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Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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myjadedheart
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Jul 30, 2013, 6:37 PM
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Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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I am helping a friend who asked me to do a tune up on her Kia. In removing the plenum I had to remove several wiring harnesses, and in removing one it had a wire clip that had to be removed to undo it. I told my 10 yr old to hold his hand right under it because it will go flying. He holds his hand there till the last possible second and pulls away. Well this clip went flying into the engine and right into the worst possible place! An open valve. Yes I am certain it's in there. Fairly certain it hasn't gone past the valve, but can't know until I get the lower intake removed and to do this I have to remove the fuel rails (yes, 2) and the six injectors. Here's where the problem comes in. I don't know newer cars well enough to have the confidence to do this removal and am looking for someone who can give me more detail on how to do it (Heck, I'll even give you my number and talk more in detail about it). Give me the older cars any day!
Anyway, how do you remove the fuel rails and injectors on a Kia Sedona LX 3.5L V6? Need more detail? Just ask. Will be checking in frequently
Thanks,
Tori
(This post was edited by myjadedheart on Jul 30, 2013, 6:50 PM)
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Hammer Time
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Jul 30, 2013, 7:00 PM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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Have you tried fishing a small, telescoping magnet down there?
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myjadedheart
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Jul 30, 2013, 7:21 PM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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Yes, but unfortunately the wire is not magnetic.
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Discretesignals
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Jul 30, 2013, 7:38 PM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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If you can touch it, take something sticky such as tape on the end of a screw driver and see if you can get it to stick on there. You could also use a vacuum cleaner with a hose taped to the snout and try to suck it out of there.
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(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Jul 30, 2013, 7:44 PM)
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myjadedheart
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Jul 30, 2013, 8:15 PM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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AWESOME FREAKING IDEA!! Why didn't I think of that?!
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myjadedheart
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Aug 5, 2013, 8:10 PM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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Update: vacuuming didn't work, but if I had tried it in the beginning I believe it would have worked perfectly. I ended up removing the fuel rails and injectors, several wiring harnesses and the spark plug to the corresponding piston. Couldn't find it stuck in the valve, or on the piston so decided to blow compressed air down the vavle and then down the plug hole. Finally came loose from its hidey hole. Between using a homemade magnetic probe (tested and reinforced for durability before going down the plug hole) and other thick gauge wire hooks, hubby and I were able to fish (pun intended) the clip out with fishing line and also found a split washer down there too. We brought them up back thru the valve.
Hindsight IS 20/20! I realized once it was way too late and the clip was already down in the chamber, I have a set of long forceps that would have reached it in my first aid kit. What good is a first aid kit if you don't use it in emergencies?! Lesson learned. I now have a pair in my tool chest. 
All in all, a huge learning experience. To anyone in a similar situation in the future, my advice: walk away, breathe and think! And don't let any "well meaning hands" anywhere NEAR your damn engine!
Thanks to all that helped, much appreciated.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 6, 2013, 12:51 AM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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Glad you got it. Long done with any of this but it happens. Forever stuffing paper towels in places so something can't get in it. Then there's an assortment of grabber things both magnetic and the things that protrude out 3 prongs and grab things.
Not everything is going to work. Glad it did,
T
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Hammer Time
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Aug 6, 2013, 2:51 AM
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Re: Fuel injector rails & injectors for 2004 Kia Sedona 3.5L V6
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Question closed as solved.............
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