Inkjets1
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Hi all,
This evening I replaced the injector harness due to the usual oil in the RED ECU plug. No problems getting it all apart. Please can I have a bit of advice with a problem I came across when refitting it all. Here is what I did;
1. I cleaned the RED ECU plug (removed the white slot guide and rubber seal first) with electrical spray cleaner. All good. Allowed it to dry out.
2. I sprayed the ECU RED plug the same whilst keeping the plug facing downwards, allowing excess spray to run out. I set this aside to dry for a good 2 hours stood up on the plugs, just in case there seemed to be any oil drain from the plug or unit. All seemed good and no further traces of oil found.
3. New harness put in place after wiping the main plug hole to ensure surfaces were clean.
4. Brief spray of each injector with electrical spray to remove oil, then dried out gently with a heater gun blower.
5. Took a note of each injector number to keep safe in case of any other problems at a later time.
6. Problem started...……… when I tried putting the new gasket on the rocker cover head, it wouldn't stay in position when turned upside down to put back on the head, and just kept falling out (its definitely the right one, as fitted like a glove shape wise). Everyone else's I have watched on YT, seem to stay in place when you turn the rocker head cover over, but mine just kept falling out.
In the end, I used a couple of the bolts to roughly line as much of it up whilst trying to hold it in place and stop it falling off the cover again, then I had to keep wriggling the gasket gently until I could see it around all sides of the engine and hoping its fitted ok. BUT, it also has a single strip near one end and I am not sure if this part of the gasket has seated right and stayed in place when I put the cover down.
Because it was getting late (and my mate was wanting to get off to bed, who's garage I was using,) I decided as the edges all appeared lined up, I was hoping the strip has as well, if this makes sense.
I checked and put the ECU back together making sure it was all dry.
7. Started up and looked for any obvious signs of oil coming from the rocker gasket, and didn't see any. Taken the car for a good 30mile run and still no signs of oil leaking, so I am guessing the edges are all ok.
My main question is, if the inside strip isn't lined up or seated well, can this cause any problems internally?
Sorry its a long winded question, but hopefully someone can give me a bit of advice on this.
8. If worse case scenario, I can always get another new gasket and put some sealant on it to hold it in place when I replace the rocker cover?? Would this be ok?
Thanks in advance for any tips / advice about this.
Picture of the gasket below showing the strip at one end...
This evening I replaced the injector harness due to the usual oil in the RED ECU plug. No problems getting it all apart. Please can I have a bit of advice with a problem I came across when refitting it all. Here is what I did;
1. I cleaned the RED ECU plug (removed the white slot guide and rubber seal first) with electrical spray cleaner. All good. Allowed it to dry out.
2. I sprayed the ECU RED plug the same whilst keeping the plug facing downwards, allowing excess spray to run out. I set this aside to dry for a good 2 hours stood up on the plugs, just in case there seemed to be any oil drain from the plug or unit. All seemed good and no further traces of oil found.
3. New harness put in place after wiping the main plug hole to ensure surfaces were clean.
4. Brief spray of each injector with electrical spray to remove oil, then dried out gently with a heater gun blower.
5. Took a note of each injector number to keep safe in case of any other problems at a later time.
6. Problem started...……… when I tried putting the new gasket on the rocker cover head, it wouldn't stay in position when turned upside down to put back on the head, and just kept falling out (its definitely the right one, as fitted like a glove shape wise). Everyone else's I have watched on YT, seem to stay in place when you turn the rocker head cover over, but mine just kept falling out.
In the end, I used a couple of the bolts to roughly line as much of it up whilst trying to hold it in place and stop it falling off the cover again, then I had to keep wriggling the gasket gently until I could see it around all sides of the engine and hoping its fitted ok. BUT, it also has a single strip near one end and I am not sure if this part of the gasket has seated right and stayed in place when I put the cover down.
Because it was getting late (and my mate was wanting to get off to bed, who's garage I was using,) I decided as the edges all appeared lined up, I was hoping the strip has as well, if this makes sense.
I checked and put the ECU back together making sure it was all dry.
7. Started up and looked for any obvious signs of oil coming from the rocker gasket, and didn't see any. Taken the car for a good 30mile run and still no signs of oil leaking, so I am guessing the edges are all ok.
My main question is, if the inside strip isn't lined up or seated well, can this cause any problems internally?
Sorry its a long winded question, but hopefully someone can give me a bit of advice on this.
8. If worse case scenario, I can always get another new gasket and put some sealant on it to hold it in place when I replace the rocker cover?? Would this be ok?
Thanks in advance for any tips / advice about this.
Picture of the gasket below showing the strip at one end...