Serious TPI Inj. Harness problem
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Car: 1989 Firebird
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Serious TPI Inj. Harness problem
Tonight I was out at a local street race scene doin my thing and after my third pass my car wouldnt start. I popped the hood and heard a hissing sound (thought the schrader valve went bad) but then realized that one toe injectors was leaking fuel from where the prongs connect to the harness. i disconnected the wires from the injector and looked at the connection and it seemed to have melted, well pretty much cooked the connection and fuel was pouring out if the injector. i have already ordered now Injectors cause it was about time for em, i was wondering if i could replace the Injector harness w/o splicing anything together.
As long as you can get the connectors for the injectors, the harness can easily be replaced. Are you sure of what caused the injector to melt? That is a pretty serious problem, I'd make sure it's fixed before you catch your engine on fire and ruin those new fuel injectors. Are you sure the o-rings inside the fuel rail/on the injector didn't just break?
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Forgive me if I don't answer you 100% correctly, because I'm not exactly sure what you're asking.
Anyway... to replace the injector harness without any hacking is quite possible, but you need to replace the entire ECM harness. I'd say it's a hell of a lot easier to just replace the injector plug. You should be able to get it apart without ruining the actual contacts, and they should slide into the new injector plug. If not, you can always cut one out of a junk yard and do the old cut & splice. Due to the heat and vibrations, I'd reccomend using a butt connector & a good pair of crimps instead of solder. Put some die-electric grease on the bare wire, crimp them well (tug on them to make sure the connection is solid) and melt some heat shrink tubing over the whole area, followed by electrical tape. If done right that splice will last longer than the rest of the car.
Anyway... to replace the injector harness without any hacking is quite possible, but you need to replace the entire ECM harness. I'd say it's a hell of a lot easier to just replace the injector plug. You should be able to get it apart without ruining the actual contacts, and they should slide into the new injector plug. If not, you can always cut one out of a junk yard and do the old cut & splice. Due to the heat and vibrations, I'd reccomend using a butt connector & a good pair of crimps instead of solder. Put some die-electric grease on the bare wire, crimp them well (tug on them to make sure the connection is solid) and melt some heat shrink tubing over the whole area, followed by electrical tape. If done right that splice will last longer than the rest of the car.
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