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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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ok so how do i go about doing this? what do i need and what do i have to do? i already bought the intake gasket and new o-rings...

and can i use RTV on the egr/tb for the gasket? cuz i wanna clean em while i have it off. thanx

i read a thread on here a while ago about soaking them in cleaner or someting like that...
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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i got this from corral .net
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i personally don't think that all those steps are required. if you want, you can do it the way i did. it worked really well for me. the first thing i did was removed the top o-rings and put them aside. then placed a tube about 10" long over the top part of the injector(has to be tight for seal). then i got my power from my battery with two wires(+ -). hook them up to the battery and hook the ground to the injector and leave power aside for now. then sprayed carb cleaner into the tube to fill up only 1/4 way. then place top part of tube in your mouth and pressurize. now tap the power on and off and it should start sparying. i placed a clean paper towel under it to see the dirt come out. mine came out really dirty at first then cleared up. i filled the tube twice for each injector. after you install the injectors, change you fuel filter and fill tank with gas and add a fuel injector cleaner. i used lucas. this will help beacuse of their additives. if you have any questions, send me a pm. post up your results. hope this helps and good luck!
do you guys think this is a good method? i dont really have the money for a kit..
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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I dont know, try it see what happens... I just went ahead and bought a new set from ford racing
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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i didnt clean mine but i rebuilt them, i went to NAPA and bout an injector rebuild kit that has all new o rings, seemed to do the job, but depending on if your are all gunket up you might have to do something else with them, just call up NAPA or something and see what they say
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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im gonna try it tomorrow.. but what about the RTV as a gasket fot eht TB and EGR?
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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how do i depressureize the fuel system so that i can take the rails off? it may be a dumb question but i need to know
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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you push on the schredor valve the thing that looks like a valve stem
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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oh okay i thought so but do i need to turn the fuel pump off somehow?
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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No. Just keep the key off.
Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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ok i think im gonna disconnect the battery anyways so that may have been a dumb question lol



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