clem Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Well now ive gone an done it.that 5min job replacing a simple glow plug in 200tdi engine and its SNAPPED! Any advice on removing the rest of the plug would be helpful.Going to try a stud extracter but its tight.Feel like taking a hammer to the engine but i will hold off for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirstybeast Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hi it depends where it snapped , I broke one a while ago flush with the head. Rather than remove the head to get the bits out I just bypassed it and pressed on with no problems. They normally start without any heat so 3 working is enough. Mine lasted a couple of years before the new owner finaly fixed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hi same thing happened to me.... i ended up taking the head off to get it out. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I've watched a car dealer drill one out not nice for the new owner of the Jeep cherokee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Member Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I've watched a car dealer drill one outnot nice for the new owner of the Jeep cherokee Not on an aluminum head!! Eeek..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 have a 200 TDi fitted for 8 years and have never had glow plugs wired up never needed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Not on an aluminum head!! Eeek..... VM diesel unsure if that is an Ali head but I watched as it was done, drilled then strated the engine to blow the swarf out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Member Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I've watched a car dealer drill one outnot nice for the new owner of the Jeep cherokee I was just thinking about this some more and there would be no way to prevent the heater tip from falling into the cylinder. That can't be a good thing. I'd pull the head. Fairly straightforward on this style of engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiall Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Whilst working on a merc e300 td for my boss the glow plugs were faulty , guess what 3 got stuck solid and broke just flush , attempted to drill them out but really it was slow and it was bound to cause damage .found it quicker to remove the head problem was the carbon build up on the basically wedging them from the inside so id suggest giving the car a good drive just to have the block warmer and slightly expanded which always helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clem Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks for all ur tips going to give it a run this morning & warm the block.Will give it a go with a screw extracter if it wont come then i will just bypass the wiring to this plug. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shox Dr Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I've stopped using stud extractors, well the kind that are tapered anyway. I find they split the stud more than often. I now use a carefully chosen Torx Bit, drill the hole hammer the bit in and hopefully it winds out. That or if I can get in there, weld a nut on, which I know might not be the easiest of things to do in this case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedsmart Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Sorry to here this mate! happened to me on a Isuzu engine simple 2 min job I even bought a torque wrench to do the job right! In the end I drilled it out, it wasn't pretty, the glow tip fell in the the head but I took the injector off and managed to get it out! with some help from a friend. Used a Dremal drill like I said it wasn't pretty! Just enough thread to get a good grip for tyhe new plug. Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I was just thinking about this some more and there would be no way to prevent the heater tip from falling into the cylinder. That can't be a good thing.I'd pull the head. Fairly straightforward on this style of engine. Having just had to replace a Td5 engine at work because the end came off a non-genuine glow plug and fell into the cylinder while the engine was running, I can confirm that it is indeed Not A Good Thing... piston and head were scrap, when dismantled we found that there was a crack in one of the cylinder bores as well so got an engine from Equicar and dumped the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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