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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Don't tighten it!! Whats missing is the "end cap" for the injector return lines. A small piece of return line with a plug in it. You're loosing an enormous amount of fuel through there you know, I bet easily half a tank in 20-30 mins of driving! 
See the white lines coming off the rest of the injectors? The end injector has a little piece with a plug in it. Yours popped off, and needs to be replaced. Super easy fix, they just slip on over that barb. |
Actually not anything near a half tank in that distance, How do I know? I drove 100 miles with mine leaking, first I noticed cars were not tailgating me like they normally would on I5, somewhere near Bakersfield I had noticed the smell of diesel so I stopped along the road which is in the middle of nowhere, and raised the hood to find the plug was gone on injector #5. I drove to the nearest town, maybe 30 miles, during that time a car behind me real close put on his w/s wipers then backed way back, I laughed because I realized I discovered a new way to get even with people that want to sit on your tail, ha! but I also was wondering if the fuel might drip on the exhaust manifold and start a fire
I found a small metal screw, cut off a short piece of the line from the fuel filter housing over to injector #1 fortunately it was longer than it had to be, then jammed the screw in it and put it on the rear nipple. Well, in the pass over the mountains it blew again, the screw that is. I limped into a car wash (and hosed down the firewall and rear window that was dripping with diesel!
Then I repeated the same thing with a larger screw or something I found off a radio bracket under my dash, you have to really improvise at 10 PM on a Sunday night in the country! And the hose was real short across from the fuel filter, I suppose I was double lucky! I lost a quarter tank is all
Since then I wanted to run a valve from that nipple to a long hose back to the rear bumper and be able to switch the fuel into a mister, you know a Mosquite Fogger, ha!
