Thread: 2.4 Glow Plug Change and Manifold Carbon

Plugs came out super easy.

Might get mum's vacuum cleaner onto it. Used the pneumatic vacuum to clean the gunk/WD40 from the glowplug holes...worked well.

Hey Tikka, I have put off the same procedure for months with cold starts taking a while to fire up on cold mornings. Hoping plugs are intact and extract easy! Did you install inlet seals dry as they come or apply sealant? Mine has a reasonable amount of oil leaking from somewhere but assuming it coming from a crap seal as I have no catch can… Cheers

I got the seals from KLR in Aussie, haven't put them in yet. I think they go in dry...look like they are well seated in the plastic manifold.

Yeah my truck was becoming hard to start, pretty cold where I am. Lots of smoke, rough idle until the motor ran a little bit and settled down.

the build up wont kill it, you want to see a disco 4, a Defender TDCi build up is nothing

yes inlet seals dry, clean the face etc

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

the build up wont kill it, you want to see a disco 4, a Defender TDCi build up is nothing

yes inlet seals dry, clean the face etc

Or a Land Cruiser 1 VD.
A mate had his apart recently,in some places it was over 10mm thick.
Huge job to get it apart,clean,and put back together.

Originally Posted by scarry

Or a Land Cruiser 1 VD.
A mate had his apart recently,in some places it was over 10mm thick.
Huge job to get it apart,clean,and put back together.

yes most half modern direct injection diesel or petrol suffer this.

there are businesses around that do intake cleaning, i consider this a total bull**** job for a problem that doesnt exist.

go for big long runs and or get the egr tuned out (if legal in the state/country/planet you live in)

Yep my planet allows EGR turn off. Did it on the D4 SDV6 and runs 7.9-8.4l/100km.