dieselnuts
Veteran Member
#3 won't come out does anyone have ideas how to fix it/remove it? Also I have codes P0380, P1619
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Broken glow plug just spins wont come out
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joewilhite
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is it stripped and loose or is it that you can't turn it because the hex part is stripped.
dieselnuts
Veteran Member
the hex part is like new but it broke off the threaded part. I think someone before me put too much pressure and broke the main body. The hex part and the plug prong just turns and I can wiggle it. I wonder if there is a way to get it out with out removing the head
SomeGuySomeWhere
Active member
Hey dieselnuts,
These posts and PDF may help.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=1469423&postcount=13
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=1512558&postcount=11
http://pics.tdiclub.com/data/517/How_To_Remove_a_Seized_Glow_Plug.pdf
They are for the ALH engine but may give you some ideas. Good luck
These posts and PDF may help.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=1469423&postcount=13
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=1512558&postcount=11
http://pics.tdiclub.com/data/517/How_To_Remove_a_Seized_Glow_Plug.pdf
They are for the ALH engine but may give you some ideas. Good luck
Steve Addy
Top Post Dawg
I had a single plug do that, it was poorly installed by the dealer on the Mk3, broke off just below the hex.
I had to pull the end off and drill down into the guts and then use a very small easy out to get the main plug body out.
After I got the chunk out you could tell it was installed improperly, there was carbon on the taper where it was supposed to seat into the head.
Good luck
Steve
I had to pull the end off and drill down into the guts and then use a very small easy out to get the main plug body out.
After I got the chunk out you could tell it was installed improperly, there was carbon on the taper where it was supposed to seat into the head.
Good luck
Steve
dieselnuts
Veteran Member
Thanks so much for this help, it is a huge relief knowing I don't have to remove the head
joewilhite
Active member
you can also try and run the engine and blow it out, I've done it on sprinter engines, but it has to be loose on the threads, just be careful that you don't have it fly out and damage something else around the car , like the other people, of course it will have to be helicoiled. and thats a whole other process.
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dieselnuts
Veteran Member
I tried, made a big mess. I tried drilling and broke the bit inside.
joewilhite
Active member
OH NO !!! NO NO
pull the head .....sorry
pull the head .....sorry
Steve Addy
Top Post Dawg
Sorry to hear that, yeah, you have to drill very carefully but you really don't have to drill the outer metal part as much as the inner core, which is kind of soft. The small easy out will sink right down into the center once the guts are out of the way.
Somewhere I ran across the one I had to remove that way but I'm sure I probably tossed it. Otherwise I would post up a pic for you to see.
Why don't you post up a pic of what you have right now. Is there any way to get the piece of the bit out of the GP? I would think that with a very thin screw driver you might be able to pry it loose and pull it out.
The only reason I suggest this is because at this point pulling the head does little to help you out with your situation other than give you a mobile cylinder head to take to the machine shop.
Steve
Somewhere I ran across the one I had to remove that way but I'm sure I probably tossed it. Otherwise I would post up a pic for you to see.
Why don't you post up a pic of what you have right now. Is there any way to get the piece of the bit out of the GP? I would think that with a very thin screw driver you might be able to pry it loose and pull it out.
The only reason I suggest this is because at this point pulling the head does little to help you out with your situation other than give you a mobile cylinder head to take to the machine shop.
Steve
hughesjasonk
Veteran Member
what I didn't when this happened to me on my ALH is that I pulled the injector and rotated the motor to where the valves where closed and pressurized the cylinder with an aircompressor. from there I drilled into the glow plug and used an easy out to extract it. when I used a tap to clean up the threads I made sure that I dipped the tap in grease so the grease would catch the contaminants as it was used.