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Natlas



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Glow plug faulty - replace one or all of them?
It appears I have a faulty No 1 glow plug. I wondered if there was any merit in replacing them all while access is available or if it's best just to replace the faulty one?
I note from other posts they can be difficult to get out so maybe they're best left alone, on the other hand, maybe at 6 years old it's a good idea to remove them so that at some time in the future they will still be removable?
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MR_JAMES



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I replaced mine last year (at 7 years old) none of them were working! only one got luke warm, the rest did not.
Do them all.

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so with none of them working how bad did things get?

what I mean is with one not working do you even notice. if not this should be considered against the potential problems caused should it shear off while trying to remove it?
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Maybe a second or two slower to start in the winter but I didn't even realise. I wanted to clean the inlet manifold of muck and thought to do them at the same time as they are not expensive.
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Shouldn't there be DTC's logged with glow plug faults? Obviously no MIL or you'd have noticed.
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