Glow Pugs

[Guest richard x44]

Hi How do you change glow plugs on a 2003 Hdi citroen C8

richard

[Guest cheesecake28]

Hi How do you change glow plugs on a 2003 Hdi citroen C8

richard

 

 

With great difficulty as they are round the back of the engine so you have to remove a lot of stuff to access them and then use a mirror to guide you. Mine is in the garage now having it done and one has already snapped off, 3 to go! Not sure how much the engine will need to be stripped to finish the job but I don't expect to get much change from 500 notes !

Stroppy email to Citroen will be sent soon, ridiculous design !

[Guest richard x44]

With great difficulty as they are round the back of the engine so you have to remove a lot of stuff to access them and then use a mirror to guide you. Mine is in the garage now having it done and one has already snapped off, 3 to go! Not sure how much the engine will need to be stripped to finish the job but I don't expect to get much change from 500 notes !

Stroppy email to Citroen will be sent soon, ridiculous design !

 

I have been told now that the dash needs to be removed to get at the plugs and citroen dealer told me that they only start working at minus 4 deg and the has never had to change any glow plug because they dont fail.Can you tell me if this true or not

 

Richard

[Guest womble]

I have been told now that the dash needs to be removed to get at the plugs and citroen dealer told me that they only start working at minus 4 deg and the has never had to change any glow plug because they dont fail.Can you tell me if this true or not

 

Richard

 

Think someone is telling you porkies or talking out of their a**ehole there Richard.

 

Glow plugs generally are fitted into the cylinder head which is (Theoretically) accesible from withing the engine bay. If the dash is removed there is still a big sheet of metal called a bulkhead between the engine bay and the inside of the vehicle.

 

On all the diesels I have experienced, glow plugs work at all times from cold start until the engine is running and certainly will be required to operate at higher temperatures than minus 4deg C

[Johndouglas]

they only start working at minus 4 deg

 

That part is right. An HDI engine doesn't generally need glowplugs to start unless the temperature is well below freezing.

[Guest womble]

That part is right. An HDI engine doesn't generally need glowplugs to start unless the temperature is well below freezing.

Didn't realise that, sorry. Is it the same with the earlier 2.0 HDI ????

[Guest cheesecake28]

That part is right. An HDI engine doesn't generally need glowplugs to start unless the temperature is well below freezing.

 

Well mine stopped starting as soon as temps dropped below 0 and all the plugs are open circuit. It runs fine if left to warm up in a workshop for a few hours so what else could it be ? Still the wipers, scuttle and loads of pipe work are already out and they are going to drop the engine to try to remove the remaining 3 plugs and tip of the 4th hopefully without having to remove the cylinder head !

Glow plug changes on this car are not a job you want done unless 100% sure they are dead or have a ton of spare dosh !