Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Changing fuel injectors

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

I can remember changing most of the hoses on my 328 and if you try hard 
enough it can be done with most things in situ as described below. Just takes a 
bit 
of patience and figuring it out. Very easy car to work on the 328 is......

Britt



> Rui - 
> 
> If all your are doing is changing the injectors, no need to remove the
> plenum or intake at all. You may need to remove the throttle body housing
> however, to get the two middle injectors on the rear bank out. This means
> you may need a new gasket for the throttle body.
> 
> If you are replacing ALL the coolant hoses, then you will need to remove the
> plenum only and will not need to separate the throttle body from the plenum
> if you do the injectors at the same time. You may wish to replace the plenum
> gaskets while you are there.
> 
> One big word of caution ... there is a spacer on each stud under the plenum.
> Be very careful when you lift the plenum off to make sure that all the
> spacers are held or stay in place. If one of them should fall off, go down
> the intake, and a valve were to be open on that cylinder, this would make
> for a very bad day indeed.
> 
> When you are doing the coolant hoses, there is a steel nipple on the intake
> that tends to rust, T. Rutlands sells a replacement in stainless.
> 
> HTH, LMK if you have any further questions.
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rui Gigante [mailto:rui.gigante [at] gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 9:15 AM
> To: Jeff Greenfield
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Changing fuel injectors
> 
> So the general idea is to leave the intake manifold alone ... what about
> changing the hoses without removing the intake? Can it be done?
> Another thing I forgot is I'll be changing the thermo time switch too.
> Anyone done that before without removing the intake?
> 
> I just want to make sure I'm having the right approach before I start !
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rui
> 88' 328 GTS
> _________________________________________________________________



BR in the UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)