sometime this summer you might want to pull them again and put some
Never-Seize or equivalent on the threads, and retorque them.
Loren
At 05:40 PM 4/13/2007, you wrote:
Good. Actually I tightened them too much.
Brian
83 240D
On 4/13/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Pencil type plugs do NOT need to be tightened much. I won't look up
> the spec, but i think it is about 25-30 ft-lb.
>
> An old Kraut mechanic told me long ago that if you put yout thumb on
> the box or open end of a wrench, and tighten it as much as you can
> one-handed in that position, that is about 25 ft-lb. with a socket,
> put your thumb on the rachet-head.
>
> Even the loop type only need about 30 ft-lb.
>
> Overtightening wither can result in nasty messes.
>
> No, I can't translate that into NM. <rant l could translate between
> Mkg and ft-lb, but I have never found a conversion for NM. I am
> still torqued at ISO for dropping a logical Mkg unit in favor of a
> nonsensical NM unit. /rant>
>
> Loren
>
>
> At 01:47 PM 4/13/2007, you wrote:
> >Gunshy though I may be about asking basic questions anymore, I will try:
> >
> >Let's say I don't have a torque wrench and want to know about how tight
> to
> >tighten glow plugs on my 2.4. Are we talking about as tight as a spark
> plug,
> >or does it need to be tighter owing to the high compression of the
> engine? I
> >have a history of stripping things out by overtightening, so I erred on
> the
> >light side.
> >
> >Undertightening glow plugs could not lead to the "nailing" discussed
> >recently - could it? In other words, that pinging/knocking sound upon
> cold
> >startup?
> >
> >Brian
> >83 240D
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