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Post by TonyDunkley on Jun 3, 2020 9:22:27 GMT
Bloody hell!!! Engines plus just quoted me over 200 quid for 4 glow plugs. Talk about taking the piss. See the little Bleed screw on the left of this picture? - THAT was the bit I needed... HAVE to buy the whole assembly which was circa 50 quid from engines plus but they were apologetic about it and it did come with a filter attached... Of course , I've put the new screw in and lost the assembly somewhere on the boat. If you ever need another one, find a Delphi stockist (used to be CAV) such as ASAP Supplies, or a diesel fuel injection engineers, . . they keep those screw-in bungs either in metal - BSS compliant - or plastic versions for around 50p to a £1
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Post by Jim on Jun 3, 2020 12:22:00 GMT
See the little Bleed screw on the left of this picture? - THAT was the bit I needed... HAVE to buy the whole assembly which was circa 50 quid from engines plus but they were apologetic about it and it did come with a filter attached... Of course , I've put the new screw in and lost the assembly somewhere on the boat. If you ever need another one, find a Delphi stockist (used to be CAV) such as ASAP Supplies, or a diesel fuel injection engineers, . . they keep those screw-in bungs either in metal - BSS compliant - or plastic versions for around 50p to a £1 Wouldn't a sawn off bolt have done the job?
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Post by TonyDunkley on Jun 3, 2020 12:43:19 GMT
If you ever need another one, find a Delphi stockist (used to be CAV) such as ASAP Supplies, or a diesel fuel injection engineers, . . they keep those screw-in bungs either in metal - BSS compliant - or plastic versions for around 50p to a £1 Wouldn't a sawn off bolt have done the job? No, Jim, . . those screw-in bungs are used either as drain bungs or bleed screws in a variety of different makes of filters and water separators, so they have an unthreaded plain recess under the head that the Neoprene washer sits in and makes a seal, and a similar section/size longitudinal slot along the threaded part.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 14:15:31 GMT
Bloody hell!!! Engines plus just quoted me over 200 quid for 4 glow plugs. Talk about taking the piss. Get the make/type/model No. and/or spec. of the original plugs and shop around Diesel Fuel Injection specialists and some of the big motor factor groups like Euro Car Parts. It's very unlikely that those particular glowplugs will only have been used in that make and model of engine. Just ordered some from the states. Even with shipping and import tax, they only came to 52 quid.
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Post by quaysider on Jun 3, 2020 14:17:57 GMT
Wouldn't a sawn off bolt have done the job? No, Jim, . . those screw-in bungs are used either as drain bungs or bleed screws in a variety of different makes of filters and water separators, so they have an unthreaded plain recess under the head that the Neoprene washer sits in and makes a seal, and a similar section/size longitudinal slot along the threaded part. I did manage for a couple of yeas with an aluminum m5 bolt with a tiny slit ground in it and a leather washer... it gradually got harder to seal and I ran out of tiny washers... hence biting the bullet and replacing it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 14:19:25 GMT
Bloody hell!!! Engines plus just quoted me over 200 quid for 4 glow plugs. Talk about taking the piss. See the little Bleed screw on the left of this picture? - THAT was the bit I needed... HAVE to buy the whole assembly which was circa 50 quid from engines plus but they were apologetic about it and it did come with a filter attached... Of course , I've put the new screw in and lost the assembly somewhere on the boat. I shan't be using engines plus again, far to over the top with their prices. I've just got diesel, oil and air filter from inline filters for the price of engines plus oil filter on it's own.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 14:29:54 GMT
Bloody hell!!! Engines plus just quoted me over 200 quid for 4 glow plugs. Talk about taking the piss. Get the make/type/model No. and/or spec. of the original plugs and shop around Diesel Fuel Injection specialists and some of the big motor factor groups like Euro Car Parts. It's very unlikely that those particular glowplugs will only have been used in that make and model of engine. I tried cross referencing them, but there is no makers mark, other than a symbol. The numbers were weird as well, 6m01. Nobody could match it. To me, the symbol looks a bit like an older version of denso. Hopefully these new yank ones will give me a bit more info. I'll then buy some more and stick them on ebay. Quite a few widebeams have this engine.
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