A friend of mine here in Sydney has got family members working for mercedes in Germany and he can order the glow plugs from there. He also owns a C250 turbo diesel.

Is it correct to say that both C250 TD and E300 TD share the same GPs?

If that is the case, Then we can order two sets at once.

What I need though is the part number for the GPs.

Does anybody know where to get the part number please?

I am ever so thankfull for all the help.

If the C250 is an OM605, then yes, they are the same.

The GP I have here for my car is: 0 250 201 038

That should also be the MB part number.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Thank you so much, I will forward this part number to my friend.

I also found them here in Sydney for $70 each.

Ici!

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KarTek, thanks for your guidance on the glow plug test. I know our '98 has at least one GP out. I was able to verify this yesterday. The other five GPs show right around 1 ohm. It's strange, but I've got no warning lights on the dashboard suggesting a problem. (The car is running on 5 cylinders when it starts, that's hugely obvious.) The bad GP shows open circuit, I think it's #4

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1998 W210 diesel (wiped out by a texter)
Baum spring compressor "for rent"

Yeah, mine's currently doing the same thing. It always makes itself known when the outside temps dip below about 50 deg.

My GP's are all different ages so I probably have at least one original in there somewhere.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

The plugs were replaced in our car about 60k miles ago. Not sure what sort of surprises are ahead

The car has no problem starting and we've had some cold days already. I just don't like the car chugging away on 5 cylinders, belching smoke on cold start up.

Depending on how many and which plug is bad, you may not get a glow plug and check engine light. I had one plug go out two different times (different plug each time) and one gave me the idiot lights while the other did not.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
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'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

Usually on a 606 you'll get the extended glow light and "Engine Electronics" verbage on the dash display as indicators of bad GP.

As I posted previously, 3 critical steps to successful 606 glow plug removal...warm engine, lots of PB Blaster, and torque wrench to remove plugs...never exceeding 50Nm.

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Mark in MA
05 MB E320CDI 402k Granite Grey Metallic
05 MB E320CDI 267k Black
05 MB E320CDI 232k White
05 MB E320CDI 209k Tectite Grey
99 Dodge 2500 Cummins 5sp 148k
62 Jeep CJ-6 120k

Spark, thanks for the tips.

I'm going to try to find someone in the area interested in doing the work on the car. While I've had the intake manifold off on my 1999 diesel, it's not a job I will do again myself. I've lost the desire to be working on these cars, FWIW.

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1998 W210 diesel (wiped out by a texter)
Baum spring compressor "for rent"