Little Dog
A2OC Donor
Thanks @spike I only became aware of this problem after reading the Glow plug diagnosis thread, but that was some time ago. It never occurred to me to check if I already had 5V plugs in the engine. Checked my receipt, they were fitted 04/2016, I guess however they failed within days of being fitted? In @sco 's case they appeared to break up after about 3 days.
Yes I have been very lucky, only a small slither of the thin skin of the tip appears broken off, hopefully that was years ago and not when I removed the plug. How do you get a scope in to check please?
@kp 115 , I did indeed input my reg at the time, it's the first thing I do if I buy from ECP. There was however a historic database issue that resulted in this problem. Being aware of this problem and the consequences, on this occasion, I checked ECP listings with Fibi parts finder, AutoDoc, Bosch web site and EBay. Interestingly the new plugs are a different color code but having been caught by this once, and apparently having got away with it, I'll take one out and check it is healthy.
Yes I have been very lucky, only a small slither of the thin skin of the tip appears broken off, hopefully that was years ago and not when I removed the plug. How do you get a scope in to check please?
@kp 115 , I did indeed input my reg at the time, it's the first thing I do if I buy from ECP. There was however a historic database issue that resulted in this problem. Being aware of this problem and the consequences, on this occasion, I checked ECP listings with Fibi parts finder, AutoDoc, Bosch web site and EBay. Interestingly the new plugs are a different color code but having been caught by this once, and apparently having got away with it, I'll take one out and check it is healthy.
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