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I've just taken out the injectors on my LPWS and used a spanner on the flats between the two pipes, they unscrewed without incident.Yes I did think of doing that but don’t want to split the injector by accident so I’m hoping to adapt a socket to reach the bottom set of flats
The injector shown in above photo is not an LPWS injector, but from an LPW engine. When I said earlier about boring a long reach socket out, you only bore out material from the upper inside of the socket. Leave the spline as is. The normal drive spline will also fit over the injector stubs as they are a slightly smaller diameter. The problem is the internal space further up the socket with is normally designed with an internal diameter just big enough for the stud to go through. Hope that makes some sort of sense.Hi Diesel Engineering thank you that makes perfect sense. You don’t happen to have a modified socket or injector handy you can measure do you so that I can bore one out before going to the boat? I will need the socket size (M?)and the injector length from hex to top. Thank you for your help. Robert
Hi Robert
I've just looked up a photo of an Lpws injector, is this yours?
If it is you won't need a socket to remove it, it should just pull out.
At the worst way you'll need a slide hammer with a fitting to suit the connection for the injector supply line, the other photo is one I made years back from bits out of the come in handy pile for pulling injectors from Land Rover engines.
The local injector service shop will probably have one laying around or you may have to buy a new pipe and butcher it.
The fab shop mentioned earlier should be able to find you a lump of steel for the hammer and another for the shaft or you can get one for around £20 on eBay and either have the union fitting welded onto it, like mine, or get a nut welded to the fitting to make it detachable, then should you ever need it for something else it becomes multi purpose!
Cheers
~Stef
Hi Stef I'm sorry I can't seem to post a picture. No its not that one. It screws in and has 2 stub pipes at the top for the leakoff pipes. If you google LPWS Injector there is one very similar on ebay 751-40760. Later ones that I have have I think a larger thread. A long socket should fit over the top but I am worried about the leak off pipes fouling the socket. I am not down at the boat now but trying to get all my ducks in a row before Xmas!
All you need to do is buy a standard long reach socket of the correct size then find someone with a lathe who can bore it out to allow it to go over the injector.Do you mean just skim the splines inside the socket so they don’t foul the spill pipe stubs but still grip the injectors or will I need to die grind some of the splines completely out of the socket?
