Fuel leaking out of injectors

[cpayne6335]

Hey,

My Buddies 7.3 IDI is leaking out of the injectors, the piece that has hoses running to the injectors. Could something came loose, orings? Any tricks of the trade i should know about before i tackle this job? I did not want to just grab a wrench and try and tighten it in feer of breaking something else on the truck.

Today was a full set of belts, and the alt took a crap, so the alt is for another day.

Thanks for the info in advace!

[FordGuy100]

Those are the return line caps. You can get a return line kit and replace all of them. Each injector also has two rubber O-rings on it that the seals the black plastic return line cap. You can get a kit through any auto parts store. They are pretty expensive, so getting one online is cheaper. I also know a guy who I have bought lots from, kinda down on his luck so he is selling/doing many things for online people with IDI's. I bought my return line kit from NAPA (truck was down, needed it that day) for $100. He is selling them for around $40. Pm me if you want to get one through him, his name is Russ, a real nice guy.

[cpayne6335]

Thanks for the reply. I will have to see what my buddie says about fixing it. It looks like a PITA to do, plus bleed off the air. In all honesty, I do not really want to do the job. He only pays me 10 an hour to mow, landscape or work on trucks.... to do this job, I want more, and I know he will not do it, so maybe he should pay a diesel mechanic to do it!!!!!!!!!!!! ummmm.... lets see, 4 injectors leaking, ????? parts, and at $71 an hour.... ummm... he will pay a lot more, even if he would pay me 20, to 30 an hour....

Oh well... I guess it is better than nothing.... but I will wait until it warms up, and not snow flying around. Beside, not my diesel leaking out!!!

[FordGuy100]

First time I did it it took about an hour and a half, I'm at about half that now. Take off the hard lines. The caps just pop off with a screw driver. Cut the old O-rings out, and roll the new ones on. Put the caps onto the injector and make sure they click down all the way. Take the long rubber line, and cut pieces to fit in between each cap. Put two clamps on each rubber return line hose, put it on. To bleed, put the hard injector lines on, but not tight. Get into the cab, and crank for about ten seconds. Go out and look at the injectors, if there is a noticable amount of fuel at each injector, tighten the hard line down. Crank until each one has fuel. It should then start.

I've had mine running on 5 cylinders. Cranked it for 10 seconds to bleed it, and 5 injectors had fuel. Tightened the lines down. Went into the cab to crank more to get fuel to the other injectors, and it started up. Talk about a lope!

Its actually a really easy process. May seem complicated but its really, really easy.

[nik1994]

i had 3 injectors leaking on mine when i purchased it about a 3 months ago. I just replaced the o rings on the leaky ones for about 16 cents a o ring at the ford dealership. I didnt have to blead the system afterward, just put back together and it started right up. should take less than an hour if you have all the o rings. hardest thing for me was finding a place to sit on the engine since my short *** couldnt reach the ones in the back.

[cpayne6335]

seams strait forward. My buddy is getting a kit from NAPA. it has all the orings, all the plastic things, hose, clamps.... everything I need. Now I just need some warmer weather! but we are expecting another snow storm. The weather men have not siad how much, how bad.... they just keep bumping the days... It was to hit tonight, but now sunday night... Maybe I will take the truck to my moms house, and pull it part way in. Then at least if I drop a part, I can find it on cement, and not have to crawl in the snow!!!

[cpayne6335]

well, I went ahead and got it done. aobut 1.5 hours of work, not too bad. I got all the drivers side done, fired it up, let it run for about 5 minutes, shut it down, and got the pass. side done.

never did have to bleed the fuel system!!!! it just fired right up. I would imagine if I had to bleed the fuel system, add another half hour to hour. I was by my self!!!

Thanks for the help and pointers.... PS. I used a dental tool to get out the old orings! now it is time to tinker with the fuel pump to add more power

[Bukifan05]

My kit came with some copper washers. What are those for?