Injectors Keep Leaking
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Unscrew one of the hard lines from the top of one of the leaking injectors. Look at the mating surface where the hard line meets the injector. If there is a step in the hard line, that's your leak. If you have been gorilla tightening the lines, you'll eventually recess the steel and if you don't get it perfectly down, it will leak. I had it happen to me, so I know. You'll have to pull the bad hard line, and either file or dremel the end back into the same original shape. Some lines you might not be able to get to on the pump, so if you do find a couple recessed lines, you might want to pull the pump and do them all. Make sure you clean them out good.
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Unscrew one of the hard lines from the top of one of the leaking injectors. Look at the mating surface where the hard line meets the injector. If there is a step in the hard line, that's your leak. If you have been gorilla tightening the lines, you'll eventually recess the steel and if you don't get it perfectly down, it will leak. I had it happen to me, so I know. You'll have to pull the bad hard line, and either file or dremel the end back into the same original shape. Some lines you might not be able to get to on the pump, so if you do find a couple recessed lines, you might want to pull the pump and do them all. Make sure you clean them out good.
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