Did I break one of my injectors?

[zachdude1100]

Let me preface this by saying 1) Yes I am embarrassed to even ask this 2) I've never taken injectors off the fuel rail before. So I have the engine out of my car and now seemed like a perfect time to rebuild the injectors. I looked up a diy and it sounded easy, but didn't have any visuals because you know, photobucket. 1st step of the guide was "carefully pry cap off with screwdriver." I somehow computed that to mean the metal injector tip with the 4 holes... Soooooo I tried to pop that off with a screwdriver and ended up bending up the ledge very slightly and got a feeling that wasn't right. I realized my mistake and bent the metal cap back down. I didn't bend it far enough to distort the center around the 4 holes. I'm guessing it is glued down somehow and I may have broken that seal. If this cutaway of the injector is relevant to ours, if I didn't bend it up enough to unglue the center it may be ok??? The circle in blue is the lip that I bent up slightly. Is there any way that I'd be able to test if it's leaking or should I admit defeat and order a new one? :(
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[bluptgm3]

Send them out to be cleaned. They clean them, install new plastic pintle tips, internal filters, and tip seal.
Dr Injector is one such business.


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[zachdude1100]

I was able to replace the filters, o-rings, and pintle caps successfully after potentially screwing up this one injector tip.

[Eric93se]

You're going to have to replace that one. The metal does not come apart, they were saying to remove the plastic pintle cap. You can get a refurb one off rockauto.com or a used one from eBay.

[Driiven]

Pm me if you need an injector just pay shipping