Rickstah
Veteran Member
Hi all. I've never had any problem with glow plug replacements on Christine. They always came out and went back in with no binding. The Bug turned out to be a different animal. I replace 1, 3 and 4 no problems, threaded down to the bottom, torqued 11 pds. Number 2 started to come out ok, then the torque required to continue removing it increased. It still came out but it was definitely taking more torque, although it never reached a danger point. So, before putting the new glowplug in, a liberal coating of anti-seize, then it started threading in ok but then started requiring more torque to turn. It started going well past the 11 pds setting on the torque wrench, so I set the wrench to 24 pds, a tad less than the max torque for these plugs (so I read). I kept turning it slowly, and it stayed less than the 24 pds level until it got almost down flush like the rest, and then the torque jumped past the 24 pds. I tried a couple of more slow turns and it moved just a bit more and then the torque wrench kept letting off. It is probably 1/16 " from flush but I had chills those last two attempts, lol.
Long story short, is that close enough to work effectively at its appointed purpose? I didn't get anymore plug codes (there were intermittent codes on 2 and 3) when I cleared and restarted. Guess I will wait until it gets cold again to see if it works better now. Crossing fingers, lol.
Long story short, is that close enough to work effectively at its appointed purpose? I didn't get anymore plug codes (there were intermittent codes on 2 and 3) when I cleared and restarted. Guess I will wait until it gets cold again to see if it works better now. Crossing fingers, lol.
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