The Dec 2008 issue of Motor Trend has an article about a road trip featuring a 60 190D and 09 ML320 BlueTEC. The 190D wouldn't start in Oklahoma City because of a broken glow plug. A Mercedes club member 30 miles away provided a replacement. Credit given to J.D. Anyone here?

When a loop breaks in the prechamber, how to you fish out the tip? With a magnet?

Sixto
87 300D

I'd crank the engine until it blows out the glowplug hole. With loop plugs the hole is plenty big enough for it to escape.

That article has been around several months. I don't remember the originating periodical source, but it was entertaining to read. It was a tag-team type of an MB diesel trek from Santa Monica to Manhattan in NYC.

The drastic differences in an old 190D to an ML turbodiesel was kind of cheesy though. Who cares what the new MB diesel can do? The 190D was the interest piece.

If you just blindly crank it could suck it deeper in....that piston needs to be on the compression stroke...
I doubt that the end of the glowplug is magnetic...

It should not be able to escape the prechamber though, right?

Are they still in OKC???

__________________
Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

No, this was like a year and a half ago that the trek across the country took place. It was hot out, so it was in the Summer. It's a neat story if someone can re-find the article LINK to it. I don't remember the periodical the story was in.