mjwilson
Veteran Member
Literally!
A few days ago, an MIL light came on and I had it checked out by the dealer. Code comes back as a failed glow plug and all the glow plugs seemed to have erratic readings. They recommended replacing all four and I agreed (all under warranty) however they didn't have any in stock so I'd have to wait a couple days. They gave me my car back and proceeded on home. About a half-mile from the dealership a loud "shotgun" sound went off and the engine started to badly stumble. I shut it down immediately, openned the hood but couldn't see anything obvious. Only after removing the engine cover did I discover that the #2 glow plug was completely missing and some remnants of it were scattered about the engine bay.
Needless to say, I wasn't going home anytime soon! I called the dealership and they dispatched a mechanic immediately. Unfortunately, the threaded portion of the glow plug was still in the block so he couldn't install a new one.
The car was towed back to the dealership where it has been the last few days. I called Fri. and the service advisor said they were pulling the cylinder head to make sure none of the glow plug shrapnel ended up in the compression chamber. Seems reasonable to me but I'm not thrilled to have a relatively low-milage (~30,750 mi) engine go through such radical maintenance. They anticipate my car will be done Tue. or Wed.. Anything I should keep an eye on after I get it back? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Wish I could post pict.'s but didn't have a camera handy before they started working on it.
Mike
A few days ago, an MIL light came on and I had it checked out by the dealer. Code comes back as a failed glow plug and all the glow plugs seemed to have erratic readings. They recommended replacing all four and I agreed (all under warranty) however they didn't have any in stock so I'd have to wait a couple days. They gave me my car back and proceeded on home. About a half-mile from the dealership a loud "shotgun" sound went off and the engine started to badly stumble. I shut it down immediately, openned the hood but couldn't see anything obvious. Only after removing the engine cover did I discover that the #2 glow plug was completely missing and some remnants of it were scattered about the engine bay.
Needless to say, I wasn't going home anytime soon! I called the dealership and they dispatched a mechanic immediately. Unfortunately, the threaded portion of the glow plug was still in the block so he couldn't install a new one.
The car was towed back to the dealership where it has been the last few days. I called Fri. and the service advisor said they were pulling the cylinder head to make sure none of the glow plug shrapnel ended up in the compression chamber. Seems reasonable to me but I'm not thrilled to have a relatively low-milage (~30,750 mi) engine go through such radical maintenance. They anticipate my car will be done Tue. or Wed.. Anything I should keep an eye on after I get it back? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Wish I could post pict.'s but didn't have a camera handy before they started working on it.
Mike