How do you remove old injector washers?

[Jake]

Am I being a tard, or are these little f****rs impossible to remove !

The copper one that sits between the injector and the head...

Has anyone got any tips or ideas how to remove these without damaging the thread in the head ?

Jake

[RePT]

good question, I would like an answer for this too!

[Ricky]

Is this on my old head? Because I didn't put them in someone else did I have no idea if they were done right! Might be why you're having trouble..

[Danny2009]

They just sit in mate but obv with the torque of the injector it may have "stuck" them to the head flat blade screwdriver gets them out mate

[Jake]

Yeah Ricky it's in your old head, for some reason there is two washers in each one ! =\

They just sit in mate but obv with the torque of the injector it may have "stuck" them to the head flat blade screwdriver gets them out mate

Yeah this is what I thought. But no. They won't budge.

After a lot of swearing and about half an hour of poking them I gave up.

[karl1989]

i used a flat screw driver. was abit of a pain. just tapped it abit and it came free

[Ricky]

2 washers? No idea what he was doing haha!

[Pugmarshall]

Tap down at an angle using a hammer and screwing iron...

[Ruan]

Yeah, they get caught under the threads and jam themselves in proper...

Screwdriver and a small hammer is the only way! I ended up tapping away until I split the copper in two, then pryed it round and removed it like that... Just be careful of the threads...

[KrisB]

Drop in a socket, give it a tap or ten to loosen it up, then lever out with screwdriver

[ally406]

I placed a little offcut of PVC pipe in the injector hole to protect the threads, then leavered out with a flat screw driver. The washer should fold in on itself and come out.

[Jake]

Got it sorted thanks guys, one came out with the socket method, and the others just needed mashing with a screwdriver,
But injectors are in now and all is well

Thanks for the replies!

[karl1989]

did you get a knocking noise when you changed them?. i did then revved it up and it stop witch i though was wierd.

[Jake]

did you get a knocking noise when you changed them?. i did then revved it up and it stop witch i though was wierd.

The car isn't fully back together yet... Ill explain in my project thread later.

[Dicky]

I used a flathead for the injector seals and a spike for the fire seals

[CJ_Derv]

did you get a knocking noise when you changed them?. i did then revved it up and it stop witch i though was wierd.

Ive had a head do that but didnt last long as the pre-cup just dropped into cylinder

And agree with Ruan and others i got a very sharp thin chisel and nipped the washier so it split and pried out

[darrenjlobb]

The lower seal is the important one, dont worry huge ammount if you cant get top one out, dont ruin threads / seat surface trying either!

If old injector nozzles have clearly been passing, install two lower fire seals, this is perfectly fine to do, and i find often required to make the damn things seals properly, or else you scorch the tip in no time!