LIMG repair... stuck again :D
 

So I've got everything off of the top end, except one bolt on the LIM, blocked by... part of the fuel rail. Yes, I'm having problems with the fuel rail, AGAIN :lol:



I have REMOVED the nut circled in red from the fuel rail. However, the physical line that the nut is attached to, which feeds into the fuel rail, doesn't seem like it wants to come out. I need to get the line out so that I can access the bolt.

Do I just pull on this line, pulling it toward the driver side wheel? It doesn't feel like it wants to come out, and being that it is a metal fuel line, I'd rather not snap it.

Judging by this pic from the LIMG repair walkthrough, I'm assuming the line comes out, but how?



Thanks

You at your house? Maybe I'll stop by and check this out, lol.

Yepp lol. Give me 15mins if you really are, I'm about to hop in the shower.. sitting over my car all day has created a nasty odor. :haha:

Sure I'll stop by. I need a second hand with something on my car anyway. :p

I'd offer help, but i can't see the pics. if you can move them to the upload on site, then i can. if not, you'll have to wait till, at least 9pm

Lol sure thing, come on over, I thought I was waiting on someone else for something so I showered but I have more time now.. I'm free till about 8ish. You still have my address in paypal?

For cher:

wiggle and spin the fuel rail, but first you have to disconect the harness and all that. but while twisting it pull fuel rail towards passanger and line towards driver. and that bolt can be a pain in the ass usually it takes a universal

Disconnect the harness... so I need to pull the injectors out? Or try? Because that fuel line that's still attached is pretty much preventing the fuel rail from doing much moving.

is that bolt one of the angled LIM bolts?

I left my fuel rail in place.

hmm... that might have been the one that i used a wrench to get, instead of a socket.

Yep, I believe the new torque specs refer to it as one of the "vertical" bolts.

your first step is to get that other line off

You know, you don't even have to disconnect the fuel lines....
Just undo the clamp that holds the feed and return lines to the cylinder head, unbolt the fuel rail brackets from the LIM, and remove the fuel rail and injectors as one assembly. Use tape or something else to tie it out of the way so you cantake the LIM off. This is how dealership techs do it.

/\/\ I'm pretty sure he's right cuz thats how stan the tech next to me does it to i believe, but I just pull everything

Good call mfuller, undoing the clamp definitely helped. The fuel injectors were being stubborn and I'm not really looking to get much dirtier tonight so I'll probably finish yankin the rail out tmrw. Thanks again.

there ya go.

you are using the gagt write up, as your how to.. right?

the noob didn't even see the little nut on the bracket on the side of the LIM lol

btw jrim that was like 70% throttle :)

Lol hey. I would have noticed it tmrw. Staring at the same thing for hours... you tend to over look the simple solutions.

70%? You're lyin lol that car is nasty. Build mine like that. :lol:

High five that's how I did it :)

+1....

havent done before but i thought mine went and planned on doing this way. ordered the kit but luckily it was my water pump.

LIM is off, just have to clean the mating surfaces and then I'm onto putting stuff back together :D

Done for the night until I can find an inch-lbs torque wrench tmrw... the one I rented is in ft-lbs and I misread it at the store. :(

On a side note, is it normal for injectors to have a little 'ring' around the top? It looks burned; I couldn't get it to come off with carb cleaner.

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^^^yes

Okay, never pulled my injectors before so it struck me as odd. Thanks!

did you remember to do your oil pump o-ring?

No, I followed the walkthrough and saw no mentions of an oil pump o-ring. :(

i couldn't get mine out... so i left it.

You don't need to bother going to get another torque wrench, just convert the inch-pounds to foot-pounds and vise versa. There is a conversion chart in the Haynes manual if you have one. I can't remember the exact number off the top of my head. When I did my LIMG my injectors looked the same way. I just cleaned them up with some solvent and went about my business. As long as they don't leak you are in the clear.

by the way, those fuel lines have special tools to remove them lol for future reference

Lol come on im not that bad.. the wrench only went down to about 60 ft lbs at its lowest point. It wasn't usable for the limg application.

Oh gotcha, did you get one of the big ones? I have the small $20 on that goes really low. I had to borrow my father in laws huge torque wrench when I was messinn with my struts.

Yep, it was the only one autozone rented. I ended up going to sears and buying an inch-lbs one for $80... I'll be returning it sometime this week :lol: