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Well I hate to say it but this is the answer I was hoping to get. I honestly have read a few posts on the Internet on other various sites and from people who have exclusively worked on these vehicles for many years. One fellow said he has changed hundreds of sets of glow plugs on hundreds of...

I guess the main question is can the Detroit 6.2 process dirty old burnt up glow plug tips if they are years old, seen lots of use and could possibly be disintegrating to the point the engine could process them via the exhaust port. Assuming there may be injector failures in those 2 cilinders...

I guess best way is to cut the 2 injector hoses and re-clamp after checking assuming those are pressure fittings and will not just pull off the injector. When you say have a look see, do you mean dredge a magnet around in there?? They are quite a ways in. Couldn't I just pick up a small magnet...

So I picked up a 1986 M1008 and figured I'd do a bit of maintenance on it before driving it too much and not knowing whats going on under the hood. I pulled the glow plugs out last night and all looked ok with no swelling except the 3rd in on the driver side and the 3rd in on the passenger...