RE: Injector O rings.

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

this is *exactly* how i bent two injectors (and all 4 lower inserts).
if they are petrified, you have to pry so hard that you can't pull it
out straight out.  all i can say is be CAREFUL...  by the way, the
puller is only $6 from i think potterman? 

chris
86 16V scirocco

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>From: 	Mark Langford[SMTP:langford@hiwaay.net]
>Sent: 	Thursday, December 31, 1998 5:51 AM
>To: 	'Scirocco List'
>Subject: 	Re: Injector O rings.
>
>Removing injectors?  I use a Stanley "Nail Puller", a flat crowbar-like
>piece of flat steel with a 90 degree bend on one end designed to pull nails.
>It's cheap, and works perfectly on both 16V and 8V engines by using the
>valve cover to leverage against.  It has a nottch for the nail which
>straddles the injector nicely.  Be careful to exert a little force on the
>injector to ensure that it's trying to come straight out, rather than in a
>bind.
>
>Mark Langford,  Huntsville, Alabama
>mailto:langford@hiwaay.net
>see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
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