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Along with the LPG system hopefully.......

All this has proved is that you shouldn't play with things you don't understand. Had you known how the car worked in the first place and learnt how the LPG system worked, you might have succeeded.

No doubt now though you'll tell everyone that you had to ...

After replacing the inlet manifold sanwitch plate and injector rail and new gasket
The leak is bad another for the car not to be able to run
The car will be off to the scrap yard tomorrow

So the top of the multivalve is at the top. Get it wrong and your fuel gauge will read backwards, it'll never fill from empty because when it's empty the valve will think it's full and not allow you to put any in.

What are you talking about!
it is at the top
Whats all this about turn it at a 30 ...

demonicwillow wrote:The one on the right, but make sure you rotate it the right way

Which way?

No I want to get on with what I can while I have the time
Which one is it?

Just been thru the whole thread so at least the plate wasnt attached to the manifold, so where is it, is it still on the car ?? has it even been off ?? cos if it hasnt then thats where the leak must be :shock: Oh dear, that's another gasket he's got to buy or bodge......
Also
After I have sorted ...

john_d wrote:unless your engine is different to mine (which im 99% positve it is'nt), the sandwitch plate sits between the inlet manifold and the cylinder head.

The only thing sitting between my inlet manifold and the cylinder head is the new gasket

john_d wrote: 1 meter is WAY too long, 300mm is the maximum accoring to most people

Imposible
its more then 300mm from the last jet on the manifold to the centre of the manifold
So where should I fit this injector?

john_d wrote:
but it does in to the sandwitch plate

No idea where the sanwitch plate is

Why do you think there is an air leak? i.e. what are your actual symptoms - rough running, hissing noises? Two weeks ago you didn't know an air leak when you had one.
Google is your friend and there are several old mechanic's tips for tracking down air leaks, go look them up


Hissing nose and ...

did you clear the mating surfaces before fitting the new gasket?


No coz it has blue rubber gel on it

you should have scraped all that shit off to make sure it was as level as it could be, this is why you still have an air leak.


But that stuffs stopping part of the air leek


that plate ...

did you clear the mating surfaces before fitting the new gasket?


No coz it has blue rubber gel on it


are you sure its coming from the inlet manifold? could it be frolm the sandwitch plate?


What the sanwich plate


So dose it mater how far away the jets are from the injectors
Like having ...

Ok
That is the gasket made up and fitted but there is still a slight air leak and no where of telling where it is coming from
Ow well looks like I have to put up with it LPG or no LPG conversion


What would happen it the gas injectors where to far back from the engine?

it will run like a bag ...

Yes that right follow all the advice given
Get your wallets out
And go to a pro and pay 2 grand for the insulation
Which is probaly why this whole LPG thing has never taken off
Yes another 30 quid down the drain from rip off pye motors just coz it has the official ford part number on and all the ...

Graham has only lent me his tube of blue as he said not to use slicone So how come you listen to Graham when Rossko and me have also said not to use silicon sealer but you seem to ignore everything we tell you?

Also
After I have sorted the above I'm going to start drilling on my inlet ...

I did not put any jubalies on the vaporizer coz i did not have any at the time
But leaking on the jubalie matrix side and nothing on the vaporizer side makes no sence

Graham has only lent me his tube of blue as he said not to use slicone
Having my lunch now as I have been busy making some1/4 bsp ...

I removed the throttle body to gain access to get my drill and tap in
There is a gasket still there for the throttle body and graham says it will do the job
Graham put that blue stuff on the manifold gasket he says its the best thing since sliced bread
Grahams an engineer so he knows his stuff
So I ...

there are some knowledgeable people on here which is why i like looking at this forum and trying to help where i can, but enough is enough and if you want to try and help an idiot like this then on your own heads be it

Well a holes like you, sure ant one of them
I bet your the king of ass hole ...

Done it
And its still leaking
I just dont get it

OK I will remove that broken nipple now before I drive the car into town for some fuel hose and bsp nipples

I used pipe tape to seal the threads