Morning, I have a Disco 3 HSE from 2005. I have little engineering skills a rely upon an excellent Land Rover specialist in Bury, England for my engineering needs. About 5 years ago my car started to refuse to fire up when the temp was 2 C degrees or less. 5 of the glow plugs had failed and my garage could not remove them. A specialist was engaged and they failed also to remove them also. The answer was to install a unit that fires up the pre heater using the LR key fob. This warms the engine using the battery and so it always starts now ( I have used it in -10 C). It takes about 25 minute for a full cycle but will not start if the battery is not charged enough. This has the added benefit of making the cabin warm when I get in and means that the car never starts on a cold engine. Being remote controlled there is no need to go outside to the initiate the process as the car warms up as I have my coffee. I enjoy the channel and find it both informative and entertaining. Regards Colin
I am amazed at how composed you are when tackling jobs like this. It's never fun when you are leaning into the mouth of the beast with the intention of performing a tooth extraction and the damn thing won't come out. Jobs like this really wobble my wallabies but you tackled it brilliantly.....and didn't yell at your wife.
Despite being a pretty straightforward job, and working perfectly, the first thing I did with my Disco' 2 was to pay a mechanic to change the glowplugs just in case anything went wrong. Soon as I got the vehicle home I pulled the glowplugs out again and coated them in Copaslip before refitting them. Since then, I remove the glowplugs, add more Copaslip and refit them every year.
I used a low torque air-powered impact tool. I saw the same tool on offer for under €100 in Germany a year or so ago. I pre-soaked the plugs in ATF/acetone mix several times. I increasingly threw caution to the wind. I started trying not to exceed 20nm. I then went back and forward at up to 40NM. I managed to extract and change all 6 glow plugs. It only took 2 entire days... You can tell I got the three that showed signs of movement out first, then with more soaking and heat cycling got the rest out a week later. This was removing factory plugs in my 2005 D3 just a couple of years ago.
Good job but it sounds like a major dedication was required. If I try again, I will get me a impact tool for plugs from a Mercedes shop. Thanks. Christian
@LR TIME I'm going to try and do mine with a low torque vibration impact wrench. However I'm hoping you will do a video on doing it this way before I attempt it. So here's hoping you will try again very soon. 1) I'm going to make damns around each plug with clay then fill with Kroil penetrative oil and keep refilling over the space of a couple of weeks. 2) Fill fuel tank with 50 litres of diesel and add a full bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner. Then another 50 litres and another bottle of Techron just to try and clean up any major carbon from the glow plug tips. 3) Get engine nice and hot before starting with the vibration gun starting at 10Nm and then working up to no more 30Nm if no movement on the lower settings 👍
Well done Andrew Taylor! I wish I'd been more patient and painstaking like you (but needed the car). I failed to get even one out on my 2005 D3 and ended up having them drilled/pulled professionally for..gulp..€1000.
I use a very small welding torch on seized parts and it generally works. If you make a dam with plastercene you can fill it with penetrating oil and leave it for longer, you can leave it in there as you try to loosen the plugs. It’s the steel/aluminium reaction that causes them to stick but I find a small welding torch helps a lot.
Yes, there are ways to get them loose but it’s time and effort and we need the vehicle. I was surprised that they are stuck. Nothing else was stuck on our LR3 so far. Christian
@@Vera_and_ChristianI’m also surprised that a problem like this, that is well known by LR, doesn’t have an engineering solution. For example, a larger diameter glow plugs, or a threaded insert that the glow plug screws into.
A wise man knows when to stop - and Christian is a wise man! If those glow plugs won't come out, you may as well put off changing them until one or more fails. Sometimes we must compromise between what is dictated by ideals and what is practical.
I enjoyed the video. Knowing when to quit is a very valuable skill. My mother told me that countless times when growing up. Modern diesel engine start pretty well in the cold even without glow plugs. Those high-pressure systems do a very good job of atomizing the fuel
usually glow plugs break because of the carbon on the especially the ends BUT if you put some RedX 1 before all the carbon will be gone that's if you can get it and you will get your glow plugs out , thanks for the video
"We are dooooomed....!" -Vera LOL 🤣🤣 Guys, don't worry that things didn't work out. It's refreshing to see a video that is true to life. Many of us home mechanics take on jobs we think we can do or seem relatively simple in videos, but we run in to trouble. It's the process of working to find solutions that is practical, and if there is no burning need to replace those glow plugs right now, then live to fight another day. Keep it up! Cheers!! 🧑🔧🙂
I doubt Christian would be that careful and attentive if Vera doesnt panic every ten seconds and let out the now famous - 'Oh my God!...' certainly do love her interludes, and often wise interjections or reminders... and her relief when Christian finally solves the problem, everytime, is priceless....
Whistlingbrickie 0 seconds ago I’m from the U.K and what a great couple you are to watch. Interesting video but after watching you dismantling the engine components I don’t think I’ll be attempting to change my glow plugs..😂.👍
Thanks for another great video! Giving an example of when to stop and reevaluate the project may be one of your best lessons to date. Not yelling at your wife is a close second! We had a front hub finally fail after 293,000 kilometers so that replacement and adding wheel spacers is our weekend project. Cheers, Bob & Jill
"We hope we didn't waste your time" - you absolutely did not Christian, you took a very sensible approach imo to ensure continued running of Vera's vehicle.
Happy to see the Patreon list growing. Shame the plugs didn't want to play, but the engine starts well enough without plugs if you know how to trick it.
Just catching up on all your videos they are great and I have a Disco 2 not a 3 or 4. My cars never go to a garage either, I fabricate my tools on my lathe and Mill. I have the Sykes Pickavant vibro tool for glow plugs but it’s absolutely fabulous for shifting any stuck threaded bolt. I use mine on all sorts even stuck corroded bleed nipples. I love your humour and the content of your videos and your banter with your wife. 👍
Hi C & V, I have just changed the glow plugs on a 2007 Merc Vito with 170,000 miles on it. I can highly recommend using Sea Foam - Deep Creep. I didn’t even pre soak / oil the glow plugs the day before, nor did I even bother to warm up the engine… (I’m super impatient like that) I just squirted it on waited for it to foam for a few seconds, cleaned the area with a paper towel and tried my luck. 3 out of 4 came out relatively easily but the one for number 2 cylinder was a bit tricky. I had less than 1mm of movement back and forth but I just sprayed on more Deep Creep and kept working it for a minute. After a few tries, it got better and better and eventually came out. It’s definitely worth a try when you revisit your glow plugs 👍 Keep up the good work, you entertain, inspire and help so many of us to maintain our vehicles 😁 Many thanks, Mel.
Great video, atf and acetone 50/50 mix is good at penetration but these looked very stubborn. I’ve seen some use conductive electricity tools to heat up the area directly but those tools are very expensive. I bought the manual fbh heater gizmo so no worries now even though my plugs have had it too
Another great update on Germanys favourite Discovery 3!! Love the content about fire wood collection at the end and Vera asking the guys to speak English!! Priceless
Awww how sweet the forged roses 🌹 for Vera’s Valentine’s Day 😍 Any video you both make is awesome 🤩 How’s Fabian’s LR after the fantastic engine fix .… 🤔 Kiss for Vera for being such a lovely person 😘🏴
Guys ye might not see this comment but that light you have for the engine bay is a pain in the butt. I use the Milwaukee engine bay LED light and I’d never go back. It was a gift recently while changing out the seats in the LR3 and was also handy for the lower steering column swap. It’s time to invest. 🙂 Also I don’t have a Toyota but I do have a Pajero and in fairness to the Japanese, I think the time it takes to change glow plugs on a mk3 Pajero is about 15 minutes. I’m torn between my two loves.
If you like puzzles and labyrinths, do a bit of spannering on your Discovery... But anyway, a big thank you for sharing all this information about Discovery - technics.
good day, I want to ask a question, I have a problem with starting, I have a range rover L320 2.7tdv6, the car starts, but it doesn't start, I did the test as Christian showed, I don't have any pressure in the upper drain valve, the problem could be anywhere else but in the pump in the tank, thank you in advance. ..ps you are excellent
Great video as normal.👍 When I did mine I used a laser glow plug impact gun, it worked a treat, I just cable tied the trigger down and left it to do its thing.
Ihr hattet recht, die Rosen sehen wirklich wundervoll aus. Erstklassige Arbeit. Und ja, man sollte den Point of no Return, manchmal nicht überschreiten. Wie immer ein sehr gutes Video.
This reminds me of changing the spark plugs in the Ford 5.4L 3V and 4.6L 3V V8 gasoline engines. The plugs are notorious for breaking off in the cylinder head if changed after 60k-80k miles. Lisle makes an extraction tool, but if that does work the head has to come off! Good call on “turning around.”
Very good video, again. And, boy, you sure got a lot of long and thoughtful comments. My comment is that I did not know where "It sucks" came from. I never bothered to look it up. Interesting.
Christian, one of my early cars was called an Holden HJ station wagon. It was very simple to work on (very simple). To change spark plugs (yes, it was petrol), I would climb in, next to the straight 6 motor and remove them...you could see the ground past the motor.
Yea, that's what I have to do with my TDV6 LR3 from 2005 also. But I haven't tried it yet. I have an impact tool which I can set to max 20 Nm - but all the time I just avoided the situation by pre heating the engine - when it's cold. On the other hand I will do it somewhen .... mayby it is easy (hopefully). Thank you for the video and stay at your LR3 as I do.
Helo LR time. A good one. Its not for Discos only. Was leakdown testing a 2009 hilux with 3.0 liter 1KD-ftv engine. Got two plugs out and tested the two cylinders, turned back to the camp leaving the remaing 2 alone. The owner insisted on climbing to the top, froze to death, we are buying another cylinder head.
I'm sure that, before long, Christian will create a system where you unscrew some blanking plugs where the glowplugs used to be, drop in some glowing embers from the fireplace into little mesh buckets, put the blanking plugs back, and that'll help start the engine on a cold day. That way it'd take a mere 3 or 4 disassembly / rebuild hours to get it going, but at least the glow plugs will never need to be changed again.
My father in law was a car mechanic for all of his working life, he has now passed. In his retirement right up until the end he offered a service were he would remove stuck fuel injectors and glow plugs. He told me his secret and it was Coca cola. I have never tried it but he was kept very busy doing it. Got to be worth a try anyway...
Thats why i use my FBH as a Preheater even on -15 he will start without the Glowplugs. But you need to have a good Battery Just changed mine to a Exide EA1000 with 900 CCA.
It was a great video despite the partial failure with the glow plugs. Success with the wood and your safe return from almost reaching the peak of Everest made it a very entertaining video.
Christian, I was thinking over the week, you ought to buy a new tooth brush for Vera. Like a Braun electronic one. They are even better than the manual ones for cleaning stuff. I used mine to clean the algae off the pool lights today. You have to stand in the pool to do this! I love your videos.
Hi both, I hope you are both keeping well. GLOWPLUGS!. I was just thinking of the way some bearings are put in; you heat up the body and push the cooler bearing in. If you allow the glow plugs to expand with the engine heat, perhaps you are partiality defeating this application, so I was thinking that if you used a freezer spray on only the glow plug body (perhaps make a little jacket) it might work better as you shrink the plug a bit. P.S. You could also try local heating on the engine block with a soft butane torch flame. Best of luck. Charles Hepplewhite.
Another very interesting video, bravo, I had no idea glow-plugs would be such a problem. Good call to back away from Hilary's Step. Not directly on the video but I missed your Call-out for a future project vote, from me if its not too late I would select more Diso Disasters 🙂
Glow plugs are every diesel owners nightmare, i would only consider doing my Defender td5 if the thing just wouldn't start, you have nothing to loose then. You would think the designers would come up with a better design, maybe the glow plug fitted to a larger tube first, then fit the whole assembly into the head, so when you take them out you can take the whole larger assembly out which would be much stronger so you could apply more torque. Robin is a very talented young man and has a great eye for detail.
Great vid👌 It's of course a good thing to know when to step back and reconsider. And when you have the numbers for the 8mm at 20Nm it's a bit easier to know. Of course as mentioned in a comment, there are induction heaters. Some are very expensive, but you can get one from ~250 Euros, but they may be a bit bulky for GP removal.
Another excellent video Vera’s face when you mentioned engine failure OH MY GOD Priceless lol, Vera get Christian to treat you to some Cera Trim for your scuttle panel.I had a faded scuttle panel tried a good few options to get colour bs k into it none worked.Bought Cera Trim and it’s fantastic brings the colour back.
Christian and Vera I have to admire your skills and mindset when working on your vehicles! Even though you know exactly what you are doing it must be a little frustrating having to remove so much for so little:)
Now it seems like we work on our car every weekend and take it apart every weekend. But in reality, we do several maintenance jobs at once. Like here, we then went on to replace the oilpump, shown in last weeks video. So we did not take it apart and put it back together without any repair. We do need to get at least two videos out of a major maintenance job. Our time to work on our car is limited, so we do need to make the most of it while we are at it. We try to only post one repair in a single video. Otherwise it gets too confusing for viewers if they search for repair jobs on RUclips. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian was that due to those trenches Christian dug in the grass? Next will be a rear winch. I want to have a removable winch on ours, that way we only carry it when possibly needed and on the end that suits. I have the winch on a cradle, just need the hitch mounts for the front, a higher hitch on rear and huge copper cables to feed it. Some times going backwards is the better option than pulling one self deeper into the soft mud or sand.
Every video is a success no matter what. Robins skills are fantastic too. Btw have you seen the utube channel Rufford ford. Water 💦 crossing, lots of LR content.
Britpart do a by pass control unit that works via the pre-heater to warm the engine so no need for the glow plugs 😁.i fitted one to my tdv6 sport i had as 2/3 plugs stopped working and would not start in very cold weather plus the joy with the by pass was i could warm the engine about 30 mins before a trip and the engine was nice and warm 😎.
Are you sure the glow plugs are faulty? My glow plugs didn't seem to work on My 06 D3 which just cranked over but wouldn't start so I researched this and narrowed it down to the engine coolant sensor which was faulty. I changed that and she fired straight away and now the glow plugs work perfectly fine. 172000 miles with original glow plugs Great channel and content I really enjoy watching and learning Thank you
Have you seen this video yet ? ruclips.net/video/vbBscBFpH_s/видео.html We do not have any problems with our D3, however, lots of viewers were asking for the glowplug video, so obliged, and well, you saw the outcome. 🙄😅 All sensors are working fine and my Disco starts just fine. But you are absolutely right, if you do have starting problems, you need to find the source as soon as possible, as we all know : prolonged cranking is NOT GOOD, glad you found your cause for trouble. 👍🙋♀️Vera
I waited so long for this one, sorry you couldn't get them Christian and Vera, you did the right thing by not going further and risk snapping them . I'm going to use JB weld putty to make a circular cup around each plug , then use Kroil penetrant for a few weeks , i will probably wait till summer as the heat will remain in the Heads longer will stripping it down . While waiting for summer i'll save up for a Laser tools 1/4" impact gun , which has 4 torque settings . I wouldn't trust those cheap Chinese snapped glow plug drill out removal kits you see on ebay & Amazon . Better to use quality Cobalt drill bits & quality left hand thread taps and make a left hand bolt to remove a snapped plug piece by piece as it breaks maybe... What a nightmare these glow plugs are , this is why i haven't tried changing mine yet and just using the FBH remote ... take care Graeme
@@AndyK.1 yes Andy , carbon build up around the tip & warpage sometimes causes the tip to snap off ... i was thinking of getting my engine Terra cleaned first .
The perfect example of mechanical sympathy, well attuned to the reality of too-small glow plugs! So not a debacle. A debacle would have been Christian snapping them off, then taking the head off, and then deciding to do more line boring whilst he was at it!
I wish yous two would buy an X5 3.0 Diesel as l think by selling my LR3 l have jumped from one money pit into another - l really could do with yr advice and engineering demonstrations on a BMW (can’t you borrow one? Just to give me a heads up smile please) mind you it was the crankshaft snapping on the black LR3 that determined (frightened) me into changing vehicles, so, yr to blame really - l miss the ride on the LR of all things. Great Video and cheers my heart seeing yous every Sunday
I am really sorry😅👍 , but we said it often that this vehicle was neglected by his previous owner and Land Rover. That is hopefully not ever going to happen to ours. Sell your BMW and get a Land Rover, or a Toyota. Then you'll give me a monthly update on what you really have to fix on a Toyota. 😃👌🙋♀️Vera
LR realy went out of their way to make things difficult on this engine, even for a routine job such as accessing the glow plugs. I had a stubborn GP on my P38 RR, it tested out with the meter so I left alone, later down the line I used penetrating oil and took it for a good drive, its an easier job if you remove the inlet manifold, it was number 6 GP with the right extensions it can be accessed, it did the job came out with no issue.
Dear Christian and Vera, so good watching your videos. They always make my brain work and leave more questions than answers. . May I offer a theory and ask a question. I do wonder about penetrating products. I remember starting work when i was 15 and my foreman told me to put some "Plusgas" on a rusty track rod end to loosen it. It didn't work. I then leaned that gases have smaller particles than liquid and this is why a plastic water will not hold gas and this is why pipes are made especially for gas. I know at this point Christian wants to get off the mountain but hag in there. So the big question is if those glow plugs can hold back 200 bar of gas how does penetrating oil ( liquid )thinks it stand a chance of going down the threads. The theory I have about the plugs moving and then stopping is the fact that as they are being moved and the friction is making them hot and swell making them tighter. Would the shock treatment be better. i.e. heat area and then chill plug ??? Just a few thoughts Christian. Keep them coming, brilliant channel.
Hello Chris, the reason the plugs are seazed is that the tread deforms from the pressure over time. Then there is also carbon buildup between the bore and the plug. In some cases the tip is seazed as well and may break and fall into the cylinder. My plugs can either be removed with a special low torque impact tool for plugs or by drilling. The block needs to be hot and the plug cool. I should have used ice spray. The penetrating fluid should reduce friction in the tread but it will not go down the barrel. Thanks. Christian
Hiya , as always fantastic content and indeed as u say best to stop and come back to it if circumstances change , ,have seen some owners buy a universal remote and module for their FBH off eBay , last time I looked both items totalled around £60 , so they can then heat up the engine and cabin therefore allowing the engine to start without having working glow-plugs , hope ur both keeping well and thks so much once again
Hello Gary, these remotes are not very practical. Only the upper end systems work. Like the Altox. Cheaper ones donor work as they cannot run the FBH unless the ECU is in sleep mode. They cause bus faults and will omit the regular function of the FBH. Not recommendable from my point of view. Thanks! Christian
Great work Christian and Vera, I quite look forward to your videos arriving on Sunday evenings. Indeed a pity about your not being able to remove the glow plugs, I experienced a similar problem with the 300Tdi in my old D1. Being as I live, (upside down 😂), in the Tropical North of Australia my D1 always started ok without them, I was waiting for the dreaded usual "head gasket failure" to occur before I could replace the plugs, it didn't happen, now D1 gone to a new home. Enter new Toyota ✅, thanks for the welcome at the start of your videos by the way. Not that I don't still like LandRover, I'm just getting too old now to persevere with the good engineering, poorly executed.
😃👍 What kind of a Toyota did you get. Is it brand new, or used and new to you. Hope you have lot's of fun with it and still watch our videos . 🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian A Fortuner, same power train as a Prado, 2.8 diesel engine, top of range "Crusade" model, brand new September last year. Yes I'll keep watching. I still like LandRover but wasn't brave enough at my age to "risk it for the biscuit" and buy a new or late model one, all fraught with danger.
The first one broke (3 not working leading to major starting probs) so I got a specialist to get the broken stumps out. It's a slow boring (as in drilling, not 'tedious') process with a swarf aspirator - over 600€ in the end sadly, but would have been 2x that for a garage to prep/make good the engine access...
Nice try guys 👍 I’ve got the same problem on my LR3! 4 out of 6 glow plugs don’t work and they are stuck. I’ve got some starting issues but only on winter days when I leave my car parked outside.
Spent many happy hours on tdv6 on a commercial basis. Glow plugs. Kent industries do a penetron that is the next best thing to oxy acetylene and on tdv6 I used both. A very small welding nozzle used to heat the aluminium surrounding the plug, lots of heat wrap on anything you don't want to heat and a generous application of the penetron. As it all cools it tended to draw the penetrant down the threads of the glow plug and the difference in temperature of the parts (which you don't get on a warm up driving as all are at similar temperature) allows for the difference in thermal expansion and creates space for lubrication and loosening. Never managed to be beaten by the annoyance factor supplied by land rover. Kent also do a ceramic grease which goes on the threads of the new plugs and ensures the next time is only as fiddly as was designed to be. Always a pity that these very competent and comfortable vehicles were so badly compromised by clever build engineering that was always going to be difficult to engineer out. Very much enjoy your other works. Get that lot into the workshop and go again. I don't have any affiliation with Kent Barnes company but if I find a supplier link I will post it. Good luck and well done.
😃👍When we go at them again, we'll definitely try harder to get them out. Thankfully, daytime temperatures are getting warmer now. Nightime temps are for the first time all winter below zero since we have clear skys after all that rain. Sorry I must have missed your comment, I'll get so many that sometimes I overlook a couple. 🙋♀️Vera
Landrover changed the toque spec at the factory when fitting glow plugs for cars after 2007/2008 they were only tightened to 10nm this may be why Fabian’s were looser ? In my 2008 D3 they were like Fabian’s and all came out easily.
Been thinking about this last night. If your able not to drive the car for a couple of days get a couple of cotton wool balls and zip tie them around the glow plug and continually wet down with that 50/50 atf and acetone mix. Obviously the penetrating oil is not getting down the threads of the glow plug- might just work and at least worth a try? Good luck.
You guys... you do make me chuckle. It doesnt matter that the job couldnt be completed. If anything makes for a better video. Shows just when to say enough.. "Back to Base camp!" Not like these Toyota drivers that break out in a sweat when thinking of changing the Battery.. I bet there was alot of swesring off camera this week! 😂🤣 Alan. Uk
😅 Actually no, there was no time for swearing, we had to move on to get the oilpump out and new one in again, for the sealant to dry. But there would have been a major amount of swearing if that would have gone wrong. 😂👍🙋♀️Vera
Awesome video! According to our innacurate and probably faulty measurement (first time, based on one of your videos with a borrowed tool) on one side we have 1 and on the other probably 2 working glow plugs. Definitely will need to redo the measurements a few time (and than consult with our mechanic to see if we did it well) , but since we live in warm climate, was wondering if it even worth considering changing the glow plugs? P.S. when you talk german, just add some subtitles :D german is such a lovely language with special words like smetterling and krankenwagen!
Leave the glow plugs alone until you really encounter starting problems in cold weather. Then, there are other options to consider. If you read through this comment section, a lot of viewers wrote what they did. 👍🙋♀️Vera
Hey Guys. There is a toolset for extraction of broken glow plugs exactly for such situations. On my Citroën C6 2 of 6 were extracted form local specialist with such tools and without removing the engine or heads :) . Good luck.
Anther great video, thanks for showing this as most people just show videos that go well. I think that some people may have panicked when the glow plugs would not move, and tried to force them, and if they had broken off they would have had a far bigger job, and a lot more expensive. I like your climbing mount Everest idea there is a turning back point, witch is good to know. Meany thanks to you both. P.s. in the UK you must have the same number plate on any trailer as the vehicle towing it , but is this different in Germany ? . Do they make you Register your trailers separately? Best regards Chris.
It wasn't a wasted video;
it was a visual documentation of mindful restraint.
Morning, I have a Disco 3 HSE from 2005. I have little engineering skills a rely upon an excellent Land Rover specialist in Bury, England for my engineering needs. About 5 years ago my car started to refuse to fire up when the temp was 2 C degrees or less. 5 of the glow plugs had failed and my garage could not remove them. A specialist was engaged and they failed also to remove them also.
The answer was to install a unit that fires up the pre heater using the LR key fob. This warms the engine using the battery and so it always starts now ( I have used it in -10 C). It takes about 25 minute for a full cycle but will not start if the battery is not charged enough. This has the added benefit of making the cabin warm when I get in and means that the car never starts on a cold engine. Being remote controlled there is no need to go outside to the initiate the process as the car warms up as I have my coffee.
I enjoy the channel and find it both informative and entertaining.
Regards
Colin
You win some, you lose some. We just win watching 👍
I am amazed at how composed you are when tackling jobs like this. It's never fun when you are leaning into the mouth of the beast with the intention of performing a tooth extraction and the damn thing won't come out.
Jobs like this really wobble my wallabies but you tackled it brilliantly.....and didn't yell at your wife.
Despite being a pretty straightforward job, and working perfectly, the first thing I did with my Disco' 2 was to pay a mechanic to change the glowplugs just in case anything went wrong.
Soon as I got the vehicle home I pulled the glowplugs out again and coated them in Copaslip before refitting them.
Since then, I remove the glowplugs, add more Copaslip and refit them every year.
But that's a D2, completely different & more accessible.'.
Excellent. Love the Everest analogy.
I used a low torque air-powered impact tool. I saw the same tool on offer for under €100 in Germany a year or so ago. I pre-soaked the plugs in ATF/acetone mix several times. I increasingly threw caution to the wind. I started trying not to exceed 20nm. I then went back and forward at up to 40NM. I managed to extract and change all 6 glow plugs. It only took 2 entire days... You can tell I got the three that showed signs of movement out first, then with more soaking and heat cycling got the rest out a week later. This was removing factory plugs in my 2005 D3 just a couple of years ago.
Good job but it sounds like a major dedication was required. If I try again, I will get me a impact tool for plugs from a Mercedes shop. Thanks. Christian
@LR TIME I'm going to try and do mine with a low torque vibration impact wrench. However I'm hoping you will do a video on doing it this way before I attempt it. So here's hoping you will try again very soon.
1) I'm going to make damns around each plug with clay then fill with Kroil penetrative oil and keep refilling over the space of a couple of weeks.
2) Fill fuel tank with 50 litres of diesel and add a full bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner. Then another 50 litres and another bottle of Techron just to try and clean up any major carbon from the glow plug tips.
3) Get engine nice and hot before starting with the vibration gun starting at 10Nm and then working up to no more 30Nm if no movement on the lower settings 👍
Well done Andrew Taylor! I wish I'd been more patient and painstaking like you (but needed the car). I failed to get even one out on my 2005 D3 and ended up having them drilled/pulled professionally for..gulp..€1000.
I use a very small welding torch on seized parts and it generally works.
If you make a dam with plastercene you can fill it with penetrating oil and leave it for longer, you can leave it in there as you try to loosen the plugs. It’s the steel/aluminium reaction that causes them to stick but I find a small welding torch helps a lot.
Yes, there are ways to get them loose but it’s time and effort and we need the vehicle. I was surprised that they are stuck. Nothing else was stuck on our LR3 so far. Christian
@@Vera_and_ChristianI’m also surprised that a problem like this, that is well known by LR, doesn’t have an engineering solution. For example, a larger diameter glow plugs, or a threaded insert that the glow plug screws into.
A wise man knows when to stop - and Christian is a wise man! If those glow plugs won't come out, you may as well put off changing them until one or more fails. Sometimes we must compromise between what is dictated by ideals and what is practical.
Glad you made it safely off the summit 😊 Wise decision to turn back.
I enjoyed the video. Knowing when to quit is a very valuable skill. My mother told me that countless times when growing up. Modern diesel engine start pretty well in the cold even without glow plugs. Those high-pressure systems do a very good job of atomizing the fuel
Absolutely right 👍🙋♀️Vera
There is often more beauty in failure than in success. Thanks for the fun.
usually glow plugs break because of the carbon on the especially the ends BUT if you put some RedX 1 before all the carbon will be gone that's if you can get it and you will get your glow plugs out , thanks for the video
I Love Vera's 'Oh My Gods!'
I liked the way you "Logged off" at the end of the video. 👍🤣
Super job of cutting & stacking tons of firewood.
"We are dooooomed....!" -Vera LOL 🤣🤣
Guys, don't worry that things didn't work out. It's refreshing to see a video that is true to life. Many of us home mechanics take on jobs we think we can do or seem relatively simple in videos, but we run in to trouble. It's the process of working to find solutions that is practical, and if there is no burning need to replace those glow plugs right now, then live to fight another day.
Keep it up! Cheers!! 🧑🔧🙂
I doubt Christian would be that careful and attentive if Vera doesnt panic every ten seconds and let out the now famous - 'Oh my God!...' certainly do love her interludes, and often wise interjections or reminders... and her relief when Christian finally solves the problem, everytime, is priceless....
The moment the camera falls down inside the vehicle... Christian... You made an awesome airline rack on the dash, now its the time you use it :) :) :)
Absolutely right. 😅👍🙋♀️Vera
im surprised ur car doesn't dismantle itself as soon as u lift the bonnet, nice work by robin, very talented
A Transformer, that would be a cool video😅👍🙋♀️Vera
ATF fluid and acetone 50/50 mix is what I normally use for penetration fluid, usually works great but looks like these were especially stubborn.
-4 you can keep that
Here in Australia +15 is cold
Top marks for the glow plug job
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I’m from the U.K and what a great couple you are to watch.
Interesting video but after watching you dismantling the engine components I don’t think I’ll be attempting to change my glow plugs..😂.👍
Thanks for another great video! Giving an example of when to stop and reevaluate the project may be one of your best lessons to date. Not yelling at your wife is a close second! We had a front hub finally fail after 293,000 kilometers so that replacement and adding wheel spacers is our weekend project.
Cheers,
Bob & Jill
😅👍🙋♀️Vera
Your honesty is very refreshing . Happy Trails
You did the right thing and stopped short of disaster.👍
"We hope we didn't waste your time" - you absolutely did not Christian, you took a very sensible approach imo to ensure continued running of Vera's vehicle.
Happy to see the Patreon list growing. Shame the plugs didn't want to play, but the engine starts well enough without plugs if you know how to trick it.
Yes Russ , do you mean the hot water on the coolant temp sensor .
Or fitting the Bell Auto Services FBH remote kit , like i did . 😁
@Graeme Vass unplug the sensor and short the plug.
Just catching up on all your videos they are great and I have a Disco 2 not a 3 or 4. My cars never go to a garage either, I fabricate my tools on my lathe and Mill. I have the Sykes Pickavant vibro tool for glow plugs but it’s absolutely fabulous for shifting any stuck threaded bolt. I use mine on all sorts even stuck corroded bleed nipples. I love your humour and the content of your videos and your banter with your wife. 👍
Great presentation! I’m here for the dialogue/comedy as much as the information that is shared! Thanks for sharing your time and efforts!
Good move to return to base camp. I snapped one off in my TD4 Freelander, a very large bill later enough said 🙄 As always a very enjoyable video..👍
Hi C & V, I have just changed the glow plugs on a 2007 Merc Vito with 170,000 miles on it. I can highly recommend using Sea Foam - Deep Creep. I didn’t even pre soak / oil the glow plugs the day before, nor did I even bother to warm up the engine… (I’m super impatient like that) I just squirted it on waited for it to foam for a few seconds, cleaned the area with a paper towel and tried my luck. 3 out of 4 came out relatively easily but the one for number 2 cylinder was a bit tricky. I had less than 1mm of movement back and forth but I just sprayed on more Deep Creep and kept working it for a minute. After a few tries, it got better and better and eventually came out. It’s definitely worth a try when you revisit your glow plugs 👍
Keep up the good work, you entertain, inspire and help so many of us to maintain our vehicles 😁
Many thanks, Mel.
Great video, atf and acetone 50/50 mix is good at penetration but these looked very stubborn. I’ve seen some use conductive electricity tools to heat up the area directly but those tools are very expensive. I bought the manual fbh heater gizmo so no worries now even though my plugs have had it too
Another great update on Germanys favourite Discovery 3!! Love the content about fire wood collection at the end and Vera asking the guys to speak English!! Priceless
Awww how sweet the forged roses 🌹 for Vera’s Valentine’s Day 😍 Any video you both make is awesome 🤩 How’s Fabian’s LR after the fantastic engine fix .… 🤔 Kiss for Vera for being such a lovely person 😘🏴
😃🙏It's still running 💪 , and I hope he takes good care of it now and most importantly does the oilchanges. 🙋♀️Vera
Excellent video as always, thanks for the tip on the glow plugs!
It's never a waste of time watching you two at work, very funny too !
Great video guys glad you made it back before the summit !
Discretion is the better part of valour. Thank you for the video as always.
Guys ye might not see this comment but that light you have for the engine bay is a pain in the butt. I use the Milwaukee engine bay LED light and I’d never go back. It was a gift recently while changing out the seats in the LR3 and was also handy for the lower steering column swap.
It’s time to invest. 🙂
Also I don’t have a Toyota but I do have a Pajero and in fairness to the Japanese, I think the time it takes to change glow plugs on a mk3 Pajero is about 15 minutes. I’m torn between my two loves.
I will check out the light. Thanks. Christian
If you like puzzles and labyrinths, do a bit of spannering on your Discovery... But anyway, a big thank you for sharing all this information about Discovery - technics.
1 of the best mechanik on net so far
😀👍🙋♀️Vera
good day, I want to ask a question, I have a problem with starting, I have a range rover L320 2.7tdv6, the car starts, but it doesn't start, I did the test as Christian showed, I don't have any pressure in the upper drain valve, the problem could be anywhere else but in the pump in the tank, thank you in advance. ..ps you are excellent
Great video as normal.👍
When I did mine I used a laser glow plug impact gun, it worked a treat, I just cable tied the trigger down and left it to do its thing.
I feel like part of the family. Shine on!
💪😃👍Absolutely🙋♀️Vera
Ihr hattet recht, die Rosen sehen wirklich wundervoll aus. Erstklassige Arbeit. Und ja, man sollte den Point of no Return, manchmal nicht überschreiten. Wie immer ein sehr gutes Video.
This reminds me of changing the spark plugs in the Ford 5.4L 3V and 4.6L 3V V8 gasoline engines. The plugs are notorious for breaking off in the cylinder head if changed after 60k-80k miles. Lisle makes an extraction tool, but if that does work the head has to come off!
Good call on “turning around.”
Very good video, again. And, boy, you sure got a lot of long and thoughtful comments. My comment is that I did not know where "It sucks" came from. I never bothered to look it up. Interesting.
Christian, one of my early cars was called an Holden HJ station wagon. It was very simple to work on (very simple). To change spark plugs (yes, it was petrol), I would climb in, next to the straight 6 motor and remove them...you could see the ground past the motor.
If we ever come to Germany again, I would love to meet you guys.
😃👍🙋♀️Vera
Yea, that's what I have to do with my TDV6 LR3 from 2005 also. But I haven't tried it yet. I have an impact tool which I can set to max 20 Nm - but all the time I just avoided the situation by pre heating the engine - when it's cold. On the other hand I will do it somewhen .... mayby it is easy (hopefully).
Thank you for the video and stay at your LR3 as I do.
We could not get a single one out. 2005-2007 is the trouble production year. Christian
Great video again and nice to see the disco being used properly at the end of the vid :-)
Helo LR time.
A good one.
Its not for Discos only. Was leakdown testing a 2009 hilux with 3.0 liter 1KD-ftv engine. Got two plugs out and tested the two cylinders, turned back to the camp leaving the remaing 2 alone. The owner insisted on climbing to the top, froze to death, we are buying another cylinder head.
Thanks for picking up on my compare. Have way to the summit is still have way and better than dead, Christian
ATF and Acetone 50/50 mix seems to work.. I used it on my Smart TDI..
I'm admiring your firewood supply! I know it has to dry but you're well stocked. Don't worry about the glow plugs...lots of warmth in the firewood.
I'm sure that, before long, Christian will create a system where you unscrew some blanking plugs where the glowplugs used to be, drop in some glowing embers from the fireplace into little mesh buckets, put the blanking plugs back, and that'll help start the engine on a cold day. That way it'd take a mere 3 or 4 disassembly / rebuild hours to get it going, but at least the glow plugs will never need to be changed again.
My father in law was a car mechanic for all of his working life, he has now passed. In his retirement right up until the end he offered a service were he would remove stuck fuel injectors and glow plugs. He told me his secret and it was Coca cola. I have never tried it but he was kept very busy doing it. Got to be worth a try anyway...
😃👍 Next time.🙋♀️Vera
Thanks for a very interesting video.
Thats why i use my FBH as a Preheater even on -15 he will start without the Glowplugs.
But you need to have a good Battery Just changed mine to a Exide EA1000 with 900 CCA.
Another great one guys.... Cheers!
It was a great video despite the partial failure with the glow plugs. Success with the wood and your safe return from almost reaching the peak of Everest made it a very entertaining video.
I would like to call it a ‘successful failure’. Smart choice, my friend.
Excellent video as ever, actually more useful than had it all gone smoothly. As always, best wishes from the U.K.!
Always informative, always funny, successful or not you learn something every time!
Sois increíbles, hacéis un gran equipo.Saludos
Christian, I was thinking over the week, you ought to buy a new tooth brush for Vera. Like a Braun electronic one. They are even better than the manual ones for cleaning stuff. I used mine to clean the algae off the pool lights today. You have to stand in the pool to do this! I love your videos.
😅👍🙋♀️Vera
Hi both, I hope you are both keeping well. GLOWPLUGS!. I was just thinking of the way some bearings are put in; you heat up the body and push the cooler bearing in. If you allow the glow plugs to expand with the engine heat, perhaps you are partiality defeating this application, so I was thinking that if you used a freezer spray on only the glow plug body (perhaps make a little jacket) it might work better as you shrink the plug a bit. P.S. You could also try local heating on the engine block with a soft butane torch flame. Best of luck.
Charles Hepplewhite.
Another very interesting video, bravo, I had no idea glow-plugs would be such a problem. Good call to back away from Hilary's Step. Not directly on the video but I missed your Call-out for a future project vote, from me if its not too late I would select more Diso Disasters 🙂
Glow plugs are every diesel owners nightmare, i would only consider doing my Defender td5 if the thing just wouldn't start, you have nothing to loose then. You would think the designers would come up with a better design, maybe the glow plug fitted to a larger tube first, then fit the whole assembly into the head, so when you take them out you can take the whole larger assembly out which would be much stronger so you could apply more torque. Robin is a very talented young man and has a great eye for detail.
Yes, we are also only going to adress that issue again, if he doesn't start at all. 👍🙋♀️Vera
Great vid👌 It's of course a good thing to know when to step back and reconsider. And when you have the numbers for the 8mm at 20Nm it's a bit easier to know.
Of course as mentioned in a comment, there are induction heaters. Some are very expensive, but you can get one from ~250 Euros, but they may be a bit bulky for GP removal.
Another excellent video Vera’s face when you mentioned engine failure OH MY GOD Priceless lol, Vera get Christian to treat you to some Cera Trim for your scuttle panel.I had a faded scuttle panel tried a good few options to get colour bs k into it none worked.Bought Cera Trim and it’s fantastic brings the colour back.
Christian and Vera I have to admire your skills and mindset when working on your vehicles! Even though you know exactly what you are doing it must be a little frustrating having to remove so much for so little:)
Now it seems like we work on our car every weekend and take it apart every weekend. But in reality, we do several maintenance jobs at once. Like here, we then went on to replace the oilpump, shown in last weeks video. So we did not take it apart and put it back together without any repair. We do need to get at least two videos out of a major maintenance job. Our time to work on our car is limited, so we do need to make the most of it while we are at it. We try to only post one repair in a single video. Otherwise it gets too confusing for viewers if they search for repair jobs on RUclips. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
your videos always remind that if i buy a disco i also have to buy a christian !!!!!!!
Good job 👏 👍 👌
Now you have a winch, you will wonder how you ever lived without it. :)
One day I will put on ours.
😂you are absolutely right. I already do wonder how we ever lived without one. We even had to winch us out of our property😅. 🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian was that due to those trenches Christian dug in the grass?
Next will be a rear winch. I want to have a removable winch on ours, that way we only carry it when possibly needed and on the end that suits. I have the winch on a cradle, just need the hitch mounts for the front, a higher hitch on rear and huge copper cables to feed it. Some times going backwards is the better option than pulling one self deeper into the soft mud or sand.
Every video is a success no matter what. Robins skills are fantastic too. Btw have you seen the utube channel Rufford ford. Water 💦 crossing, lots of LR content.
Britpart do a by pass control unit that works via the pre-heater to warm the engine so no need for the glow plugs 😁.i fitted one to my tdv6 sport i had as 2/3 plugs stopped working and would not start in very cold weather plus the joy with the by pass was i could warm the engine about 30 mins before a trip and the engine was nice and warm 😎.
spot on
Are you sure the glow plugs are faulty? My glow plugs didn't seem to work on My 06 D3 which just cranked over but wouldn't start so I researched this and narrowed it down to the engine coolant sensor which was faulty. I changed that and she fired straight away and now the glow plugs work perfectly fine. 172000 miles with original glow plugs
Great channel and content I really enjoy watching and learning
Thank you
Have you seen this video yet ? ruclips.net/video/vbBscBFpH_s/видео.html We do not have any problems with our D3, however, lots of viewers were asking for the glowplug video, so obliged, and well, you saw the outcome. 🙄😅 All sensors are working fine and my Disco starts just fine. But you are absolutely right, if you do have starting problems, you need to find the source as soon as possible, as we all know : prolonged cranking is NOT GOOD, glad you found your cause for trouble. 👍🙋♀️Vera
Looking forward to doing this on my LR3 🙈
I waited so long for this one, sorry you couldn't get them Christian and Vera, you did the right thing by not going further and risk snapping them .
I'm going to use JB weld putty to make a circular cup around each plug , then use Kroil penetrant for a few weeks , i will probably wait till summer as the heat will remain in the Heads longer will stripping it down . While waiting for summer i'll save up for a Laser tools 1/4" impact gun , which has 4 torque settings .
I wouldn't trust those cheap Chinese snapped glow plug drill out removal kits you see on ebay & Amazon . Better to use quality Cobalt drill bits & quality left hand thread taps and make a left hand bolt to remove a snapped plug piece by piece as it breaks maybe...
What a nightmare these glow plugs are , this is why i haven't tried changing mine yet and just using the FBH remote ... take care Graeme
@@AndyK.1 yes Andy , carbon build up around the tip & warpage sometimes causes the tip to snap off ... i was thinking of getting my engine Terra cleaned first .
The perfect example of mechanical sympathy, well attuned to the reality of too-small glow plugs! So not a debacle. A debacle would have been Christian snapping them off, then taking the head off, and then deciding to do more line boring whilst he was at it!
😅👍No line boring on my Discovery. But yes, he is just waiting for a good reason to take the engine out. 🙋♀️Vera
I wish yous two would buy an X5 3.0 Diesel as l think by selling my LR3 l have jumped from one money pit into another - l really could do with yr advice and engineering demonstrations on a BMW (can’t you borrow one? Just to give me a heads up smile please) mind you it was the crankshaft snapping on the black LR3 that determined (frightened) me into changing vehicles, so, yr to blame really - l miss the ride on the LR of all things. Great Video and cheers my heart seeing yous every Sunday
I am really sorry😅👍 , but we said it often that this vehicle was neglected by his previous owner and Land Rover. That is hopefully not ever going to happen to ours. Sell your BMW and get a Land Rover, or a Toyota. Then you'll give me a monthly update on what you really have to fix on a Toyota. 😃👌🙋♀️Vera
LR realy went out of their way to make things difficult on this engine, even for a routine job such as accessing the glow plugs.
I had a stubborn GP on my P38 RR, it tested out with the meter so I left alone, later down the line I used penetrating oil and took it for a good drive, its an easier job if you remove the inlet manifold, it was number 6 GP with the right extensions it can be accessed, it did the job came out with no issue.
Yes, same here when we did the GP's on Fabians Discovery last year, but not so on mine. But it doesn't matter. 👍🙋♀️Vera
Dear Christian and Vera, so good watching your videos. They always make my brain work and leave more questions than answers. . May I offer a theory and ask a question. I do wonder about penetrating products. I remember starting work when i was 15 and my foreman told me to put some "Plusgas" on a rusty track rod end to loosen it. It didn't work. I then leaned that gases have smaller particles than liquid and this is why a plastic water will not hold gas and this is why pipes are made especially for gas. I know at this point Christian wants to get off the mountain but hag in there. So the big question is if those glow plugs can hold back 200 bar of gas how does penetrating oil ( liquid )thinks it stand a chance of going down the threads. The theory I have about the plugs moving and then stopping is the fact that as they are being moved and the friction is making them hot and swell making them tighter. Would the shock treatment be better. i.e. heat area and then chill plug ??? Just a few thoughts Christian. Keep them coming, brilliant channel.
Hello Chris, the reason the plugs are seazed is that the tread deforms from the pressure over time. Then there is also carbon buildup between the bore and the plug. In some cases the tip is seazed as well and may break and fall into the cylinder. My plugs can either be removed with a special low torque impact tool for plugs or by drilling. The block needs to be hot and the plug cool. I should have used ice spray. The penetrating fluid should reduce friction in the tread but it will not go down the barrel. Thanks. Christian
Nice to hear from you Christian and to share .
Hiya , as always fantastic content and indeed as u say best to stop and come back to it if circumstances change , ,have seen some owners buy a universal remote and module for their FBH off eBay , last time I looked both items totalled around £60 , so they can then heat up the engine and cabin therefore allowing the engine to start without having working glow-plugs , hope ur both keeping well and thks so much once again
Hello Gary, these remotes are not very practical. Only the upper end systems work. Like the Altox. Cheaper ones donor work as they cannot run the FBH unless the ECU is in sleep mode. They cause bus faults and will omit the regular function of the FBH. Not recommendable from my point of view. Thanks! Christian
Christian are you a mechanic or just a home grown mechanic ?? I wonder. I envy your knowledge about mechanics in general.
On mine drivers side is dead and passenger works fine. I'm in Australia so car starts fine anyway leaving well alone until engine out or body off.
Great work Christian and Vera, I quite look forward to your videos arriving on Sunday evenings. Indeed a pity about your not being able to remove the glow plugs, I experienced a similar problem with the 300Tdi in my old D1. Being as I live, (upside down 😂), in the Tropical North of Australia my D1 always started ok without them, I was waiting for the dreaded usual "head gasket failure" to occur before I could replace the plugs, it didn't happen, now D1 gone to a new home. Enter new Toyota ✅, thanks for the welcome at the start of your videos by the way.
Not that I don't still like LandRover, I'm just getting too old now to persevere with the good engineering, poorly executed.
😃👍 What kind of a Toyota did you get. Is it brand new, or used and new to you. Hope you have lot's of fun with it and still watch our videos . 🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian A Fortuner, same power train as a Prado, 2.8 diesel engine, top of range "Crusade" model, brand new September last year. Yes I'll keep watching. I still like LandRover but wasn't brave enough at my age to "risk it for the biscuit" and buy a new or late model one, all fraught with danger.
So it was -4 deg C here in Yorkshire this morning and guess which LR time video I'm watching... 😱
😅👍🙋♀️Vera
Well done to walk away .. it would be a nightmare to fix if they break !!
The first one broke (3 not working leading to major starting probs) so I got a specialist to get the broken stumps out. It's a slow boring (as in drilling, not 'tedious') process with a swarf aspirator - over 600€ in the end sadly, but would have been 2x that for a garage to prep/make good the engine access...
Hi Vera and Christian, my cousin also does not prefer to change my glow plugs. Maybe at Land Rover 🤔
If it does not get really cold where you live, listen to your cousin 👍🙋♀️Vera
Nice try guys 👍
I’ve got the same problem on my LR3!
4 out of 6 glow plugs don’t work and they are stuck. I’ve got some starting issues but only on winter days when I leave my car parked outside.
Spent many happy hours on tdv6 on a commercial basis.
Glow plugs. Kent industries do a penetron that is the next best thing to oxy acetylene and on tdv6 I used both. A very small welding nozzle used to heat the aluminium surrounding the plug, lots of heat wrap on anything you don't want to heat and a generous application of the penetron. As it all cools it tended to draw the penetrant down the threads of the glow plug and the difference in temperature of the parts (which you don't get on a warm up driving as all are at similar temperature) allows for the difference in thermal expansion and creates space for lubrication and loosening. Never managed to be beaten by the annoyance factor supplied by land rover. Kent also do a ceramic grease which goes on the threads of the new plugs and ensures the next time is only as fiddly as was designed to be. Always a pity that these very competent and comfortable vehicles were so badly compromised by clever build engineering that was always going to be difficult to engineer out. Very much enjoy your other works. Get that lot into the workshop and go again. I don't have any affiliation with Kent Barnes company but if I find a supplier link I will post it. Good luck and well done.
😃👍When we go at them again, we'll definitely try harder to get them out. Thankfully, daytime temperatures are getting warmer now. Nightime temps are for the first time all winter below zero since we have clear skys after all that rain. Sorry I must have missed your comment, I'll get so many that sometimes I overlook a couple. 🙋♀️Vera
"It Sucks" 😂 Something I have learned from a mistake is to protect the radiator with a piece of cardboard. I keep a piece cut to size in my garage.
😅 Christian always, always protects the radiator, and boy if I do misplace that piece of blue plastic.👍🙋♀️Vera
Landrover changed the toque spec at the factory when fitting glow plugs for cars after 2007/2008 they were only tightened to 10nm this may be why Fabian’s were looser ? In my 2008 D3 they were like Fabian’s and all came out easily.
That is possible. Fabians is a 2009.
Australian mode huh? I’m an Aussie and I drive a 300tdi and a td5. Who’s upside down? Glow plugs are a dream job on those engines!
Upside down from our perspective Lol. Christian
specially the fith glowplug on TD5 , they never fail ....
I suppose it’s all hemispherical after all.
Been thinking about this last night. If your able not to drive the car for a couple of days get a couple of cotton wool balls and zip tie them around the glow plug and continually wet down with that 50/50 atf and acetone mix. Obviously the penetrating oil is not getting down the threads of the glow plug- might just work and at least worth a try? Good luck.
You guys... you do make me chuckle. It doesnt matter that the job couldnt be completed. If anything makes for a better video. Shows just when to say enough.. "Back to Base camp!" Not like these Toyota drivers that break out in a sweat when thinking of changing the Battery.. I bet there was alot of swesring off camera this week! 😂🤣 Alan. Uk
😅 Actually no, there was no time for swearing, we had to move on to get the oilpump out and new one in again, for the sealant to dry. But there would have been a major amount of swearing if that would have gone wrong. 😂👍🙋♀️Vera
Well informed video. And I think this was right to do.
Shame about the ‘failure’ of changing the glow plugs. But a good video non the less. 👍🏻
Awesome video! According to our innacurate and probably faulty measurement (first time, based on one of your videos with a borrowed tool) on one side we have 1 and on the other probably 2 working glow plugs. Definitely will need to redo the measurements a few time (and than consult with our mechanic to see if we did it well) , but since we live in warm climate, was wondering if it even worth considering changing the glow plugs? P.S. when you talk german, just add some subtitles :D german is such a lovely language with special words like smetterling and krankenwagen!
Leave the glow plugs alone until you really encounter starting problems in cold weather. Then, there are other options to consider. If you read through this comment section, a lot of viewers wrote what they did. 👍🙋♀️Vera
Hey Guys. There is a toolset for extraction of broken glow plugs exactly for such situations. On my Citroën C6 2 of 6 were extracted form local specialist with such tools and without removing the engine or heads :) . Good luck.
Anther great video, thanks for showing this as most people just show videos that go well. I think that some people may have panicked when the glow plugs would not move, and tried to force them, and if they had broken off they would have had a far bigger job, and a lot more expensive. I like your climbing mount Everest idea there is a turning back point, witch is good to know. Meany thanks to you both. P.s. in the UK you must have the same number plate on any trailer as the vehicle towing it , but is this different in Germany ? . Do they make you Register your trailers separately? Best regards Chris.
Yes, the trailer is registered like a vehicle with tax, insurance and TÜV. Christian
@@Vera_and_Christian We Brits are good at inventing crazy rules, but I think the Germans have us beat on that front!