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[TheBoy]

I vaguely recall somebody saying to warm the engine first. Or did I dream that bit?

I certainly never did on the TD Tractor.

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow morning

[05omegav6]

I vaguely recall somebody saying to warm the engine first. Or did I dream that bit?

I certainly never did on the TD Tractor.

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow morning

If you can get it started

[henryd]

I vaguely recall somebody saying to warm the engine first. Or did I dream that bit?

I certainly never did on the TD Tractor.

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow morning

Certainly will help on an ally head,they can be a bastid to get out

[Crazycarzowner]

I did all six on my Skoda recently, What I did was take it out for a warm up, up to operating temperature, drove it straight in the garage, then using a deep 10mm socket sat squarely on the plug, gently undo them a turn, then tighten slightly. Keep working them back & forth increasing the undo stroke as you go. As you get to the end of the thread they 'can' be a bit of a pain, but just keep working them back and forth. Patience is key really, as you don't want to break one off in the head 

I did 5 of em easy peasy, but as of the law of sod, there's always one really stiff one which I nearly bottled out of doing, I cracked it off a turn squirted some plusgas down it, left it for a while & it came out with a little persuasion 

[TheBoy]

Hmmm, are they a git then?  Only ever did glowplugs on the tractor, and they were no problem at all.

[JamesV6CDX]

Not a bad job. DTi easy. Warm engine reduces risk of breaking one off but warm is fine, no need to have it scalding

[henryd]

Hmmm, are they a git then?  Only ever did glowplugs on the tractor, and they were no problem at all.

They are normally easy on an iron head,the short ones on PSA diesels always seem to come out ok too,but I've had issues in the past with Astra / Zaffy ones