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Broken plastic on top of injector?

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Old 10-12-2008, 11:36 AM
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Broken plastic on top of injector?

I was installing the riser under my valve cover yesterday and when I set it on the motor it got a little hung up and I had to persuade it to get past the last injector.

Well when I looked I had cracked the thin plasic piece on top of my #6 injector that runs between the 2 posts that the injector harnes bolts too.

I dont see any way this could effect anything but it did chip the corner off of the top of that piece and I want to know
1 Should I be concerned?
2 Does that thin strip actually do anything?
3 What course of action next?


Thanks for any help, I will likely post this on another forum or 2 so no need to double post if you see this again.
Old 10-12-2008, 02:12 PM
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As long as the terminals are tight there's not much chance the wires will short together. It's just a separator.
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Thanks Billy, I got pretty much the same responce from a couple guys on comp d, and one of them was Don so that made me feel a lot better. I assumed it was just an isolater but wanted to make sure before I fired it up in a few days. The piece I brokd off was only about half the size of an pencil eraser and there is no way for the wires to touch.
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I broke one too (the whole serparator though), Havent had a problem yet!
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Originally Posted by 12valve
I broke one too (the whole serparator though), Havent had a problem yet!
Well I am glad somebody stepped up and said they have done it too . I knew I couldnt be the first one to make this mistake but I have never heard of this happening before.
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