Pulling fuel rail
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Pulling fuel rail
Is it absolutely necessary to remove the fuel lines while doing this? I'm only removing it so I can take off the manifold and get to the parts beneath it. I don't know if there's enough wiggle room in there with them still attached, to just set it aside or leave it resting on the head after its been removed.
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No, you don't need to. Unbolt it from the manifold and cam box, then carefully pull it over and let it sit on the shock tower. I usually put some towels underneath it to take some of the stress off the lines.
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I think what you want to do is disconnect the fuel lines at the rail and leave the rail and injectors attached to the intake manifold. It's hard to get to one of the IM bolts, just need a ball-end metric hex or use a regular key and do it 1/4-turn at a time.
There's not much chance of a fire if you are paying attention. The horror stories you heard were likely about re-seating the injectors after pulling the rail and injectors off the IM.
You'll want the IM completely off so you can scrape the gaskets off it.
There's not much chance of a fire if you are paying attention. The horror stories you heard were likely about re-seating the injectors after pulling the rail and injectors off the IM.
You'll want the IM completely off so you can scrape the gaskets off it.
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I got the manifold off and the rail out without pulling the lines and kept the injectors in the rail. Very easy
Be careful with the injector seals unless you have new ones.