I am doing the plenum repair and i am trying to take out the fuel rail so i can install the injectors correctly without messing up the o rings and i cant seem to get it off the hose to remove from truck. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Need the release tool. You can get 'em cheap at most parts stores....

Use air to blow all the crap out of the fitting before you insert the tool, if you have the ability to do so. Little bit of lubricant in there wouldn't hurt either..... then, insert the tool, and push it all the way in, push the connector TOWARD the line it connects to while doing so. Might have to twist the tool around the line a bit to get it to release, then, the connector should just pull right off.

 

I just pulled them out with the rule rail and left it in. Use WD-40 to lube the o-rings

 

The fuel supply hose or the crossover hose ?


You really don't need to remove the fuel rails unless of course you are doing other things.

 

The fuel supply hose is what i was talking about. I know i don't need to but i would rather be able to install them on the intake with it off so i can make sure everything is done right and i don't mess my o rings up. I was also gonna paint it but if i need a special tool i'm not gonna mess with it.

 

First, I kept the fuel rail intact. I just pulled it off with the line on and zip tied it out of the way. Reason was because I didn't want fuel spraying all over the engine bay.

However, when you get a quick release tool, make sure that the tool is pressed in completely, and you are also pushing the fuel line into the nipple. THEN you move the tool and fuel line (at once) off the fuel rail nipple.

If you have too much trouble getting it off, you could do what I did and broke your nipple a little bit without noticing....then you get a fire underneath your hood.

 

In that case, then as HeyYou stated, you need the disconnect tool(very cheap) and don't try forcing it. You will damage the connection. And I really hope you have one of the many manuals available to help guide you. You can ask questions here of course, but things get lost in the shuffle. Plus you need the correct torque values. Which a Haynes and a free FSM from the FAQ/DIY section provide. You should have both. As they each have pro's and con's.

 

im just gonna leave it alone for all the trouble its worth hahaha i am not paying 20 bucks for bolts for my intake so what size grade 8 would work? I got plate bolts but i need the 12 for the intake it self.

 

Intake bolts are like $7 bucks at the dealer for the set. To hard to take off a fuel line? Not with the proper $6 tool.

 

Ok well i called the dealership guy said they only have 6 of the bolts i need and the closet autoparts store is 30 miles away and i don't have my license or obviously my truck. And maybe spending $20 for gas to get to the parts store 30 miles away then buying the $6 disconnecting tool and coming home and trying something i have never done before or seen done may not seem hard to do but hell if it isn't alot to do for something i don't need done. SOOO i'm leaving my fuel system alone because i am no mechanic and i don't feel like catching my truck on fire because of a stupid mistake.