Borken fuel line fuel distributor to injector 240

I borked (snapped) the #1 line at the injector on my '85 GLT (CI) last night trying to change the injector seals. Put a wrench on it, turned and it snapped. Smacking forehead, what a maroon, what an embezzle, forgot the penetrating oil. Was careful with #4, applied penetrating oil, but it looks like it's going to snap, too. Didn't have the nerve to touch #2 and #3 so I just applied penetrating oil to the nuts and walked away. At least I got to change the seals on #1 and one was cracked - a true pyrrhic victory. The Volvo dealer wants close to a c-note for each line. I'm clueless as to what to do even with some initial Googling. While I continue looking for info, thought I'd ask here. Anybody know of a workaround available that avoids the dealer expense? Another source for the line? Aftermarket? Wrecking yard? Diameter of the line (not in Bentley)? Crimp the line and forget it ever happened?

Any help greatly appreciated, Mike

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Mike Ajemian
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I think a set of lines from the junkyard might be the best option. If you pull out the allen screw first, and lever the injectors up out of the hole, slide that tin plate out of the way up the pipe, then you can get a good puchase on both the nut and the injector to separate the two. This is not a good place to heat everthing up with a torch :-)). The rubbers and clamps around the pipes are precisely positioned to damp engine and injector pulse vibrations so that they don't fatigue crack the pipes at the connectors.

Bob

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User

I too have had that problem, and addressed it by getting some from the U Pull It in Damascus, Oregon. Still some there IIRC.

Another sourece for that and anything else: IPD's annual GARAGE SALE and use parts vendors galore, Saturday 5-20-06, Portland, Oregon.

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zencraps

Perhaps a bosch specialist?

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Steve

Your advice is just the kind of sage wisdom one learns *after* following the directions in the manual that says to pull the nut holding the fuel line first. Is it too late to point out there's a small bug in the manual? If there was more length on the nipple end, I'd duct tape it. Sure I can't weld it? I'll have the torch out anyway :)

Turns out I didn't have to duct-tape, epoxy or weld the line as I was able to order a used set from Voluparts for less than the cost of one at the dealer. Will probably install a new set of injectors to go with the seals so I can make this problem go away for awhile.

Mike

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Mike Ajemian

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