Put a new fresh set of Beru glow plugs in my 1999 W210 E300 turbo diesel about 18 months ago as two had failed.
About a month ago or so, the telltale light was up to it's old tricks again and I discovered two of the replacement plugs had failed. (cylinder nos 1 and 5. Bought 2 new plugs, Number one came out no bother at all, No 5 seemed a bit on the tight side....put a bit more weight behind it.....you know what's coming!......yes, the damn thing snapped. The top of the plug hasn't fallen off as such, it's just that the plug case has fractred just below the hex and spins around......Can't pull the broken top part out either.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Merc wants 10-12 hr workshop time to remove and replace head ( at 93.50/hr + Vat + machining if required + parts)
Andy Gayle says there is an ouside chance he might get the plug out without removing the head, but most likely will have to take the head off(£4-500).
I am fairly handy with the spanners and have removed heads and engines on other vehicles but usually with the aid of a manual ( to make sure I get valve timing spot on and torque figures correct and so on ) but, as you know, there is no manual for the W210. My local main dealer very kindly said on the phone he would print the relevant sections out for me.......until I actually turned up that is, then told me he couldn't as each disc set was licenced and he wasn't allowed too.....
Anyway, the point of this post is.....does anyone have any help/advice they might pass on that will make me feel any better....or at least does anyone have access to the workshop manuals and could send me the relevant sections for cylider head removal/replacement?
Thanks.
About a month ago or so, the telltale light was up to it's old tricks again and I discovered two of the replacement plugs had failed. (cylinder nos 1 and 5. Bought 2 new plugs, Number one came out no bother at all, No 5 seemed a bit on the tight side....put a bit more weight behind it.....you know what's coming!......yes, the damn thing snapped. The top of the plug hasn't fallen off as such, it's just that the plug case has fractred just below the hex and spins around......Can't pull the broken top part out either.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Merc wants 10-12 hr workshop time to remove and replace head ( at 93.50/hr + Vat + machining if required + parts)
Andy Gayle says there is an ouside chance he might get the plug out without removing the head, but most likely will have to take the head off(£4-500).
I am fairly handy with the spanners and have removed heads and engines on other vehicles but usually with the aid of a manual ( to make sure I get valve timing spot on and torque figures correct and so on ) but, as you know, there is no manual for the W210. My local main dealer very kindly said on the phone he would print the relevant sections out for me.......until I actually turned up that is, then told me he couldn't as each disc set was licenced and he wasn't allowed too.....
Anyway, the point of this post is.....does anyone have any help/advice they might pass on that will make me feel any better....or at least does anyone have access to the workshop manuals and could send me the relevant sections for cylider head removal/replacement?
Thanks.
