Author Topic: glow plug trouble (Read 1941 times)

oldskool rich · « **on:** January 18, 2008, 06:31:20 pm »

my truck hasnt been starting very well since i tried using a tdi camplate
so i tested my glow plugs and they wernt working cus the fuse had blown, so changed the fuse, and it went again. smoke came from one plug so i took it out to discover the end had been snapped off.

what causes this? this happend to me before and my local diesel expert said it was cheap plugs, but they from gsf and german made.

everything is new, i just dont get why this is happening, cud it of been the higher lift camplate that damaged them?

i need to resolve this, im not changing them once a week :?

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2008, 06:56:22 pm »

sometimes a bad injector will leak fuel onto the glow plug and that may cause what you experienced.

jimfoo · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2008, 10:30:31 pm »

I did it myself by tightening the nut too much. It doesn't take much torque to be too much. Late at night. I was thinking the tip where the buss bar goes, not the inner tip.

rubadubdub · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2008, 09:10:07 am »

Hi rich. The fun never stops i see. Just a thought. If the tip's snapped off, where has it gone and what damage could it do?

ps. you've got pm.