I took my fuel rails out to send the injectors in for service, I took the rails apart to clean and paint them.....the o-rings that were in there were hard and I dont want to use them when i put it back together...is there an o-ring replacement kit for the rails? and I also need the retainer/locking clips that hold the injectors in place, some broke and some stretched when I took the injectors out...any info please....

 

Got my o-rings from either Autoworks or Advance Auto, don't recall which. Sure must parts stores can get them.

 

I was in a bind and had to get mine from NAPA, individually boxed at $1.29 each+ tax

PS, don't forget to replace the orings on the input and return lines too.

 

They did sell them in sets but where out of the V8 set so I bought a V6 set and reused a few that looked fine, no leaks.

 

i thought maybe there was a set that gm or someone offered, ill start hitting the autoparts local first for individual rings....anyone know where i can get the retainer clips from...?

oh yeah, thankx for the reminder on the input/output lines, i forgot about those.

 

Are you refering to the fuel injector retainer clips? I encountered a wild-goose chase the last time I tried to get those.

 

I ended up getting an O-ring kit for my fuel rail from GM, it had everything I needed including the 9th injector rings......as for the clips there are a few places that have them, but I since found out that they are not really important to the setup, once they are in the rail and the intake with the boltdowns they are not gonna move...

 

Bombero: Here's a little story you may be interested in. When I tried to get those little metal "C" rings, the part number in the GM computer was for the LT1 or something produced well after our cars were. I contacted TPIS and asked them for guidance and they pointed me to a vendor (in other words, they don't sell to the public) that they got them from. As luck would have it, they were within a few miles of my home and I went and bought a few, even though they normally don't sell to "end users." I still wouldn't know how to find them through normal channels if I had to. Did I read you correctly when you said that they are in the o-ring kit? I understand that they really aren't necessary, but I'd like to know. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

no they are not in the o-ring kit but napa says they have them and my freind at a gm dealer says he can get them, but they are not really needed, the o-rings hold the injectors in pretty snug to the rail and once in the intake and botled down they are gonna stay put.............