Seeking Beru Glow Plugs for '83 300d Turbo OM617 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Sev · #1 04-14-2018, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

All of the Bosch Glow Plugs I have bought were made in France and were less then $10 each.

I had previously had Monaks and one of those died with in one Year and I live in Southren California where glowing a long time is not needed.

Previous to the Monarks I had Autolites and after only 6 months of use the tips on 2 of those swelled making them difficult to get out.

How long Glow Plugs last is largely dependent on if everything is happening within specs during combustion. In particular Injectors that dribble or spray Fuel onto or too close to the Glow Plugs shorten their life.

There is also the previously mentioned carbon build up that was reamed out.

I actually read one of your posts when I found a search about your Autolite plugs that enlarged. Crazy! I'm also from Southren Cali. Maybe I should save myself the time and effort, remove my old plugs, use a bench grinder with a wire wheel attachment and clean up my existing plugs, bench test them and put them back in. I just can't justify not replacing a maintenance item that's this important to a car's function, especially since I've owned the car for almost a decade now and haven't replaced them, and god only knows when the last time was that they were replaced

By the way quick question: if my injectors weep lightly, and the fuel gets onto the opening of the glow plugs, does the fuel make it's way into that chamber and negatively affect operation? Always wondered about that

Diesel911 · #2 04-14-2018, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sev

I actually read one of your posts when I found a search about your Autolite plugs that enlarged. Crazy! I'm also from Southren Cali. Maybe I should save myself the time and effort, remove my old plugs, use a bench grinder with a wire wheel attachment and clean up my existing plugs, bench test them and put them back in. I just can't justify not replacing a maintenance item that's this important to a car's function, especially since I've owned the car for almost a decade now and haven't replaced them, and god only knows when the last time was that they were replaced

By the way quick question: if my injectors weep lightly, and the fuel gets onto the opening of the glow plugs, does the fuel make it's way into that chamber and negatively affect operation? Always wondered about that

Some of the stuff I post is because other people will also be reading your post.
You joined in Apr 2007 and I joined in Sep 2007 so have also had my Car since 2007. Since that time I might have replace 1 or 2 of the Bosch Plugs but I cannot remember exactly.

Mxfrank · #3 04-15-2018, 06:22 PM

I don't think the Beru plugs for 60x turbo engines are available in the US. At least, they weren't last time I looked. I'm currently using Bosch.