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joeishmather
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glow plugs

Postby joeishmather » Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:16 pm

when should glow plugs be replaced?
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tomalamix
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Re: glow plugs

Postby tomalamix » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:36 pm

when they're faulty... :-)

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joeishmather
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Re: glow plugs

Postby joeishmather » Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:01 pm

so you don't just change them like spark plugs?
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Re: glow plugs

Postby Toosh » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:22 pm

Nope, you will know when one is dead as CHECK INJECTION will appear on the dash.
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Re: glow plugs

Postby Ray » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:44 pm

as above but they should last the life of the car
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Re: glow plugs

Postby davelowe » Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:16 pm

Ray wrote:as above but they should last the life of the car


But like most things on a Renault, they don't!
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Re: glow plugs

Postby tomalamix » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:21 pm

davelowe wrote:
Ray wrote:as above but they should last the life of the car


But like most things on a Renault, they don't!


Bulls-eye!!!
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