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On 12 Mar 2003 at 11:03, Dan Allum wrote: > I umounted the injectors last night but left them in the fuel rail. I > then had someone in the car switching the ignition on and off to pump > up the system. I hate to say it but it's the injectors that are leaking > (1 and 2 cyls at least, didn't get around to checking 3 and 4). With it > all unbolted I could see the petrol pouring from underneath and air > bubbles appearing at the injector seams in the leaking fuel. Does > anyone have some injectors for sale? I'm all out of my stash of cheap injectors. Sorry. They are still available, however. It's unusual to have all 4 leak like this, unless they have been out of service for a long time (years.) There are 2 possibilities: Either they have rusted inside, around the O-ring sealing areas, in which case they will probably never recover, or the O-rings have just shrunk and are no longer sealing. Immersion of the O-rings will cause them to swell a bit, so it is just barely possible that this will clear up in a couple of days if you keep gas in the injectors. I wouldn't actually drive the car during this time, however, because of the risk of fire, but warm weather also helps because warm O-rings also seal better. BTW, the O-rings I'm talking about are inside the injectors; you can't see or replace them. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org