fuel rail question

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  1. agent wd/40 New Member

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    one of my buddies just sold me a fuel rail kit, regulator, everything my motor is pretty much stock is it ok to put them on or should i wait to put them on when i get more stuff done to it. my car is a 88 and what tool do i need to take off the factory fuel rail fittings thanks
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    Hope you got it cheap. The stock rails are good to 400 HP or so, just like the stock ignition.


    Look in the A/C repair section for the fuel line tools. They look like little plastic top hats. You will need the 1/2" & 5/8" ones. The hat shaped section goes on facing the large part of the coupling. Then you press hard on the brim until it forces the sleeve into the coupling and releases the spring. You may need someone to pull on the line while you press on the coupling. Put some motor oil on them when you put the line back together.

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    http://www.midwayautosupply.com/showproduct.aspx?productid=11741&affiliateid=10050 for more information

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    Fuel injector seal kits with 2 O rings and a pintle cap (Borg-Warner P/N 274081) are available at Pep Boys auto parts. Cost is about $2.74 per kit.. The following are listed at the Borg-Warner site ( http://www.borg-warner.com ) as being resellers of Borg-Warner parts:

    http://www.partsplus.com/ or http://www.autovalue.com/ or http://www.pepboys.com/ or http://www.federatedautoparts.com/

    Most of the links above have store locators for find a store in your area.

    Use motor oil on the O rings when you re-assemble them & everything will slide into place. The gasoline will wash away any excess oil that gets in the wrong places and it will burn up in the combustion chamber.

    The pintle caps fit either injectors with a pin sticking out the injector end or 4 with more tiny holes in the injector end
    The pintle caps hold the O ring in place and keep it from sliding off and into the manifold. If the correct pintle caps are used, they do not have any effect on the injector spray pattern.


    Heating the pintle caps in boiling water makes it much easier to install them.
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    yeh i got them dirt cheap i will just wait and put them on the motor i'm getting started on thanksfor the info

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