You are wasting your time with the oil in the Injector holes. On the stuck one try tightening it a bit then loose, work it back and forth.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
