Broken glow plug tip in the engine
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Broken glow plug tip in the engine
I thought so.............. I finally took off the injectors, glow plugs and blew high pressure air through all the holes I found, I even plugged a huge workshop vacuum on the holes and sucked up everything that would come out. Put everything back together and started it up, no smoke, runs good, but a new, very slight, ticking moise like a valve clicking, could it be a piece of the GP is stuck in there?
Think it would hurt if I left it that way??
Magic
Think it would hurt if I left it that way??
Magic
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Broken glow plug tip in the engine
Had the same thing happen to me a while back on an 86 Diesel. I friend of mine who was a mechanic for a local dealearship got it out for me. All he needed was a quart of transmission fluid. This is what he did.
- Removed the air cleaner to expose the intake manifold
- Reved the engine high and low while slowly pouring in the transmission fluid.
- I then heard the glowplug tip moving in the cylinder.
- The glowplug tip then got shot out the exhaust valve.
Problem gone!!! To my surprise, it worked. I wish I had spoken to him before I had pulled off the head from the other side. I had broken 2 glow plugs. One on each side.
Hope this helps,
Ariel
- Removed the air cleaner to expose the intake manifold
- Reved the engine high and low while slowly pouring in the transmission fluid.
- I then heard the glowplug tip moving in the cylinder.
- The glowplug tip then got shot out the exhaust valve.
Problem gone!!! To my surprise, it worked. I wish I had spoken to him before I had pulled off the head from the other side. I had broken 2 glow plugs. One on each side.
Hope this helps,
Ariel
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