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Old 08-10-12, 12:39 PM
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fuel injector leaking

so my car has a leaking fuel injector im thinking replacing the o ring because i pulled them and they are bad the thing is i have RC engineering injectors and the o rings on them arent ur normal ones i was wondering if i can use a stock oem o ring on the RC injectors?? anyone have any info on this please help me thank you for looking
Old 08-10-12, 02:37 PM
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GSL-SE FB, FC or FD? Vehicle info is extremely helpful.

If it's leaking from the rail, yes, it could in fact be a damaged o-ring. When installing injectors, I find it's best to rotate them as you press into the rail. This keeps the o-ring from getting pinched.

The other possibility is a leak at the fuel lines going in/out of the rail. Replace with high pressure fuel injection hose if the case.

In what way are your RC injector o-rings different from stock? FC injectors use an 11mm o-ring (if I recall right), so as long as it's the correct diameter for the rail & fits the injector, it'll work.
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Its for an s4 fc i took out the injector one of the o rings was off put it back on running fine now
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but seems to not hit boost as hard as it use to
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thats not good.. you have any wideband controller that could tell you what your running? lean rx7s=explosions...
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Before installing your uim perform a fuel pressure Leak test. Make it a habbitt after repaceing injectors....
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I recently had RC clean, flow, and replace all o-rings/pintle caps on my S4 TII injectors. They appear to be the same as what I pulled out. Fit in my S5 TII rails perfectly also.

Did you lube the o-rings when you installed? I always take a bit of vaseline and run a super thin light layer around the O.D. of the o-ring. Also light twisting when pressing into the rail.

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i think r are same as stock o-rings
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As long as the size is the same it shouldnt cause any probs, the only reason its there is to seal it and as long as it does that its fine.
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