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01-12-2014, 09:40 AM
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Replacing the Glowplugs on the '1998 E300, With Me Luck!
So, the CEL and pig tail came on and the car is due for inspection this month so I'm forced to do this now. At least one is bad. Trying NGK this time.
We'll see how long this takes...
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250 
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01-12-2014, 10:53 AM
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Engine is hot, tools are gathered, impact driver is charged, car is on the ramps.
Here goes!
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250
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01-12-2014, 11:07 AM
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Update, intake manifold is off now. I have to figure out which plug is bad now...
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250
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01-12-2014, 11:21 AM
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The #5 plug was a completely open circuit. It came out instantly with a short burst on the trusty 12v impact driver.
New plug is back in, codes cleared and the engine test run.
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250
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01-12-2014, 11:29 AM
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Do you use a low setting on the impact or something? A friend wants help doing his on his '97 and Ive just started reading about the process. The car has 315k so I'd think they've been done before.
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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500 Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i
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01-12-2014, 11:40 AM
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No low setting on this one. It's small and I just pull the trigger progressively until the plug breaks loose or the tool is running wide open. All of my plugs were pulled out a few years ago and silver anti-sieze was applied so I suspect that's why I have no problem.
The plug that came out had a MB logo so I assume it was original. This is the driver I use: Shop Hitachi 12-Volt 1/4-in Hex Drive Cordless Impact Driver at Lowes.com It came as part of a kit. The price for this listing is crazy, Lowe's sells the kit (when it's available) for about $130.00
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250
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01-13-2014, 05:27 PM
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Congrats, I went with Buer as my replacement also #5 Bosch went out after 28 months.
Capable of 840 in/lbs. or if you prefer 94 newton meters of driving torque which is above the sheer force of a glow plug. You are likely correct in that the anti seize and EGR bypass helped.
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1999 Mercedes E300TD daily driver sold at 238K miles 106K miles were mine, rust worm got it :-( 2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250
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01-13-2014, 08:42 PM
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+1 anti seize saved your bacon on that one.
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The OM 642/722.9 powered family Still going strong 2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD) 2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD) both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023 2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles) 2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles) 1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh 1987 300TD sold to vstech
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