kids don't try this at home!

Anonymous-0 · Aug 23, 2010

I had a hard starting engine (without using starting fluid), so I went to check the glow plugs. One came out fully intack, one came out badly burned and decayed and the last one came out minus the tip. The tip was siezed in the glow tip hole in the block. I tried everything to get it out without pushing it through into the cylinder. My last idea was to put back in the first two glow plugs, and start the engine with starting fluid. It worked! when the engine fired, all I heard was an explosion and the siezed tip deflected off the raised hood and imbedded in the wall!

Errin OH · Aug 23, 2010

Probably a good thing my cousin wasn't around. He is the kind of guy that uses a match to look in a gas tank. How that fool has survived this long baffles me..............

Bob Bancroft · Aug 23, 2010

I developed a habit of leaving spark plugs or injectors out after a major overhaul so I could see oil pressure before there was stress on everything. (That had the added benefit of pumping fuel up through the lines.)
One day I got stupid and had stuck an injector in a head. I hit the starter and heard a whoosh like when a model rocket goes off, then a crash.
Luckily it was aimed at the ceiling. And luckily I wasn't really stupidly leaning over it. I think it would have killed me.

kids don't try this at home!

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