Broken plastic on top of injector?

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I was installing the riser under my valve cover yesterday and when I set it on the motor it got a little hung up and I had to persuade it to get past the last injector.

Well when I looked I had cracked the thin plasic piece on top of my #6 injector that runs between the 2 posts that the injector harnes bolts too.

I dont see any way this could effect anything but it did chip the corner off of the top of that piece and I want to know
1 Should I be concerned?
2 Does that thin strip actually do anything?
3 What course of action next?


Thanks for any help, I will likely post this on another forum or 2 so no need to double post if you see this again.

 

[06 DIESEL]

As long as the piece is still there I would not worry about it. I believe they are there to keep the wires from arcing to each other.

 

[Soup Nazi]

Did the entire thing break off or just the corner of the plastic piece.

If the entire thing is missing it could casue a misfire. The plastic piece is an insulator. If it runs ok, I would not worry too much.

 

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Thanks guys,

Don thanks so much for posting, I was gona call Tim or Lloyd tomorrow if I didnt get something good here or on DTR.

I assumed it was just an isolator, but want sure what was uner that plasitc. All it did was break the corner off. Not even the size of a pencil eraser. But I wasnt sure if it served any purpose. There is NO way the wires could touch each other.

Thanks guys I will sleep a little easier tonight.

Also, I have not fired the truck since it happened for 2 reasons.

1 I have once of the batteries out and most of the stuff on the passenger side is off cause I hope to start bolting on the twins Tues.

2 I was planning on the truck not runnin agian until sometime next week so I wasnt gona try to run it until I had talked to someone about this issue.

Thanks again guys, thats makes me feel a lot better.