Bad report! Bad report! #1 plug appears to be intact. I decided to measure the ohms and see if the filament was broken, it measured good. I decided to try twisting it a little to see how badly it was broken, and now it refuses to move again. Apparently it broke free a bit, and the big movement was misinterpreted by me as a break.
I've got all the remaining plugs soaking in penetrating oil from both side. Injectors for #1, #3, #4 and #6 are out and I've filled the pre-chambers several times each with penetrating oil. Changing the engine oil will sure be cheaper than paying someone to fix a broken plug, and it was just about due anyway. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Status report. > > #1 has broken. > > #2 loose, threads out, carbon holding it but should come out. > > #3, #4 moving a little bit. > > #5 out and replaced. Old plug star-marked Beru. > > #6 not attempted yet. > > #1 was moving, torque wrench set at 30 Nm. I was moving it slowly back and > forth, getting just a little movement when it let go. Liberal use of > penetrating oil, hot engine. > > Monday I will call around to see if any local shop has the special tool > set for drilling out the broken plug. > > > > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
