Whiskers
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Hi one and all! Greetings from Germany! As far as I know, I am posting this thread in the correct place, but if not, please let me know.
So I seem to be having an issue with my van. It's a 2014 Fiat Ducato Maxi 130 multi jet with the 2.3L engine. I purchased the van with the plan of converting it into a campervan. I figured before I start the conversion, I would first focus on the engine to be sure it is and stays reliable so I decided to do the timing chain, timing belt, V belts and the glow plugs. I know the glow plugs needed changing.
So, the thing is... 3 of the 4 glow plugs broke off in the cylinder-head. I was not surprised to be honest and was kind of expecting it. I'm not a mechanic by trade, but over the years I have taught myself and I'm mostly confident doing most jobs including removing the broken off injectors.
Long story short - I got them them out by drilling and tapping them without damaging the threads on the cylinderhead. Yay.
But...sadly, there is a but. Upon cleaning the threads and hoovering out any small pieces of metal I noticed by cylinder 3 I couldn't get my tiny hoover hose in as deep as the rest of the cylinders. Upon further investigation, I realised it seems to be the glow plug seat (if that's what it's called) that has partially came out - obviously when I removed the glow plug on that cylinder. I couldn't really see in the little hole, but I think it's made out of copper and I believe / think it is press-fitted into the cylinderhead.
I didn't want to damage it, so I tapped it in again using and old glow plug. I could only get it in about 95% in comparrison to the other cylinders. Let me put it like this : The majority of thread from the glow plug screws into place.
So can anyone shed some light on this matter for me, or does anybody here ever had something like this happen to them? I'm not sure if I'm worried for no reason or if I should remove the cylinderhead (hopefully not!)
It would be nice to hear your different opinions!
Regards,
Whiskers
So I seem to be having an issue with my van. It's a 2014 Fiat Ducato Maxi 130 multi jet with the 2.3L engine. I purchased the van with the plan of converting it into a campervan. I figured before I start the conversion, I would first focus on the engine to be sure it is and stays reliable so I decided to do the timing chain, timing belt, V belts and the glow plugs. I know the glow plugs needed changing.
So, the thing is... 3 of the 4 glow plugs broke off in the cylinder-head. I was not surprised to be honest and was kind of expecting it. I'm not a mechanic by trade, but over the years I have taught myself and I'm mostly confident doing most jobs including removing the broken off injectors.
Long story short - I got them them out by drilling and tapping them without damaging the threads on the cylinderhead. Yay.
But...sadly, there is a but. Upon cleaning the threads and hoovering out any small pieces of metal I noticed by cylinder 3 I couldn't get my tiny hoover hose in as deep as the rest of the cylinders. Upon further investigation, I realised it seems to be the glow plug seat (if that's what it's called) that has partially came out - obviously when I removed the glow plug on that cylinder. I couldn't really see in the little hole, but I think it's made out of copper and I believe / think it is press-fitted into the cylinderhead.
I didn't want to damage it, so I tapped it in again using and old glow plug. I could only get it in about 95% in comparrison to the other cylinders. Let me put it like this : The majority of thread from the glow plug screws into place.
So can anyone shed some light on this matter for me, or does anybody here ever had something like this happen to them? I'm not sure if I'm worried for no reason or if I should remove the cylinderhead (hopefully not!)
It would be nice to hear your different opinions!
Regards,
Whiskers