Hi all

looking to swap my turbo, fuel pump and injectors next week but the injector job us really putting me off after reading about it on the diy guides. Has anyone got any experience of how much of a **** it is? most info i have found ranges from 3-4 hours to some guy saying it took an hour.

Took it to my little local garage man who is really good normally said he wasnt sure where the injectors were on the car

 

fuel pump and injectors are easy, hour max turbo isnt to bad but if the studs and nuts and rusted it can be a right pain in the ***

 

fp and injectors 2 hours, turbo the whole day!!! for me

 

wow thanks for the prompt replies, sorry to hear the turbo took so long mate. I bought the injectors a few months ago and they have been sat in the shed, they will be okay wont they? hopefully the studs might be okay as i changed the downpipe earlier this year. Soak overnight with dubs40?

 

Yeah mate, turbo can be a beast, but that is done to studs. But as you say soak over night should be fine.

 

I think you should have a go mate ....... and then let me know how difficult it was !! Need to do the same job myself ( the injectors ) but the article I read made it sound tough ! Quite frustrating as I have done all of the other mods myself !

 

as the lads say it all depends on the turbo bolts!!

 

Its not hard at all just need right tools & patience. If you get stuck drop me a PM will be happy to help.

Make sure you have a huge breaker bar & loads of lubi lubi.

 

depending how old car is the injectors may be a bitch. i sprayed wd40 around it an wiggled them about an wedged out with a electrical screwdriver. careful replacing an use vaseline on seal to help fitting back. careful not to snag the seal because if u get a hydraulic lock, u will have a big problem an heard it a engine apart job

 

You can also tie a string around the injectors & slowly wiggle them out.

 

I changed the injectors on mine and didn't use new o rings (couldn't wait for them to come as they were out of stock) - one leaked and caused hydraulic lock, easy to sort though, plugs out and all the petrol pours out. Not a good feeling though! Moral of the story - use new o rings !!!

 

I was dreading the injectors when I was doing mine but to be honest with the correct tools and some vaseline it's a doddle, even the so called green brackets of death on the bug where not really a big deal and they went back on with all the fittings, not just a few as some people do. I did injectors, plugs, turbo in around 4-5 hours, that was taking my time as it was a nice day and including pulling the prodrive DP off for a bit more grinding down of the splitter.

 

I helped my mate change a turbo on his classic and NEVER again Bloody bolts where a nightmare ..

 

as above. Vasseline is a must.

Took me an hour to do the injectors the first time with the brackets on, then I had to take them back out to re-seal with vaseline. Half hour for the 4.

Correct tools are a must though. Get as many UV joints and some 14mm 6 sided sockets as you can find and plenty WD40.

A good soak the night before makes all the difference.

 

I have changed 5 turbos on 5 different cars since feb this year(,3 x td05,2 x Vf 28's and I aint no mechanic. 3 cars were 1995 wrx's and only 1 gave me grief(1st car) with a snapped stud,the other 2 cars were 99/00 cars and both were easy. Incidentally i found after spraying the bolts with wd40,i then let the engine warm up sufficiently and the heat allowed the bolts to come straight off.Well worth having a go yourself and plenty of people have offered you advice if you need it.

 

Replacing turbo in mine atm, studs were rounded from previous garage replacing one so i have had to use stud extracters to get em out. id also recomment changing them if you can as it will make life alot easier if you ever have to take it off again
Over all the job aint that bad, TMIC off and Air filter / box. the rest you can get at from top i had to go under to get 1 up pipe bolt of and also 1 down pipe bolt

dan