glow plug removal and fitting on 1.6hdi engine fitted to most Peugeot, Citroën vehicles.
also fitted to..
Volvo V40, C30, V60,
Ford C Max, Focus, B max, Transit connect, Fiesta,
Mini one, clubman etc diesel.
and many others
Peugeot 2008 1.6Hdi How To Change Glow Plugs: Replacement, Fitting
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One of the reasons a lot of dpfs block up is a glow plug failure
When installing new glow plugs either add nothing to the threads or ceramic paste, copper grease it's not good for glow plugs, ceramic paste is what u need, either that or nothing, glow plugs get to 1300 Deg Celsius when activated, ceramic paste it's the only anti seize meant to resist such high temps, copper grease is bad for 2 reasons, it will not resist such high temps it will cook plus it contains copper aka metal, one of reasons u would want to put anti seize is to prevent galvanic corrosion that happens between 2 dissimilar metals, glow plug is steel and engine head is aluminium, now u add 3rd metal …not good idea, at least 2 manufacturers sell ceramic paste, Liqui Moly and BluePrint, it comes in tooth paste like tubs, Liqui Moly has one product meant specifically for glow plugs but they also sell a generic ceramic paste product, I reckon they work the same, I say buy the cheapest doesn't have to say glow plugs on the tub
Top work Jimmy I’ll be in touch soon
The older 1.6 hdis don't need the glow plugs, we have two 1.6 hdis with dead glow plugs and last December saw temps of -11c and both cars still started without issues, they don't even need them for dpf regen either.
U don't realise Glow plugs need changed until temperature outside goes down to around zero Celsius and ur car starts in the morning like a 20 year old tractor 🙂 happened to me, 1st thought battery is bad, tested battery, battery apart from being a bit discharged due to only doing short trips it had almost 100% of the original cold cranking amps, fancy tester from a garage, then started doing more internet digging and realised Glow plugs needed changed, changed them myself, 3 were dead out of total of 4, good thing since they are also involved in DPF regen, saved couple of 100s of euros by doing it myself, did my due diligence … applied penetrant oil 3 days in a row, warmed up the engine before attempting the removal and also was careful not to apply too much torque not to snap them, Kia Optima 2017 1.7 CRDI, car starts like a champ now plus at cold starts I don't get the pungent smell of unburnt diesel I was getting before changing the glow plugs