I think I found my missing injector clip...

[Terry]

The truck has been in the driveway for a month. The truck falls on its face when it comes off idle. I Rebuilt the entire fuel system, changed plugs wires and rotor, resealed the injectors. When I was putting the fuel rail back on, I lost a few of the clips. I looked all over trying to find them but had no luck. Went to pick and pull and pulled off all six and finished installing the fuel rail on my truck. Got the truck back together and fired it up. Seemed to be running a little better but would act like a cylinder would miss but it was not constant. I pulled the plugs to check the color. When I got to # 3, I found some nice dings all over the spark plug. I am hoping the the damage is not too bad from whatever is rattling around in the cylinder.

 

[martin]

stick a boroscope down the plug hole and have a look.

 

[Terry]

stick a boroscope down the plug hole and have a look.

Don't have one of those here at work. I will have to check Ahurn. If the heads need to come off I will pull the motor and fix the oil leaks.

 

[birddog321]

You might get lucky with a small magnet. Otherwise the heads have to come off. Dropped a washer in the intake once and had to pull the heads. Sucked a$$!

 

[Terry]

You might get lucky with a small magnet. Otherwise the heads have to come off. Dropped a washer in the intake once and had to pull the heads. Sucked a$$!

Well I finished removing the heads today. What a PIA!! After breaking almost all of the exhaust manifold bolts, I removed the heads. Sitting on top of number 3 piston was the injector clip, It was flat but does not look to have done any damage. I found several other problems that would have led to the death of my motor. The water passages on the head gaskets were blocked with what looked to be dried anti freeze.