Glo Plug Reemer & Gunk
 

Quick question.

I just ordered a glo plug reemer so that I can clean the junk out before installing new glo plugs.

How does one get the crap out once the reemer knocks it loose? Or does it just fall out of the way somewhere?

Thanks

Don

I have not reamed a glow plug hole myself. However, somewhere in the back of my mind, is the idea that a person puts grease in the grooves of the reamer so the debris will collect on the reamer as it is removed.

I ran the reamer back and forth on all of them a few times and then cranked the engine. Nice cloud of black carbon particles!

It really makes the (new) glow plugs go back in easily, and should make them more effective without carbon packed around them soaking away their heat.

Ken300D

The grease is the usual way to catch stuff like that in machining.. but I think it would be best to also pull the injectors and vacuum from the top... since turning the engine over might suck that stuff into the precombustion chamber holes depending on the starting position of the piston at the time this event happens.
In some instances the reamer will produce metal filings... since it is used to realign the glow plug/precombustion chamber hole... have forgotten which set of conditions produces this... but I read it in the FSM...

Hello folks,

Where do you buy such a tool and about how much do they cost.

THanks


bob c

Bob:

You can buy it from Parts Shop, lost the number (call phil) or from Performance Products. If you haven't used PP, their number is 800.243.1220 and they'll send you free catalogs quarterly. The catalogs are awesome in that they breakdown every part in your car and have excellent diagrams.

Thanks for the input everyone. I'll try the grease method and monitor it carefully.

Don

My experience is that the gunk sticks in the reamer when you pull it out.

I'd have to agree that anything you can get out by greasing the reamer is better than letting it fall into the prechamber. Most of the results from reaming out the 1987 were very fine and grease would probably grab those easily.

Baum tools has a reamer on its web site too, and the picture looks just like what I got from Performance Products.

And to reinforce ideas from other threads, putting in replacement glow plugs or reinstalling current glow plugs should be accomplished with coating their threads with anti-sieze compound. And not too tight!

Ken300D

Ditto on the anti-sieze. We use it for installing spark plug into the cylinder heads of piston aircraft engines as well as the igniters in turbine engines. Without it you would never be able to get the plugs/igniters out without damaging the engines. I recommend it for all parts being screwed into places where heat will be an issue.

I'm getting everthing together to do mine and was thinking of using a tip offered by someone on this list. Use a shop vac afterwards to clean out any loose pieces.