Technical expensive glowplugs!

[patch201]

During the big freeze my glowplugs gave up the ghost so I put my Doblo into a local Nationwide Autocentre that I use for my servicing,the charge was £212
as they had to retap two plugs! I thought that this was a wee bit expensive so I just wondered what anyone else thinks?PS my engine warning light still stays on!

 

[Ulpian]

I have no idea I'm afraid. What I do know is that my car is beginning to take a few churns to get going when cold. It had a new battery two years ago and has done 67 thou. Is it my glow plugs I wonder; how long should they last?

 

[hcampian]

They should last about 60.000 miles as I know, but it depends I believe on the number of cold starts, in a colder region they should last less then in a warm one. The kind of use (city. highway) should also influence the number of starts and, consequently, their life.

 

[ANDY1965]

Hi on diesels they do recommend they get changed around the 60,000, mine are getting done at 57000, but that was my choice as having a new engine put in. the glow plugs normally cost between 15 and 25 and if they had to rebore that does jack the price up a bit, also those places arent exactly cheap, couldnt you have got a local mechnic to do them

 

[Ulpian]

Thanks people. I'll take it in next week and see what they say.

 

[ivantate]

The genuine ones for my MG were about £7 each and no reason why the Fiat ones should be any dearer.

How do they re-tap the threads without any swarf dropping in the bore? magnetic tap?

 

[french bean]

maybe they were not completely retapped but just cleaned up by using the final tap, hence no swarf as such, just the threads redone.