Removing Injectors

[Joe87]

Hi,

I've been trying to remove my fuel injectors as I suspect one of them to be leaky. However, I can't seem to get them to come out of the engine block. The Haynes Manual says that they should just pull out by hand, but mine aren't going anywhere. Any tips?

Cheers.

[markh]

Get a large flat bladed screwdriver, and carefully lever them out against the rocker cover mate. Theyre only held in by the rubber seal, and in theory should just pop out, but its surprisng how tight they can be. Ive even snapped the top off one before !! Its sometimes easier to do it with the engine warm, spray plenty of WD40 around the injector and try to turn it before pulling, to let the WD40 do its job. You can get new seals from GSF.

[Joe87]

I did try that, but didn't want to do it too hard in case I snapped it, as you mentioned...
But I will give it another go and use a bit more force and a bit more WD40 :) Cheers...

[PeteGLi]

There is a handy little tool available from the USA, but it is probably not worth getting one sent over. However, if you know anyone going over there who can bring one - or some back.... It makes removing the injectors very easy .

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vw-Rabbi ... ccessories

[Joe87]

Wow yeah that looks like just the chap I need.
I'll see if I can make one or something...