How to remove broken glow plug tips ?

[@JS-ri2rx]

Im a home diyer mechanic. Very much put off doing glow plugs having seen the head aches people go through. The kit looks great in practise. Good how it showed a cut head to reveal how the kit actually works. In practise it will be a lot harder. I see comments below that seem to think its not as easy as it appears.

[@philip.aocallaghan4602]

It is not easy...I sometimes have to remove broken or seized glow plugs. and it's not as shown above. It's a nightmare. Depending on where the glow plug is, there may not be access to it to use any removal tool.. and the only option is to remove the head. All these videos are trying to do is sell a very expensive product, a product that promises easy removal ... it is not easy..

[@salortiz3528]

Looks easy when you have it sitting on the table all nice and clean

[@Hubitools]

and still, it is :)

[@salortiz3528]

I ended up knocking it into the cylinder chamber and then got some rubber hoses and sucked it out with a vacuum cleaner. Total cost for hoses five dollars

[@littlereptilian7580]

​@@salortiz3528this is impossible what you are saying

[@InCountry6970]

Pretty cool, now try that process with the engine still in the truck and very limited engine bay room.

[@asimk9518]

If thread comes out don’t worry about it and don’t do anything just keep driving and make sure you have new glow plug on you it will shoot out but always keep something on top otherwise it will damage your bonnet it’s happened to one of my Mercedes bonnet got dented but if thread breaks half then you will have to get thread cut

[@Hubitools]

Hello, thanks for your input. However I doubt this is a very professional way to deal with this issue. Sometimes the tip of the glowplug is so frozen it won’t come out just with the heat and compression of the engine, neither.

[@javaquickscope7300]

@@Hubitools 2 of my glowplug tips broke off 8 months ago and 15000 km later they still haven’t came out

[@jonc5152]

Nifty, but the glow plug tip shown is large. will you be able to drill out and tap a small tip (like one on an AC DELCO 9G gow plug) or does this kit have a punch for that size?

[@Hubitools]

Hey Jon, we designed that punch to be universal so it shouldn't be a problem.

[@philip.aocallaghan4602]

@@Hubitools Rubbish

[@gusp7580]

Will this work on a Ram 3.0 ecodiesel engine?

[@peternewman3487]

You save on fuel prices at the pumps then one set of jammed glow plugs wipes out all of your savings as do jammed injections and getting them out.

[@rolf9138]

Dope beats. Would buy on production value of this video alone.

[@QuattroBajeena]

Will a vacuum cleaner be able to suck out the stuck glow plug head? If i was to get a thin pipe and customize it on a old vacuum. ?

[@Hubitools]

I think you would possibily brake your vacuum, carefull with that ;)

[@mrAudisubaru]

good luck using a magnet on ceramic glow plugs.

[@h07swilkinson96]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@siohz1337]

@@h07swilkinson96 just use a vacuum cleaner instead? :D

[@SDV357]

...))

[@ronaldswapp3186]

They aren't ceramic

[@Red_Ford]

Is it really easy as you showed to remove the tip through the injector hole?

[@Hubitools]

If you put the piston at the bottom dead center before pushing back the tip of the glow plug into the cylinder, it shouldn't be a problem.

[@hubertbehrendt1438]

How about a ceramic tip of a glow plug (not magnetic)

[@Hubitools]

Unfortunately this kit is not suitable for ceramic glow plugs which can not be drilled and however rarely break.

[@andredesousa96]

@@Hubitools What if the tip has swollen up and is now of greater diameter than the injector hole?

[@Hubitools]

Hello @@andredesousa96, There's a puching shaft included in the kit. You basically push the tip in the combustion chamber. Then remove the injector and use the included magnet to try&retreive the broken tip. In the rare case the tip isn't magnetic, there're no other way than removing the engine's head.

[@si4632]

Tried to change glow plugs on an astra h 1.9cdti and they all came loose easily but for some reason they wouldnt come out was a good cm above the thread and they move but just would not pull out? cant be snapped as the other end would be left in the engine surely

[@Hubitools]

Hello Si, If you have been able to unscrew the glow plug and start to remove it, but cannot remove it completely, there are two possibilities: • the pencil is flared • There is carbon residue on the pencil. In both cases the pencil of the glow plug is too big to come out of the cylinder head. Either you break the glowplug and get the pencil back with the magnet which is in our kit HU41050.(not OK for Ceramic) Either you use an extractor type BGS 65601 which we do not have in our range Hope this will help you 😊

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

It's beautiful.. but, on the engine in my car the plugs are right round the back and there is no way this kit will work.. hehe

[@Hubitools]

Hello Herbet, You mean windshield side? As mini or peugeot? if yes have a look on the link below where we show the job on glowplug on windshield side kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ3Ggp1rqteDnck

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

To. 307 hdi 👍👍 nice car. I have the subframe out right now 😃

[@rafacbr9]

354,99€ wow, I expect it will work like magic

[@borismrevlje5884]

Hi - what if the tip of the glow plug is not magnetic ?

[@Hubitools]

If it’s not magnetic, this kit is simply not the answer. Non magnetic tips are from a tougher material that our drills aren’t made for

[@kevinwilson5075]

Very interested in buying this item,is there a place in the UK where I could buy from

[@Hubitools]

Hi Kevin, it depends where you live really. The best thing to do is : you send us an e-mail to [e-mail] with your location and the products you're interested in and we will get back to you asap.

[@Siarhei1982]

Will try on my 2008 3.0 sprinter. Let everyone know how it went.

[@Hubitools]

That would be great, thank you, Sergey!

[@Siarhei1982]

Great tool. Been able move one but didn’t pull it completely it came off itself a week after. For second one I’ve ordered different tap and pull it. Defennetly worth to try. Pull cylinder head x10 times more expensive. Good luck to everyone.

[@Hubitools]

@@Siarhei1982 Thanks a lot for your feed-back. :-) Have a great day!

[@Siarhei1982]

Just for reference on mine 266k miles

[@tyjakkty8668]

great video thanks

[@wawaron1407]

The drill at 1.12 look a bit scary no?

[@wozwoz-w3w]

I found a plug socket at the bottom of my Mars Bar someome let me know the reason as to why this happened

[@dgeg1000]

Now....do this with engine still in car and the plugs being below the windshield.

[@trevorfreeman4876]

This is the exact problem im currently having

[@mlaautomotivellc9327]

Went to the website and no prices are listed. I am sure someone from this company will tell me how eeeeeeeeeeeeeeasy it is to find the list price or to send and email.

[@Hubitools]

Indeed ;-) Just send an email to [e-mail] with the item numbers of the products you would like and your delivery data.

[@mechanisms2606]

Price

[@Hubitools]

Now available on our new webshop : www.hubitools.com/en/catalog/universal-diesel-glow-plug-puller~2a7b4754-11c2-1c43-6f70-39eabe1aa306 :-)

[@charlesfranklin7752]

Cool tool, but what about the metal shavings from the drilling and tapping

[@Hubitools]

Thanks Charles ! You can remove the metal shavings before the last step of extraction thanks to the magnet included in the kit. And you do not need to worry about this iron dust leaching into the cylinder head as the holders of the drill and tap bits feature a kind of shoulder that prevents any risk of drilling or tapping too far.

[@WarthogARJ]

That's assuming you haven't had to drill into the cylinder block: sometimes you have to. But you can use compressed air to blow out debris back thru the glow plug hole.

[@Hubitools]

As the tip of the glow plug is still in the cylinder head, it will act as a plug. Therefore no metal shaving from the drilling and tapping could get into the engine. Thanks to the shouldering featured on our drill and tap, it's impossible to drill the tip through. Also we added a 3mm flexible magnet that we will allow the technician to clean all the debris before he pulls the tip out.

[@carpenter284]

So the swarf falls down inside the cylinder bore........

[@Hubitools]

Thank you for your question. There’s a thin magnet in the kit. After drilling/tapping, you can use that magnet to extract what’s magnetic. Swarfs from the tip that aren’t magnetic can be blown as well. However it’s a soft material, If a small amount of it falls into the combustion chamber, It won’t damage anything. This video’s a pitch, not a user’s manual.

[@curtisstanley644]

Magnets won't help if the heads are made from aluminum though... Like in the duramax engines

[@Hubitools]

Indeed, Curtis, a few engines have non-magnetic tips. In this case, trying to retrieve it with a videoscope equipped with a hook could be a way. Otherwise, removing the head.

[@bigjak7358]

What if the tip falls into the cylinder?

[@Hubitools]

There’s a thin magnet in the kit. After drilling/tapping, you can use that magnet to extract what’s magnetic. Swarfs from the tip that aren’t magnetic can be blown as well. However it’s a soft material, If a small amount of it falls into the combustion chamber, It won’t damage anything.

[@littlereptilian7580]

We all know why we are here.

[@ZIAD2122]

I feel like this could be done in a vehcile with 90 degree drill

[@chriswilliams2652]

Not this kit but my bit broke in first 3 seconds

[@manuelduran2113]

Nice tool..

[@Whodat741]

Kit works well when the heads off lol

[@toddvillarreal8539]

Nope. I see no problems here

[@cetinyavsan1835]

Benimde böyle bir setim olmasını isterdim

[@oc4132]

Music is terrible

[@bartoszmajewski7143]

Pierdolenie. Zróbcie to samo na silniku w aucie. Tak to każdy potrafi🤦