If your talkin about the copper washer on the injector picture it is on the injector just covered in carbon, Talked to the guys i got the pump from and yes they are tested at a bosch shop before they are shipped but without hessitation he said sounds like you have a plunger that is sticking, take it off and send it back and well test it and if anything is wrong well get ya a new one. So thats next week project kind of a bummer i have to send it to them but no one around here has any clue how to work on a Hot Rod pump. So until next week. ,..... ;