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Old 06-18-2009, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
I've done it both ways........injector lines in place........and injector lines removed.

Considering the fact that the injector lines can be removed in five minutes or less, I cannot understand why anyone would attempt to change even one glow plug with the lines in place.

The fear of a leak or a failure to get the lines back on properly can be overcome after one session of R & R.

I agree that the gear wrench makes it much quicker and easier.

I think for some members removing the Glow Plugs is there 1st introduction to working on their Mercedes. And, it seems they are doing so without reading any manual.

So they do not want to remove the Hard Lines simply because they don't want to create another problem themselves.
Also from what I have read some folks do not want to deal with bleeding the air from between the IP and the Injectors.

For myself I have managed to drop 2 and lose one of the 8mm nuts even with the Injector Hard Lines removed. So I never plan to change GPs without removing the Hard Lines.
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