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[PhilRich]

Can anyone give me a helping hand? I am trying to renew my cyl. head gasket. I have the belts, cam cover and plugs removed, together with all the elec. connectors & alternator braces. How do I remove the wiring harness carrier attached to the inlet manifold injectors & the injector rail itself? I am stood here freezing my balls off so any help would be MOST appreciated LOL.

[unlucky mark mv6]

Can anyone give me a helping hand? I am trying to renew my cyl. head gasket. I have the belts, cam cover and plugs removed, together with all the elec. connectors & alternator braces. How do I remove the wiring harness carrier attached to the inlet manifold injectors & the injector rail itself? I am stood here freezing my balls off so any help would be MOST appreciated LOL.

Well going by my vec 2.2 mate the carrier was just held there with wires,is all i had to do was clip off the top,and pull it from underneath,but weather its the same on the mig i dont know.

[RobG]

Injector rail held on with 2 (IIRC) bolts one either end. Lean on driver`s wing and look at rail, should be able to spot `em

[PhilRich]

Injector rail held on with 2 (IIRC) bolts one either end. Lean on driver`s wing and look at rail, should be able to spot `em

 

Thanks mark mv6, no luck i'm afraid, but thanks anyway



Thanks RobG, sorry it's taken so long to reply, I just got on with other stuff & lost track of time
I've undone the two bolts on the rail but it still wont move! :-?

[rustym95]

with the cam top off you should see the plug clips for the injectors with flat head push clips at one end first and lif a bit at same time, should all come off then.

[PhilRich]

with the cam top off you should see the plug clips for the injectors with flat head push clips at one end first and lif a bit at same time, should all come off then.

Hiya rustym95, nice of you to answer mate. are there clips on each injector? I found & removed two 'L' shaped clips on injectors for cyl 1 (rad end) and cyl 4 ((third one back, i.e.: firing order 1342) but it still wont move. (I hope this makes sense mate LOL)

[Abiton]

As rusty seems to be offline, I'll try to help.

On the 2.0, there is certainly one retaining clip on each injector connector.  They come off towards the head, which makes it fiddly, but do-able.

Never seen a 2.2, so can't say for sure that they have the same arrangement.

[PhilRich]

As rusty seems to be offline, I'll try to help.

On the 2.0, there is certainly one retaining clip on each injector connector.  They come off towards the head, which makes it fiddly, but do-able.

Never seen a 2.2, so can't say for sure that they have the same arrangement.

Thanks for that Abiton I'm still none the wiser i'm afraid, but thanks very much just the same

[Abiton]

You're welcome.  I can't remember whether I removed the wiring tray before or after getting the inlet manifold off the head, possibly after, which will make access to the retaining clips much easier.

Downside is that access to the inlet manifold nuts isn't plain-sailing with the wiring tray in place. 

[rustym95]

with the cam top off you should see the plug clips for the injectors with flat head push clips at one end first and lif a bit at same time, should all come off then.

if the nuts are off the wire box and cover should wiggle about if not look and see if some one has put tie backs on it some were as should wiggle about, and push the clips in like said and should come off.



Hiya rustym95, nice of you to answer mate. are there clips on each injector? I found & removed two 'L' shaped clips on injectors for cyl 1 (rad end) and cyl 4 ((third one back, i.e.: firing order 1342) but it still wont move. (I hope this makes sense mate LOL)

[rustym95]

You're welcome.  I can't remember whether I removed the wiring tray before or after getting the inlet manifold off the head, possibly after, which will make access to the retaining clips much easier.

Downside is that access to the inlet manifold nuts isn't plain-sailing with the wiring tray in place. 

you can if you remove the air flow carb first can just get in with sockets.

[Abiton]

Yeah, I think that's what I did. 

[PhilRich]

Thanks Rusty & Abiton, I will give it a go tomorrow. Thanks for your help lads, I will let you know if I sort it

[RobG]

Phil. when I took the head of my 2.0 breaker to remove the injector rail it was as i said earlier, just the two bolts and a bit of pulling and off it came should be the same on a 2.2. As for the wiring box, I left it on then removed the throttle body to gain access to the inlet manifold bolts/studs, all pretty much straightforward except the last one at the bulkhead end & on that one I just used a small extension. HTH

[PhilRich]

Phil. when I took the head of my 2.0 breaker to remove the injector rail it was as i said earlier, just the two bolts and a bit of pulling and off it came should be the same on a 2.2. As for the wiring box, I left it on then removed the throttle body to gain access to the inlet manifold bolts/studs, all pretty much straightforward except the last one at the bulkhead end & on that one I just used a small extension. HTH

Sorry i've taken so long to reply Rob, i've been trawling through the Haynes manual and TIS 2000 LOL
I will do as you suggest tomorrow & hopefully I will get the better of it mate. Thanks very much for your input, it is very much appreciated, as is everyone elses.