Today, I decided to embark on the path of doing the intake camshaft position sensor. If you are not aware, it is a total pita. 
While doing this, I had to remove the fuel rail, and subsequently detach the hard line, from the rail itself. In doing so, I dropped the gasket, found it, cleaned it, and then mounted it. But I couldn’t get everything to sit flush, as a result I could not screw in both of the number 6 bolts.
So, I lifted the fuel rail back up to check that everything was properly placed, and in doing so, I lost the gasket again, but only this time into the abyss of the engine bay, where it could no longer be retrieved.
I went to my bench, and grabbed several gaskets, and checked which one fit the best, around the male end of the hard line, and the female end. (Note, it was not an identical fix and this could possible be the root cause.)
And then boom, I found one that fit and thought all it well. The whole time I struggled with getting number 5 to clamp on properly, and after the gasket, and a few muffled hammer taps(muffled with a wad of shop towels), i got everything seated properly.
Then, I got distracted with number 14 and thought that maybe I should replace the o rings on them. So, I gently removed one and then went back to the bench to compare the o-ring with the others that I had. But there were none that perfectly fit, so I put the original o-ring back on.
After reassembling everything, I went to start the car and I have a fuel leak and the car won’t start.
Can anyone help ?
(Moreover, I accidentally stripped the threads/ snapped the front number 6 bolt)
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While doing this, I had to remove the fuel rail, and subsequently detach the hard line, from the rail itself. In doing so, I dropped the gasket, found it, cleaned it, and then mounted it. But I couldn’t get everything to sit flush, as a result I could not screw in both of the number 6 bolts.
So, I lifted the fuel rail back up to check that everything was properly placed, and in doing so, I lost the gasket again, but only this time into the abyss of the engine bay, where it could no longer be retrieved.
I went to my bench, and grabbed several gaskets, and checked which one fit the best, around the male end of the hard line, and the female end. (Note, it was not an identical fix and this could possible be the root cause.)
And then boom, I found one that fit and thought all it well. The whole time I struggled with getting number 5 to clamp on properly, and after the gasket, and a few muffled hammer taps(muffled with a wad of shop towels), i got everything seated properly.
Then, I got distracted with number 14 and thought that maybe I should replace the o rings on them. So, I gently removed one and then went back to the bench to compare the o-ring with the others that I had. But there were none that perfectly fit, so I put the original o-ring back on.
After reassembling everything, I went to start the car and I have a fuel leak and the car won’t start.
Can anyone help ?
(Moreover, I accidentally stripped the threads/ snapped the front number 6 bolt)
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