Xantia 1.9 TD DISASTER STRUCK Advise please

soupy_sam · Unread post by **soupy_sam** » 16 Feb 2005, 22:32

While undoing the Glow Plug behind the Injector Pump I have broken off the metal pipe that the water hose connects to. This pipe was part of a small plate secured with 2 allen bolts.
Question:- What is this plate called for ordering purposes, and is it a main dealer part?
Is there a site where I can get used spares online as there are no scrapyards near to me.

oilyspanner · Unread post by **oilyspanner** » 16 Feb 2005, 23:44

More like a scrapyard part, AFAIK theres sometimes another one on the other end of the head which is interchangeable.
Stewart

Wookey · Unread post by **Wookey** » 17 Feb 2005, 03:47

Really annoying that glow plug positioning isn't it? I can't actually get mine out at all without removing the water spigot (can't get enough force on the spanner behind the injection pump mount). It draws the right current and has the right resitance so I'm going to assume it's OK for now. There is a gasket behind that spigot so you'll need to get one of those from the dealer (for about 50p) or make one from standard gasket material.

Richard Gallagher · Unread post by **Richard Gallagher** » 17 Feb 2005, 04:11

To get that plug out use an 'Offset ring spanner'.

davethewheel · Unread post by **davethewheel** » 17 Feb 2005, 05:09

i use a cheap spanner and put a bend in it to get to the last plug , as for the pipe i would get one from a scrapper.

soupy_sam · Unread post by **soupy_sam** » 17 Feb 2005, 14:01

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To get that plug out use an 'Offset ring spanner'.
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Getting Glow plugs out was not the problem breaking the Water Spigot was.
Now struggling to undo the Allen Bolts securing the broken Water Spigot

Wookey · Unread post by **Wookey** » 17 Feb 2005, 17:49

richard - yes - good point - I used to have a set of these but only the 18/19 is left now - don;t know where the others went. As you say an offset one would clear the spigot and make life much easier. Time to buy a new 10/11 one I think.
Sam - yes, but I was presuming the spigot broke because you levered it off with the spanner whilst undoing the glow-plug. As richard points out we were probably both using the wrong tool.

Kowalski · Unread post by **Kowalski** » 17 Feb 2005, 17:55

The offset ring spanner I have was the only spanner that I could get on and turn on the '97, even then, I couldn't move it very far. I had other spanners that would go on, but I suspect I would have removed the pipe from the spigot as Sam did.
When I did the previous one (the '95), a 1/4" drive socket went on with the universal joint, that car had better access, it didn't have the bracket for the cable for the injector with the lift sensor.

soupy_sam · Unread post by **soupy_sam** » 17 Feb 2005, 18:06

Thanks everyone Disaster sorted got a new spogot from a spares dealer £5.
The cranked spanner is a must in the future