hehehe. you guys are funny :p. One of my first post about rebuilding injectors I asked about the heat shields. Most responded nahhhhhh.... dont wory... they dont need replacing. Half way thru the project someone said... yeahhh.. you should... but it was too late to order them by then. (closet dealer 2 hours away). Oh well...... I love ya anyway.LOL. I am still looking into brand new injectors from Ghruka. If I do that I will get new H.shields then too. I want to try a different spray nozzle. One used on the G-Wagens and industrial trucks that had 617's. Should work better with WVO. Slightyly different spray pattern and suposedly cleans better. I'll go whole matching injector sets when I do this.



I did read something about this earlier (THANKS to whom ever mentioned it before) so I did my best to not do score the length of the barb. I could have still done so though.

Think I'll pull that injector. break it apart and reclean it and its H. Shield and Reassmble, Reinstall to torque settings again. I'll silicon the barb edges "lightly" before reinstalling the hose maybe? I did no have a crows foot to torque the ends of the caps to 25nm as perscribed but I for sure did not whale on them.


ahhhhhh....... drat :p

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Well I took mine out and didn't really notice anything different or bad on the old ones but they should be alright, however I guess it is like any bolt that comes out with locktite on it goes back with some new stuff on it as well. For $.64 per heatshield how can a person go wrong? You are actually getting NEW injectors or just somebody elses rebuilt rejects? (notice how much I like rebuilt injectors) Are they still bosch?

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The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

You got some grit or something on the seal surface of the injector that is leaking. Take it apart again and flush it with some spray cleaner and re-assemble. Doesn't take much on that steel-to-steel seal to leak -- pretty high pressure in there.

Peter

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