sportyrara
Member Since: 06 Jan 2024
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 1
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Replaced Leak offs lines - All leaking ! | |
Hi All. Great site.
Recent new owner of a RRS, 2009, 3.6TDV8.
1 day into ownership the dreaded limp mode and cracked plenum. My welcome to the club !
Changed the Drivers side manifold/rocker cover over Christmas, went well and intend on posting a thread to share my experience of this god awful job.
Unfortunately this job introduced me to the common fault of brittle leak off nipples, two snapped when removing them. I extracted them delicately using a slim screw and have since replaced the leak off loom with a new one from the local 4x4 parts dealer.
I only replaced the loom of the side I was working on using some gentle persuasion and a heat gun to separate the pipe from the T-piece at the first injector and then pushed the new loom over the barb where I separated it.
Issue I'm now having is that on 3 of the 4 injectors on the side I've worked on, the leak offs are leaking at the nipples
As it's me that's fitted them I'm thinking I'm the common denominator, but I'm pushing the connections home and reinserting the C spring clip, nothing else to it ?
(I bought a pack of new clips recommended on this site they look identical to me)
The o-rings are obviously brand new so can't be them ?
I have no idea what kind of flow is normal on the leak offs but it's pretty substantial, puddle under the car in no time, would these leak offs leak if the flow is too much despite good o-rings ?
I refitted the injectors when I replaced the rocker cover, is there something I've done wrong causing too much flow on the leak offs ? As mentioned I don't know if these leak off a lot in normal operation ?
Scratching my head as the leak off's are fairly simple to connect to the injector, but , all 3 straight after fitting seems like it's something I'm doing
Would really appreciate any guidance offered. Thanks
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Sat Jan 06 2024 6:43pm |
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