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maaaaaaasive fuel leak

Well crap. I picked up a fuel rail off of a 3800 series 2 buick LeSabre, I hope it fits. The injectors are slightly different. But their fitment isn't for my car. =/ Bonneville and such.

Rochester 17103146.

Mine are Bosch.
 


It's the EXACT same rail, but the injector snouts a just a LITTLE shorter. Hardly noticeable.

Maybe I'll just out both the rail and the injectors on the car...

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If the injector connector is the same to the harness, then they are compatible. Bonneville/LeSabre/Regal/Monte Carlo/Lumina/Riviera/Park Ave/Grand Poopile/Impala etc all used the same stuff for the motor. There were slight differences in brackets for the alt, rear manifold, TC size etc. But not injector. it's either EV1 or EV6 connector... then the rail changes in 04 on some when they went returnless
 
The flow rate is the same, but here's where I'm confused.

The OEM injectors are Delphi.
My current injectors are Bosch.
The ones I took off of the LeSabre rail are Rochester.

.. What do? Plugs are the same.

But why would someone change all 6 injectors?
 


Oh, and as fate would have it, the fuel pressure regulator in the fuel rail that I picked up has a recall on it. It tends to make the UIM explode. LOL

 
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They all had that for certain years. Please read up on the recall and learn, it's not the rail...it's the fuel pressure regulator. Swap it out if it already hasn't been and you are all set.

There....crisis averted :th_king-normal:
 
Undo the snap ring and the regulator kit will fall out, or pull out, or remove somehow.

Replacement is actually dependant on year model it came off of... at least by my GM Catalog.

1998-2000 use - GM# 89017530 - Retail $ 68.30
2001-2005 use - GM# 19245529 - Retail $115.52

This of course of for the Buick LeSabre. I don't know what the difference is between them as I don't have them to look at and the book doesn't explain... but there is SOME difference.
 


Thompsju said:
I know silly. The LeSabre regulator is in the rail. LOL.
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If you know it.. then don't post like that. All that will do is scare the hell out of someone reading your post two years from now into thinking they have to buy a new rail because something is wrong with the rail...when in reality it's the FPR and not the rail at all.

You'd likely also know that the regulators were only recalled for a year or two IIRC.

I call what you did.. posting like an ahole. There's plenty of aholes in the world, don't feel like you need to be one. Be a member that posts good information and helps others, that's the kinda member we are hoping you decide to become.
 
Whaaaattt???

I was just saying that the rail assembly I grabbed from the junkyard (1998 Buick LeSabre) happened to be part of a recall.

I left the FOR in cause they are a PITA to get out.

I called the dealership to see if it was serviceable under the recall... Nope. Needs to be in the original vehicle.

I wasn't trying to scare anyone. I was laughing at my own (possible) misfortune.
 
Reread your post as someone who is searching on recall etc....seeing that.

You appear to have gone out of your way to try and stir up some drama with the short and not complete post. Along with cool picture of course. When I read it.. my first thought was dickhead, ahole, jerk. Not because you are, because of the way you posted. You could have mitigaged that with adding in "it's only the FPR and I swapped my old one into this rail". Then maybe mentioned which years did have a recall.
 
it's only the FPR and I swapped my old one into this rail

- 3800 problems

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Wow man... Wait so how does a regulator cause the UIM to do that? I wanna see that recall. But not sure I can search exploded UIM and get results. I hope my year wasn't known for that, mine's stock.
 


No just trolling bro. That was the fire recall, car burned on the side of the road. Valve cover gaskets failed... I think. FPR shouldn't cause that.
 
Right, but I mean this picture. I've seen this many times on the forums, never found and understood the problem.
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Ah yes THAT one. I have no idea about it. Seen it happen on "track cars" with a fueling error and a back fire into the intake and plastic plenum goes boom... usually NOS issues.

But factory versions I have no idea.
 
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