Thread: 300Tdi heads & injections

H All,

Thanks for the replies. Seems the head gasket is best left alone while it's not giving any problems.

So, to my questions about removing the injectors and cleaning up the head before putting new ones in? Sounds like quite a few on here have fitted new ones - how did you go about it, please?

Ian

Originally Posted by Leo109

H All,

Thanks for the replies. Seems the head gasket is best left alone while it's not giving any problems.

So, to my questions about removing the injectors and cleaning up the head before putting new ones in? Sounds like quite a few on here have fitted new ones - how did you go about it, please?

Ian

Hi Ian, did my injectors a couple of months ago. Got 3 out easily with a bit of a twist with a spanner and levering up with a screwdriver (as I don't have an injector lifter).

The fourth wasn't that easy but I resorted to exactly what you are contemplating, a slide hammer. I attached the slide hammer to the injector with a bolt in the return line hole and it all came out fine.

My conclusion was that you had to twist the injectors slightly before they would budge.

As to cleanup, I cleaned around the injectors before I started and then used a cloth and screwdriver to clean out the holes a bit.

Hope this helps.

I now have 275,000kms up and haven't touched the headgasket. I don't intend to whilst it all seems OK.

BTW I was one of your earliest thermo gauges.

Cheers

Jim