DieselRX vs Motorcraft glowplugs

[Renegade7.3]

I hear not to buy anyhting but motorcraft glow plugs. I can get a set from my local ford dealer for $11.75/GP

Now i can get a set of the DieselRX from The Little Power Shop for $69 or get them with a relay for $100

Should i stay away from the aftermarket ones? anyone have a good experience with the dieselrx GP's?

thanks guys

 

[dirtflinger92]

I run nothing but motorcraft glow plugs

 

[01PSD]

Riffraff has OEM for $10.92 a piece. Not much of a difference but just thought I'd mention it.

 

[Renegade7.3]

anybody know where the motorcraft GP's or made?

DieselRX is USA made

 

[Gearhead]

anybody know where the motorcraft GP's or made?

DieselRX is USA made

Deutschland (Germany)

 

[Renegade7.3]

Deutschland (Germany)

ahh thanks . well for that thought i may try out the DieselRx plugs and their relay.

thanks all!

 

[dentexpowerstroke]

I thought about trying the dieselrx, but I figured the $40 savings wasn't worth it if I have to pull the head off because a glow plug is stuck in the motor.

 

[Renegade7.3]

I thought about trying the dieselrx, but I figured the $40 savings wasn't worth it if I have to pull the head off because a glow plug is stuck in the motor.

The way I see it. If I have to pull a head. It's the time to stud and do the rest of the valve train upgrades



You can do anything you want, as long as you don't break rule #1

 

[kyle43335]

i use them. they heat up alot faster than mc.


heres a comparison. beru is whats in our trucks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR8qyQ6bmVc

 

[dentexpowerstroke]

The way I see it. If I have to pull a head. It's the time to stud and do the rest of the valve train upgrades



You can do anything you want, as long as you don't break rule #1

That's a horrible way to look at it, for studs I would rather keep the seasoned headgasket and do them one at a time. Makes more sense in my mind to spend the extra $40 get the mc brand that you know won't swell and get stuck in the head, rather than the hundreds of dollars to fix what's f'ed up and ruin seasoned hgs.

 

[Cr500]

The original motorcraft glow plugs were made in Germany. Since about mid 01 they come from Ireland. The German ones were better.

 

[Renegade7.3]

mine are well seasoned for 340,000 miles

Im actually just condidering putting new HG's in as preventative measure

 

[lincolnlocker]

if the head gaskets are not blown, leave them alone!! dont do it for the sake of doing it... run whatever plugs you want then if you dont care about them swelling.

live life full throttle

 

[superdutyfarmer]

We run nothing but diesel rx plugs, lots of trucks running around here with them in, 7.3s, 6.4, and duramaxes. Never had an issue with them

 

[ProOnThaSnow]

mine are well seasoned for 340,000 miles

Im actually just condidering putting new HG's in as preventative measure

374K on my '01 and I am considering doing the same. I want to say they were about $9 ea from RockAuto.com for the Motorcraft GP's.

 

[George4]

The original motorcraft glow plugs were made in Germany. Since about mid 01 they come from Ireland. The German ones were better.

I got some MC plugs from the dealer a few months ago and they still said made in Germany.

 

[lincolnlocker]

374K on my '01 and I am considering doing the same. I want to say they were about $9 ea from RockAuto.com for the Motorcraft GP's.

or spend a Buck more for some from one of our VENDORS!!

live life full throttle

 

[hawgdoctor]

Had a customer use the rx plugs. 4 outta 8 touched the pistons. Made it very interesting to say the least. Nothing but motorcraft here.
sent from the shop making things fly.....

 

[backwoodsboy]

For what its worth I just did gp's this past summer. Passenger bank was all Berut/MC, and drivers bank was all Diesel RX (assuming PO only replaced the drivers bank). All four Berut came out without issue, and two of four Diesel RX had the body thread out leaving the probe in the head. Managed to get the probes out with a slide hammer welded to needle nose vice grips and a lot of kroil, but it was a nerve-wracking couple days.
Won't touch anything but MC personally.

 

[Fordguy100]

Rockauto, $9.58/glow plug