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[Andy B]

A neighbour has an Insignia ECOFLEX. The glowplug light has been coming back on after starting ie duff glowplug. Another neighbour that works at AN Other franchised  dealer offered to change all four for about £250  which was thought to be a bit expensive considering that glowplugs are generally £15/£20 each. A little research though suggests that ECOFLEX engines use a plug with some kind of pressure sensor built into them. Consequently, glow plugs for this car are more like £100 EACH!!!! 

Just out of interest, who knows what about this engine?

[henryd]

A neighbour has an Insignia ECOFLEX. The glowplug light has been coming back on after starting ie duff glowplug. Another neighbour that works at AN Other franchised  dealer offered to change all four for about £250  which was thought to be a bit expensive considering that glowplugs are generally £15/£20 each. A little research though suggests that ECOFLEX engines use a plug with some kind of pressure sensor built into them. Consequently, glow plugs for this car are more like £100 EACH!!!! 

Just out of interest, who knows what about this engine?

Mdtm will have your answers no doubt,I've had no dealings with insignias yet

[STEMO]

http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7402

[tunnie]

Put's Omega ones into context, but are glowplugs a service item? 

[tunnie]

http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7402

Can't access page 2, but at the end someone mentions if you have the sensor plugs they are £100 each.   

[Andy B]

http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7402

I've read that, but as Tunnie says, you need to be logged in to go further 

[Andy B]

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 but at the end someone mentions if you have the sensor plugs they are £100 each.   

Exactly. I'd expect to change all of them for that kind of money

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Diesel.....not while I have breath in my body.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Depends on the year of manufacture, the Bi-turbo had them from day one but the vanilla 2.0 got them around 2010/2011.

They measure combustion pressures so the ECU can equal out cylinder loads reducing noise and helping fuel consumption, pretty standard tech on the latest common rail stuff.

I have to say that the latest CDTi offerings are proving pretty reliable at the moment

[tunnie]

Interesting stuff, always learn from your posts 

Does again add into the mix diesel running costs, are these a service item? How long to glowplugs last? 

Set of 4 normal plugs for my 2.2, can be had off the bay or under GM trade for less than a tenner.

£390 buys a shed load of fuel!

[Marks DTM Calib]

To put it into perspective, my bus has just had its first glow plug fail......its just turned 150k miles and Beru ones set me back £28 delivered for four. 

That said, clearly they can fail earlier but, on the pressure sensing ones, I would replace them as they fail and not do the full set (its dead easy to measure the resistance of the plug)

[JoeRadosavljevich]

Diesel.....not while I have breath in my body.

same here, without the smiley face

[Andy B]

To put it into perspective, my bus has just had its first glow plug fail......its just turned 150k miles and Beru ones set me back £28 delivered for four.  ....

My R320 has recently turned 80k & I've changed one of the glowplugs (£20 Beru plug from MB) & the relay (£135 from MB) .... apparently a known problem with the earlier relays hence the change in design

[Andy B]

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They measure combustion pressures so the ECU can equal out cylinder loads reducing noise and helping fuel consumption, pretty standard tech on the latest common rail stuff.
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I knew you'd know 

[LFF64]

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