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Old 01-20-2016, 08:02 PM   #14 (permalink)
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The Mistress - '88 Bmw 320i Touring SE
Team m8
Last 3: 27.17 mpg (US)

Germany Beadle - '91 Mercedes 300td (estate, N/A)
90 day: 24.63 mpg (US)

The Bloodylingo - '05 Citroen Berlingo Multispace Desire
90 day: 39.77 mpg (US)

Shanner Scaab - '03 Saab 9-5 estate Vector
90 day: 26.19 mpg (US)

Clio 182 - '05 Renault Clio RS 182 182
90 day: 31.73 mpg (US)
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Despite only ordering the Glowplugs yesterday, they arrived this morning!

No time like the present, so I set about installing the hugely valuable (£11.99) new ones..

First up was a liberal skooshing of proprietary lubrication fluid.


Then out for a drive to my Unit - with another squirt when I arrived.

A bit of faffing later and it was back to my Gaff, and time to tackle them (after lunch and another skoosh, of course!)



The super jointy faffery sockets as supplied by my neighbour made short work of 3 out of the 4 plugs - number 2 is directly behind the fuel pump and looked a sod to get at, so discretion was applied

Number 1 is a straight shot, no problemo


Number 3 needs the small breather pipe moving to get in - you can see the nipple it connects to directly above the ratchet


Number 4 lives next to the fuel filter - pulling the top off made it easier to reinstall - removing the oil cap/dipstick creates space to turn the ratchet/bar


Suffice to say, the new ones looked significantly shinier than the old, and I think the 3 new have reduced the cold start drama!


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US MPG for my Renault Clio 182


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