PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Is it possible to change glow plugs without removing injector lines?

rcounts · #16 11-02-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 300sdToronto

While it may be possible to remove the glow plugs without removing the injector lines it is MUCH easier if you remove the lines first. I have seen this done at the tech session in Detroit last winter on a 300D and have since done this myself on my 300SD and in both cases about 45 sec of cranking was all that was necessary to fire it right up - no complicated bleeding required.

RL

Ditto. I changed mine without removing the lines right after I got it. WHAT A PITA!

Since then I've removed the lines for other reasons, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to mess with trying to change them without removing the lines. I can pull them off in about 5 minutes and they go back on just about as fast.

I still use the gear wrenches, but without the lines in the way I can do it much faster and without wasting time retrieving nuts or GPs I've dropped.

I'd bet $5 i can do it as fast or faster by removing the lines as anybody who doesn't remove the lines. And my hands don't get cut up in the process...