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Old 01-09-2006, 02:41 AM
'90 300se, '95 c280
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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Bosch H9DC0 Exploded!

Earlier today, while riding around in my friend's newly acquired 88 300ce, we noticed a distinctly weird sound coming from under the hood. At first, we thought that it might be a broken exhaust manifold or valve. We pulled over at the nearest safe area to investigate and found that the ignition wire for cylinder #3 was dangling near the exhaust manifold with what apparently looked like the electrical connector end of a spark plug! Luckily, my small toolbox was in the trunk with some spare plugs, so we were on our way a few minutes later.

My question is what can cause this, because I've never heard of a spark plug falling apart like that! I've seen the side electode breaking off before when ignition is advanced too far, but if I remember correctly, there's no way to adjust this on these engines. Besides, we had just changed the plugs in the morning and were running a fresh set. Anyway, here are some pictures...

The thing in the middle was still attached to the dangling wire
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Here's a view of the spark plug. Notice that the entire center electrode is gone. In fact, I can look through the spark plug to the other end!
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Last edited by alienman; 01-09-2006 at 03:07 AM.
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