Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.

I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
injector)

So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
larger one.

Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
the actual packages only have one type.

Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Hi liam,
Tell the Stealer to give you the rest of the set as pictured:
http://www.----------.com/fuelRail.jpg
Nope, the only thing that will work is a nice new, live fuel rail
"O" ring.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Liam Ness wrote:
>
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Hi liam,
Tell the Stealer to give you the rest of the set as pictured:
http://www.----------.com/fuelRail.jpg
Nope, the only thing that will work is a nice new, live fuel rail
"O" ring.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Liam Ness wrote:
>
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Hi liam,
Tell the Stealer to give you the rest of the set as pictured:
http://www.----------.com/fuelRail.jpg
Nope, the only thing that will work is a nice new, live fuel rail
"O" ring.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Liam Ness wrote:
>
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
all black).
Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
petrolatum(vasoline).
If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe



"Liam Ness" <working@the.factory> wrote in message
news:167u10p765q69outs1b84ojvdil56m24ik@4ax.com...
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
all black).
Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
petrolatum(vasoline).
If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe



"Liam Ness" <working@the.factory> wrote in message
news:167u10p765q69outs1b84ojvdil56m24ik@4ax.com...
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
all black).
Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
petrolatum(vasoline).
If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe



"Liam Ness" <working@the.factory> wrote in message
news:167u10p765q69outs1b84ojvdil56m24ik@4ax.com...
> 1988 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L, MPI. 138K miles.
>
> I'm totally scr*wed. Superbowl Sunday I had a small leak where the
> fuel rail connects to one of my fuel injectors. I called all the local
> auto part stores (5) and found one that said they had the o-rings. I
> picked them up, pulled the injectors and the fuel rail and put the new
> o-rings on. (many of the old o-rings just snapped coming off the
> injector)
>
> So far so good, but when I tried to put the injectors back into the
> fuel rail, they won't go. I really gave it a good try, then I decided
> to take a look at the old o-rings. It turns out that my original
> rings come in two flavors. A slightly larger one for the injector to
> engine seal and a slightly smaller one for the injector to fuel rail.
> Unfortunately, the new rings only came in one flavor, the slightly
> larger one.
>
> Today (Monday) I had a friend with a working car pick up a new set
> from my jeep dealer, part # 83503637. Guess what, they only have the
> slightly larger size in their kit as well. My dealer said that this
> is the only o-rings they have. In his look up, he said that the seal
> kit was susposed to have two types of o-rings, black and brown, but
> the actual packages only have one type.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for the o-rings that go on the fuel
> rail side? Is my dealer just too stupid to look up the part
> correctly? Is my XJ going to be mothballed because of an $0.89
> rubber ring? If I can't get the right size rings, can I use a
> gasoline resistant RTV instead? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try and hope for no leaks.

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:53:49 -0600, "Joe M" <txjoe59@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
>all black).
>Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
>petrolatum(vasoline).
>If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
>injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe
>
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try and hope for no leaks.

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:53:49 -0600, "Joe M" <txjoe59@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
>all black).
>Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
>petrolatum(vasoline).
>If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
>injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe
>
>

Re: Help! Can't find injector O-rings for my '88 XJ
 

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try and hope for no leaks.

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:53:49 -0600, "Joe M" <txjoe59@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I did this same job five weeks ago and all is ok. I used the dealer set (13,
>all black).
>Just be sure to wet the oring and hole on the fuel rail with
>petrolatum(vasoline).
>If I recall, the retainer clips are installed on the rail and then each
>injector is inserted until it snaps in place. - Joe
>
>