2004, 06:45 PM
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Re: Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
Ok whats the secret to "wiggling" out the injectors. They stay on the fuel rail, so you gotta get all 8 out at the same time right? Its wiggling around, but none of them are popping out. Jes gotta muscle it?
09-27-2004, 06:54 PM
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Re: Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
Just make sure that all the bolts that are hold down the rail are off and that's it, just wiggle them out. They should all pop off sometimes a o-ring get stuck behind.
09-27-2004, 08:19 PM
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Re: Help! Disconnecting Fuel line..what do I need to do first?
The injectors will wiggle out of the intake holes, not out of the fuel rails.
Yes you will have to put some arm muscle into it. I always start at the front and get those 4 to pop, then get the back 4 to pop out.
Yes you will have to put some arm muscle into it. I always start at the front and get those 4 to pop, then get the back 4 to pop out.
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