STUCK!! Changing glow plugs on a bi-turbo CXEB

LambethBoy

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Is there another way to change the glow plugs on these engines??
Trying to get the charge cooler bracket off but there’s 2 impossible t30s that need to be removed to get the bracket off to get to plugs.
The manuals in Downloads do not have my configuration.
Any ideas guys??
TIA

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Duck oil is your friend. That needs to come off
 
Dav-Tec said:
Duck oil is your friend. That needs to come off
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I could duck oil that all day long, it’s physically impossible to get to the one underneath the turbo!!
It’s underneath that turbo label pointing away from me I can’t get anything in there, am I supposed to go over the top/back of the turbo??
 
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@LambethBoy - did you find any easy way to get to that side one, I can just get at the one at the back 1/12th of a turn at a time ( with my arthritic hands! ) but the side one is just about unreachable.
 
Pretty sure Retro Resus or Darkside Developments might have some tips.
 
No - there are too many other pipes and things in the way, you can't get straight on to it except very close to the head. A 3/8" ratchet is too big. I am going to try the bit and a spanner on it tomorrow. Trouble is my body only allows me 15 -20 minutes before I have to stop and let the pain subside for 1/2 an hour and then continue.
The bolt holds an l-shaped bracket but annoyingly the bracket has the L piece at the top totally preventing access from above as well as making it difficult from below.
It certainly hasn't be built for ease of access! Next time I'll let a garage have the pain once ( if ) I get it done. If I can get it off I'll see if I can make a different bracket permitting easier access. Even replacing with a standard headed bolt so that a spanner can be used would improve things I should think.
 
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oldiebut goodie said:
No - there are too many other pipes and things in the way, you can't get straight on to it except very close to the head. A 3/8" ratchet is too big. I am going to try the bit and a spanner on it tomorrow. Trouble is my body only allows me 15 -20 minutes before I have to stop and let the pain subside for 1/2 an hour and then continue.
It certainly hasn't be built for ease of access! Next time I'll let a garage have the pain once ( if ) I get it done.
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Isn’t it easier to remove some of the obstructive pipes?
 
If you look in the pic above you can see the mass of pipes to the right of the right-hand arrow, it is very difficult to access these also. Between a rock and a hard place springs to mind!
You cannot even see the damn thing to start with! Only with a light and a mirror underneath.
 
Got the bu**er off! Once I had managed to start the side one using a driver at an angle it came out with the fingers. All done blind.
The one at the back was a sod, corrosion had tightened it making it a slow process.
I am not looking to the reverse process but at least I can grease the bolts ready for the next person.
 
Could you replace it with a hex head / socket head? Might have a chance of using an OE spanner or a ball end allen key?
 
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