Change blow plugs

[Babber101]

Hi all

I have saab 93 tdi 2007 and need to change the blow plugs.

I'm not very mechanically minded by the price quoted by my garage is encouraging a spot of DIY!

Firstly, where are the blow plugs located?

Secondly any tips on removing them?

Thanks

[PoleDriver]

What is a blow plug and how do you know when it needs to be changed?

[mph1977]

if the OP dopesn;t know the difference between a glow plug and blow plug nor the basic anatomy of an engine diy glow plug replacement might not be a good idea ....

[BenWRXSEi]

Don't forget to change the spark plugs while you're at it.

[Babber101]

Apologies typo on my part - I meant glow plug

[TooLateForAName]

They are easy to do.

Put penetrating oil on them for a couple of days before hand. Do it when the engine is warm.
Use a torque wrench to undo them. Look up the spec but off the top of my head I think the shear torque is 30Nm so set the wrench to 20Nm or so for the unfastening and go gently.
tightening torque is is only 10Nm or so I think.

Buy decent ones - they are used for the DPF regen and you dont want to bugger that up. Mine cost £12 each iirc.