Removing and installing glow plug 1Q10 to glow plug 5Q14 — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM

• Renewed: defective ceramic glow plug

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• Seal line openings of high-pressure pump with lint-free cloths.
• If a ceramic glow plug is broken, remove all fragments from the engine, otherwise these can cause damage to the engine.
• Never oil or grease thread of cylinder head bore or of ceramic glow plugs.If the defective ceramic glow plug is broken, remove all fragments from the engine, otherwise these can cause damage to the engine.

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 16 workshop diagrams for BJJ

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove air filter .
2. Remove lifting eyes (1) and (2) from cylinder head .
3. Remove guide tube (1) for oil dipstick .
4. Remove fuel supply pipe (2) and fuel return pipe (3) from high-pressure pump (4). [Note: Seal line openings of high-pressure pump with lint-free cloths.]
5. Remove air intake hose (1).

6. ⚠ It is very important to observe all notes on removing the ceramic glow plugs . — Then remove ceramic glow plugs using U/J extension and socket, 10 mm3220. [Note: If a ceramic glow plug is broken, remove all fragments from the engine, otherwise these can cause damage to the engine.]
7. Before installing, completely remove any deposits from cylinder head hole and thread of ceramic glow plugs. [Note: Never oil or grease thread of cylinder head bore or of ceramic glow plugs.If the defective ceramic glow plug is broken, remove all fragments from the engine, otherwise these can cause damage to the engine.]
8. ⚠ It is very important to observe all the instructions on installing the ceramic glow plugs 28Glow plug system.Always perform a resistance test at all ceramic glow plugs after their installation and before starting the engine the first time. — If the specification is exceeded, renew the defective ceramic glow plug.
9. Screw ceramic glow plugs into cylinder head manually using U/J extension and socket, 10 mm3220.
10. Then tighten the ceramic glow plugs. [Note: The fuel system must be filled with fuel before the engine is started for the first time . Faults will have been stored in the memory because connectors have been disconnected. Therefore, read the event memory and clear it, if necessary.]

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