removing fuel rail

[MississippiMaro]

can you remove the fuel rail and lay it to the side without disconnecting the lines? I'm trying to replace the upper plenum gasket and the o-ring on the oil gear drive. this is a 3.4L engine.

[hockeyman]

I don't know about the 3.4's, but it can be done with the 3.8, although I wouldn't recommend it. The fuel lines become somewhat brittle over the years, and I wouldn't want to bend it in another direction causing a pinch in the line and then a leak. Then, it becomes a bigtime P.I.T.A. to replace.

-Marc

[Wicked 3800 V6]

Yeah if I were you I'd just cut the darn fuel lines in half. I mean, who needs fuel lines anyway?
Not me.
Not Sam.
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-Rob
(hey, if you get it, you get it)

[strange_trp]

why don't you want to disconnect? just relieve pressure and reomove them. no big deal really.

[MississippiMaro]

just trying to save time...i wanted to do a thorough cleaning/gasket swap of the whole upper engine including head gaskets while i was doing this, but i don't have time in the next few weeks and i need my car for a few road trips. So i'm just going to replace the o-ring on the oil gear drive to stop the oil leak and the upper plenum gasket and do the rest in Dec or Jan.