[OT] 1990 Jetta Injector Seals Replacement - I Smell Gas!

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Glad it was an easy fix, I'm surprised it was that bad, mine was unhooked
for a while with my head swap, and it was marh=ginally tolerable. Nothinhg
like the gas fumes my 16V managed during the gas tank replacement
saga...THAT was bad! Glad it's fixed though!
Cathy


On 7:47 am 08/29/07 "Jason F. Snow" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had to drive it again since my post; my God the fumes were so bad I
> though I was going to pass out. On my lunch break I took another look
> under the hood to see how bad it could be leaking. The breather (not
> sure what it's called) located on top of the valve cover had the
> rubber grommet completely torn and was no longer attached to the
> valve cover. The valve cover screen was completely exposed. Stopped
> by the dealership and for 3 bucks replaced the grommet...
>
> Yeah, that fixed it... ;-)
>
> You're right about the seal though. I plan on doing an engine swap
> soon, I'll fix it then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: T Berk [mailto:bayareaberk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:23 PM
> To: Jason F. Snow; Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: [OT] 1990 Jetta Injector Seals Replacement - I Smell Gas!
>
>
> --- "Jason F. Snow" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >  Hey Gang,
> >
> >  I replaced the injector seals this weekend (1.8 8v,
> >  Digifant).
> >
> >  On injector # two one of the small plastic "spacers"
> >  snapped while
> >  removing. It doesn't look like they are large enough
> >  to seal anything,
> >  but they look more like they hold the actual rubber
> >  seal in place to
> >  keep it from moving. There are two on each side of
> >  the seal, on each
> >  injector. I kinda made another one out of an old
> >  seal; it was a pretty
> >  good match.
> >
> <snip>
>
> I forget from not having Digifant in my hand recently
> but-
>
> It sounds like you should sorce a replacment for the
> plastic spacer you broke.
>
> in the case of cylinder pressure and all I belive you
> are not fully sealed.
>
> Short term, likley no problem.
> Long term, it can't be good to run unbalanced like
> that.
>
>  Dems me 'tinks.
>
> TBerk
>
>
>
>
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