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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 05:01 PM
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Up Pipe Leaking? (picture)

I’m having my mechanic put in new Alliant AC code injectors. Long story short I’m throwing out the POS P.I.S injectors I’ve been trying to live with the last couple years.

I got this picture today while I went out and installed Gearhead tunes while waiting for the new injectors to come in. The firewall has essentially looked the same the last 7 years. However to you more experienced eyes out there, anything catch your eye?




 
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 05:17 PM
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If you aren't using bellowed up pipes, it's an almost sure bet your donut-seal style up pipes are leaking.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 08:11 PM
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I see some bellows, can you visually checked from underneath to confirm it's from the up pipes?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 08:28 PM
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I see some bellows, can you visually checked from underneath to confirm it's from the up pipes?
You have a heck of an eye! Could be old soot too.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 11:59 PM
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I was seeing a pinched wire to #8.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2020 | 12:33 AM
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What size PIS injectors?
Whats wrong with them?
 
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Old Aug 4, 2020 | 05:29 AM
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Good eye on the pinched wire, I never caught it until you pointed it out. Would a new under valve cover harness fix it?

The problem I had with the PIS was they ran dirty even after having them out and flow tested by FullForce. They were always smoky no matter who’s tune I ran. Long story short before PIS went belly up, they agreed to rebuild mine to stock speck since the 180/30 set never ran right.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 02:43 AM
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New UVCH harness will work, but a delicate sealing of the existing wires with liquid wire tape and careful placement during install is fixing rather than replacing. Pretend you are a penniless Cuban keeping a '54 Chevy alive. Fix what ya got.

Close it up and see how it runs. Maybe the PIS injectors are OK and just that one little wire sucked.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 07:22 AM
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The pinched wire I see is for the glow plugs not an injector so I doubt thats the problem. What I do see is an aftermarket UVCG some had bad luck with Dormans I still haven't had a problem with one, worth a shot replacing them with an OEM unit.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 07:57 AM
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Looks like bellows to me. This is where you’d look for soot on the stock type up-pipes. The donut seal at the collector eventually leaks and exhaust squeaks by leaving stains on the up-pipes just below the collector.





Baaaaad leaks look like this. These pipes fell out of collector. NOT sealed/tight.

Basically, all of these are leaking by now. Riffraff’s new bellowed up-pipes are the best option for upgrade and should be the only up-pipes you’ll EVER need.



 
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