vinigar down my glow plug hole

[dieselboy]

ok so this evening marked the first series of events that will either leave me with a perfect 2.4 again with 4 brand new glow plugs ready for anything veg oil burner.. (right now it starts fine, but just sounds like a tractor for a minute or so, and i cant run as high a % of veg because of the broken plug tip) or not...

so i removed the glow plug i put in there to block the hole up 'just in case' and poured my mums clear vinigar in there to let it soak.
the engine was still red hot, so now it does smell like a fish n chip resturant.. cooking oil and vinigar :/

anyway, a hour or so went passed and i went out to top it up because i suspected some to evaporate with the heat.. and it did so.

so come tomorrow morning, i will crank her over with nothing to heat the glow plugs to see if that 22:1 compression will blow it free.
if this fails, then i have my long screw to screw into the end of the plug and use some pliers to pull it free.
if this dont work then its time to get the drill out. but that will be next week. i need to source a bit that is the right size.
you can clearly see there can only be two outcomes

[gwh200]

this cannot end well

[dieselboy]

this cannot end well

thats 2 votes so far

[Bibs]

What possesed you to do this????

[dieselboy]

What possesed you to do this????

that clicking sound of the tip breaking when i removed it thats what!
well, theres that, and the mis-fire on startup every time

[Bibs]

that clicking sound of the tip breaking when i removed it thats what!
well, theres that, and the mis-fire on startup every time

Surely Vinegar aint good for it???

[coolsv650]

thats 2 votes so far

Make that 3

Vinegar is a weak acid, it might soften the carbon thats sticking the plug in.

If you can't get the plug out be very careful drilling the remains out, Swarf in the cylinder will not be good for your engine

[joker??]

Surely Vinegar aint good for it???

it works











on chips
seen the prices of engines on ebay tony ??

[Bibs]

it works











on chips
seen the prices of engines on ebay tony ??

Well they aint cheap as chips are they (jeeeeyz that was bad)

[Sancho]

I am a little bit lost. Why have you put vinegar in your engine?

[Bogus]

Theres a book about vinegar and all its uses, A thousand uses for vinegar or something like that. Did you find the chapter on removing broken glow plugs then ?? Or if it works will you be contacting the publisher ??

Bogus

[joker??]

I am a little bit lost. Why have you put vinegar in your engine?

its to do with the veg oil ,
tony salad dressing

[Vultch]

I'm more a brown sauce man .... hp sauce (bhp sauce)

[Sancho]

its to do with the veg oil ,
tony salad dressing

Throw spuds in the turbo and chips should come out the exhaust.

[dieselboy]

i forgot to say.. (sorry 4 hours sleep)

when i drill it out, ive been given some advice that im to coat the drill bit in silicone or really thick grease and down the hole. then im to drill a bit, clean the filings off the drill, re-apply sticky stuff and carry on