Living with a Porsche 944

As much of this engine was filthy and in need of a refresh and resealing, I thought it wise to do the fuel injector seals too! The 16v comes standard with the green top Bosch fuel injectors. I purchased a seal kit from Mr Injector that comes with the correct size seals plus the filters, shims & end caps. For about £20 it's a bargain. The seals are easy to remove, the only challenge is how to remove the filter that's inserted into the one end. I found a useful guide on Youtube. Secure a screw in a vice - about 4/5mm thick - then screw the injector onto the screw and pull away from the vice. The filter should be left behind on the screw. Easy peasy as they say. The new filter is simply pushed into the injector - I used the face of a flat head spanner to press against. But before I applied the new seals and inserted the filter - I gave the injectors a refresh! Firstly I masked up the ends... Popped them into a make shift spray booth: ...

After the preceding tragedy of the snapping a ring gear bolt I was left with no choice other than pulling the engine and everything in the engine bay out again - or in a fit putting The Hoff on eBay. S ense prevailed and I extracted the engine and gubbins to get access to the snapped bolt. It took two and a half hours to get the engine out on the hoist. Thankfully there was just enough of the pan head screw left sticking out from the flywheel to grab it in the jaws of a vice grip... ... And the offending bolt was out! Installation tip! Before I reinstalled the engine I made some marks on the flywheel indicating exactly where the 9 threaded holes were. These marks on the flywheel are visible through the starter motor hole. Which makes inserting the bolts so much less effort! I also tried as best I could to line up the holes on the flywheel and clutch pressure plate by eye so that when the motor is back in it should need only minor turning of th...