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anne king

Member

• Mar 30, 2016

• #1

Hi
We have been servicing our 2002 Freelander today and wanted to change the glowplugs, 3 came out great and replaced...the last one doesn't want to play and is spinning inside the chamber...car still starts ok..g/plug light on and off on dash..are we ok to leave that one in there...or is there a safe way to remove without removing the head??? Many thanks for any advice
Anne

 

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Bandit127

Member

• Mar 30, 2016

• #2

If it starts OK tomorrow morning (mine only lights the light first thing in the morning) I would personally leave it in. If it goes pop it will start on 3 good ones but it will run rough and smoke like Winston Churchill for for a few seconds.

If you want to remove it there are various methods on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=removing+stuck+glowplug

 

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anne king

Member

• Mar 30, 2016

• #3

Hi again Bandit..this is what we were thinking, if it's not going to cause any damage by being there...leave alone

 

teddywood1

Well-Known Member

• Mar 31, 2016

• #4

you could be loosing a little compression

 

Lowbank

Active Member

• Mar 31, 2016

• #5

I sheared one on my mate freelander, its been ok for a couple of months.
leave it be, it should be ok.

 

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guineafowl21

Well-Known Member

• Mar 31, 2016

• #6

Me too. I sheared one of ours but haven't lost compression. You can get them extracted if you really want. There are apparently specialists who do this.

 

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anne king

Member

• Mar 31, 2016

• #7

Hi Peeps...all started lovely this morning, had a bit of smoke...but everything has been cleaned up to within an inch of its life, gave the choked up inlet manifold a good clean and running alot better...going to see how it goes over next few weeks...if i start to worry have a friend with a friend who removes them for a living at reasonable cost, so will take it to him

 

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Bandit127

Member

• Mar 31, 2016

• #8

Good progress. Well done.