I did mine last night with no tool. So far so good. I just swapped my turbo and I need to learn to tune so I can't say it's 100% until I can actually get on her but no more cel and no issues so far.

 

soooooo how did you size the inejector seals???? That's tools there for a reason and should be used

 

yeah sliding them on is not the hard part.... its squeezing them back down to proper size.

 

Heat gun sized them greatly. I'll know more after driving on them for a while.

 

I hope the gap is consistent. Like i said the tool is there for a reason. I spend $30 on my tool. Well worth the piece of mind

 

Dont get me wrong the piece of mind is definitely a good thing I just wanted to see if it could be done and so far so good. The gap was consistent and it came out quite nice. I haven't seen what they look like with the tool. If I can find some cheap injectors (doesnt matter if they are any good) I'd be willing to try both ways and do a comparison photo. I have 2 extra from the kit I got.

 

I hope it works out for you, Mike. I ran E for at least a year on an '08 and still never had seal issues. I have a brand new '10 fuel rail ready to go in when it happens, but I've been pretty lucky.