[tekfx19]

hey everyone, im new to the forum, i just cleaned the phelonic spacers on my 1996 STS by reading some archived stuff about the 94 northstar.(i hope theyre the same) Anyways, i took off the intake manifold and as well as the throttle body, i gave everything a good cleaning. i could have used a spoon to clean the junk out of the tb. After i put everything back.... BIG PROBLEM. I went to turn on the engine, and theres a microscopic hole in the hard plastic hose, that is located to the right of the fuel pressure regulator, which is leaking gas shooting it straight into the air! The hose is the one that is connected to to the fuel pressure regulator and the injector directly to the right of it. I have been searching for posts but cant find anything. i need to replace the hose but its really(extremely) hard to take off. Do i need to replace the entire fuel rail? or just that part? if so what is that part called? can i just wrap it up and drive the car? I think im screwwed. btw i also took of my maf screen, even tho i cant drive the friggin car yet to see if there is any difference.

1996 sts 102k

 

[tekfx19]

i appreciate all your help. i think im gonna do that thing elwesso said to do. i called up pepboys and they said its a dealer item, so i gotta wait to tomorrow to do anything. does anyone know what that thing is called? an injector hose? injector cable? anyways i just hope its not gonna be to much to replace, i still havent gotten it off the car yet, im trying my best not to cut it but if it comes down to it ill get my sword out and slice the damn thing open.

 

[tekfx19]

YEs the story has a happy ending....that same day i went to pep boys and bought some fuel line hose, for like 5 bucks and then i took some cutters and guestimated the length i needed to cut to make it fit right(about an inch and a half) then i took off the fuel rail from the intake manifold....but left it attached to the 2 metal fuel lines cuz i didnt know how to get them off....so i didnt want to risk anything. I had enough room work with it though....then i very forcefully cut off the plastic section between the injectors that was broken and put the new hose on and clamped it, the hard part after making everything nice and tight with the hose was getting the damn injectors and fuel rail and throttlebody and intake manifold all sitting properly back where it was....putting that stuff back took about 6 hours. then after praying for about 15 minutes i started the car, and it struggled as fuel was going back into the rail and pressurizing again...and i looked and NO MORE LEAK! i drove it for a couple of days without the caddy plastic engine cover on it to make sure but i never had a problem with it since then...and the only noticable change with the car after this happend (which i dont know whether this has anything to do with or not) is the gas milage went down a gallon or so from 16.5 to 15.3, which i think was because i was getting on it alot afterwords to test it under hard pressure.......OTHER THAN THAT IT DRIVES BEAUTIFUL AGAIN....total cost of fuel rail fix approx: 5$ and about 11 hours of labor.

ps while i had all the stuff off, i cleaned the inside of the tb and the egr valve as well...

pps i am getting magnaflow mufflers on the car because the muffler guy said they were better than dynomax... can anyone attest to this on a 96 sts??? i already have the k&n cone so he said they would compliment each other increasing gas mileage and loudness etc....