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Offline Fuddy as muck

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Glow plugs covered in oil.
« on: February 19, 2009, 12:23:31 »
Just taken out the glow plugs on my 200tdi and all 4 are covered in oil. I'm no mechanic (obviously) but surely they should be covered with just diesel? What could cause this if it is wrong?

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Re: Glow plugs covered in oil.
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 14:47:53 »
posibly valve guide or valve stem seal or even a leaky head gasket oil way blowing into chamber a little
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Re: Glow plugs covered in oil.
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 00:27:39 »
only thing i can say is i have a 300 about 3 years ago i had the same prob only on cyl no 3 though. never had any other problem or symptom to do with this since . no usage of oil or anything else . alan
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Re: Glow plugs covered in oil.
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 10:56:51 »
also it could be your pisto oil rings being worn
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