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hi guys on the recent post i was going to try and move the fuel pressure regulator on the high pressure fuel pump the 2 wee tiny torx screws that hold it on are murder to get to i ended up rounding one off i think i couldnt find any of my larger torx bits and try them incase it was the wrong size any idea how i would get these off

Tap them round with a small chisel, drill them out, sell the car quick?

Weld a hex nut on to it?

lol i have been thinkin about selling the car lol dont know what it would be worth its lowered 40mm pipercross induction kit 17 inch alloys with 4 brand new tyres modified parcel shelf with 4 jbl speakers only thing thats wrong with it is the rough idle lol

might give the welding thing a go tomorrow as its too wet to do it today thanks

modified406 wrote:might give the welding thing a go tomorrow as its too wet to do it today thanks

Be carefull, it was only an idea - I saw it done to remove a water pump once

I wouldn't like to encourage you to weld something to your fuel pump area without some experience first.....

There's also the possibility of stray current from the arc zapping all the ICs in the car.

try hitting the next size torx bit into place with a hammer and useing mole grips at the same time on the head of the bolt, turning both simultaniously. Usually works for me

steve_earwig wrote:There's also the possibility of stray current from the arc zapping all the ICs in the car.

and how would i find this out mate i have tried everything else only thing i havent tried is this fuel regulator

You mean you already welded it elsewhere?

no mate havent tried welding just that if i do weld and end zapping all the ic's in the car how would i find this out
by the looks of it am going to purchase some long nose mole grips or maybe make a groove in the bolt so my flat headed screwdriver sits nicely in place and chap it round till its loose

If you own a dremel, cut a slot into the head and then you can use a normal slotted screwdriver

well stripped the fuel system gave it a good clean also took off the fuel regulator cleaned it out with sum wd40 then went n got a really good injector cleaner and new filter poured the filter housing up with this injector cleaner and put in new filter started car up and its running perfect now

How did you get the offending article off in the end? Nice result btw

pair of long nosed mole grips mate lol but not so good of a result i thought it would have been its going into limp mode now for some strange reason and not going over 2800rpm

It might have flagged the 'low fuel rail pressure' fault when you were re-starting the thing. This fault can clear itself after a few driving cycles.