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glow plugs
We were changing the glow plugs in my father in-laws truck this weekend and noticed a huge problem (I THINK). We were taking out the old autolight glow pluges and replacing them with motorcraft glowplus. Well when we got to the last one the bottom half of the glow plug was missing. Where did it go? The new one went in just fine and the truck started ok. So the question is where is the other half of the old one and what will happen?
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From: Arizona City
Originally Posted by bigwill44
We were changing the glow plugs in my father in-laws truck this weekend and noticed a huge problem (I THINK). We were taking out the old autolight glow pluges and replacing them with motorcraft glowplus. Well when we got to the last one the bottom half of the glow plug was missing. Where did it go? The new one went in just fine and the truck started ok. So the question is where is the other half of the old one and what will happen?
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From: STL MO
Originally Posted by gjgogel
I had the same thing happen whe I changed a glow plug on my '99 F-350, only it was a Beru plug. I didn't notice any problems before or since the plug change. I have my fingers crossed that the piece is not lurking somewhere ready to go through the turbo and damage it. I can't believe it is still on the top of the piston.
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From: Arizona City
My glow plug didn't break off during the replacement, the element was missing from it for quite some time, for years from the looks of the crud up inside the threaded part of the plug. I am pretty sure that there is no way any part of the element could still be in the cylinder. The element pieces probably made it out the exhaust.
