Peugeot | B173d

Due to the carbon buildup mentioned earlier, the tip of the glow plug fuses to the aluminum cylinder head. When you apply brute force with a wrench, the glow plug shears off, leaving the threaded body inside the head. Removing a snapped glow plug requires specialized tools (extractors) and sometimes removing the entire cylinder head, which costs $1,500+.

A: On transverse-mounted Peugeot engines, cylinder 4 is at the flywheel end, which often runs slightly hotter than cylinder 1. It also receives the most vibration, which fatigues the internal heating element faster. b173d peugeot

Remember the golden rule of owning a modern diesel: Due to the carbon buildup mentioned earlier, the