P2B
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That eBay listing is for the 12v glow plugs used in 1Z, AHU, & ALH engines.
Your BEW requires 5v or 7v, depending on the ECU software version.
Diesel Liqui Moly Purge
- Thread starter Dominicdx
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Your BEW requires 5v or 7v, depending on the ECU software version.
Jacobmarley
Member
Okay cool, that’s an easy enough fix. I appreciate the info. What is the easiest way to find out which ECU software I have?
Quick google search brings up a LOT of threads on this topic, here's one to get you started...
BEW glow plugs, which ECU flash?
From what I can gather on the glow plug recall issue, it seems to be there's both a hardware change (the plugs, ceramic vs steel) and a software change. And it is important that the plugs be matched to the flash. I have no history on the car, if the flash was done or plugs were ever...
Jacobmarley
Member
If I put in 7v glow plugs and I have the 5v system, will this hurt anything or just continue to start hard in the cold? I have no way of checking if the car has the newest update.
P2B
Top Post Dawg
The latter, but it might start better than it does with 12v plugs.
Jacobmarley
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Billybobsahoosier
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The liquimoly diesel purge was a tune up in a bottle for old injection pump-pop injector Mercedes’ diesels. The common method was to change fuel filters, disconnect both supply line and return line and set up a few bottles of the purge stuff in a temporary fuel tank and let the engine run on just purge then changes the canister fuel filter again. The stuff coming out of the return lines would be black and nasty and by the time you got to the end any rough idling or other issues that could were caused by sludge in the injection pump or injectors would be resolved. If it didn’t fix the issue then I’d start chasing mechanical issues.