Injector o-ring replacement
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I chose a different route: Mity-Vac. The tube is the wrong size, but I inserted a smaller tube in the Mity-Vac tube... which just so happens to fit in the cup hole, the glowplug hole, and the HPOP reservoir hole.
After the injectors are in and torqued down, leave the GPs out. Lay the valve covers over each head and loosely thread a couple of bolts on each one. You can then short the starter relay on the passenger fender (key at least 6 feet from the ignition and 42-pin connector unplugged) and let the starter turn the motor with the glowplugs out (about 3 runs of 10 seconds each). If you have a sense of adventure and lots of time to clean oil off the walls, ceiling, yourself, the family dog, etc... leave the VCs off when you turn the motor. Either way, the fluids are outta there and coming soon to an exhaust pipe near you.
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From: North Georgia
You should get out approximately 1 regular Gatorade bottle worth of oil. I used mity-vac and left my vc's on the surgery table when i purged... pretty oily mist cloud! No walls or ceiling to worry about... and the oil is great for my complection... lmao
But yah... x2 on what rich said... i think shop vac + stuff that catches fire = expensive bad day waiting to happen. Mity-vac kit is like 35$ at harbor freight.
But yah... x2 on what rich said... i think shop vac + stuff that catches fire = expensive bad day waiting to happen. Mity-vac kit is like 35$ at harbor freight.
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