Hi,

Just a quick update; I decided to have a go at replacing the injector seals myself. It was actually very easy to do. Number 4 injector (one nearest cambelt) was leaking. Although this injector was seized in the bore I managed to release it quite easily. What I did was use the injector clamp and lever the injector around back and forth until I was able to get it out. The plastic seal was completely missing and there was a lake of black tar all around the injector and over the injector to the right. Having blocked of the injector bores with tissue the black tar was easy to chip away but was 5mm thick at its worst !!

As each injector was removed I bagged it up and labelled it so it went back into the same bore.

I cleaned out the bore and used a small piece of rubber hose attached to my vacuum cleaner to remove any debris. (Plenty of duct tape to seal the hose)

I purchased the copper washers and seals from my local Ford main dealer as well as a circlip for £25.

Reassembly was straightforward. The engine needed cranking over a while before it started but now runs perfect.

The whole job took me about seven hours with the amount of cleaning I needed to do.

Really pleased I did this myself.

I did watch a video on Youtube which is very detailed although in French on how to do the job, here is the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVoQjXC44Rg

Thanks for all your advice. Cheers, Tim