[T3] Engine Backfire

[Gary Forsmo]

Note that there should be a small metal sleeve surrounding each mounting
stud. They may stick inside the phenolic mounting plate.
They are necessary to keep from breaking the plate.
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Don't take the above step lightly.

Those 4 (two on each side of the engine) small, metal, sleeves that go
into the phenolic plate and around the studs are ABSOLUTELY necessary
to have in place when you tighten the injector retainer plate.

If they are not installed, when you tighten the nuts onto the injector
retainer plate you will surely break the phenolic plate.

Does this sound like the voice of experience speaking?

Yep.  I had a broken phenolic plate because some uncaring, VW mechanic
didn't put one of the metal sleeves in place.

Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)