Injector Question

NXtremese-r · Apr 16th, 2003, 09:55 AM

I bought a fuel rail off Ebay a few weeks ago...a 92 with 80K on the injectors. i bought new o rings, and i figured i would use these as a back up to #1 try to pass emissions (i think my o rings are leaking on my stock injectors with 108K on them) and to #2, use these while i send my original injectors out to RC engineering to get cleaned and refurbished. well, i finally got the injectors out of the fuel rail, but now i found another problem.
as i was cleaning the newer injectors i saw that one of them seemed to have gotten warm, and some of the plastic has seemed to warp. starting at the end of the injector (with the cap that everyone says to be careful not to break) then there is the small o-ring, and the next thing in line is a little plastic band that has little rectangle openings in it. well, on this one injector, it seems like this plastic ring got a little hot, and some of the rectangle openings collapsed in a bit. I took a small screwdriver and kinda pushed out the plastic so it looks close to normal, but i wanted to know if this damage meant that the injector was no good, or not safe to used. AS I SEE IT (i know, famous last words) that since its behind the o-ring, and i don't *think* it has anything to do with fuel getting into the motor, it should be fine..but i don't know much about these things..besides the fact that they are a PITA to get out of the rail, you can't mess up the end caps, they get dirty, and the o-rings go bad. anyone got an answer? Thanks!