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Glow Plug Question

cundall
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I have a 54 plate ford fiesta TDCI and it has begun to give me starting up problems in a morning when it is cold. I believe this could be to do with the glow plugs so i have decided to change them myself but i have no idea where they are located.

Is this a simple job to do and can some show me where i can locate these please ?

Thanks guys.

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    First expect pain & tears when they snap off!

    I would check them first before replacement, they look like very thin spark plugs poking out of the cylinder head. Disconnect the power bar and use a multimeter to check the resistance, should be very low almost a short circuit if there is infinite resistance then it is blown.

    Now the pain starts! Check on YouTube for glow plug replacement videos when they snap off.

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    lets hope its a 1.4tdci, seem to fair better than 1.6 on snapping off, still a pain to get to though at the back. get someone to check for dtcs , should trigger one or more dtcs if glow plugs faulty.

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    So where can I find these glow plugs then is there any pictures out there I could use ?

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