Spark Plug & Injector Prices

Hello, I'm currently looking for new fuel injectors and glow plugs for my Golf. When I inquired at an accessory store, I almost had a heart attack. Glow plugs are about €160 and fuel injectors are about €450 . Are these standard prices, or is the store overpriced? I don't have much experience with this because I usually only work on my own car, and until now (180,000 km), it hasn't needed any major replacement parts. I also saw glow plugs for €38 on eBay.

Are they also input/output (IO)?

Thank you for any response.

Regards,
Maik.

@maik

It's indeed quite expensive! I recently installed new Bosch AT injectors in my 1Z, and they cost around €360 or €380. I think you can get the glow plugs from dieselsend.de for around €40 per set! Otherwise, at 'teileschieber,' the glow plugs are around €50-€60.

Hey Maik,
I also bought those candles. I contacted him because he was offering sets of 4 on eBay, but I needed 5. He then sold them to me directly, without using eBay, but at the same price as listed on eBay.
I then paid €50.13 including shipping. A Bosch service center in Bielefeld wanted €98 for the five spark plugs.

Best regards from Bielefeld.

Peter.

Hello Maik!

I had the glow plugs replaced at a VAG dealership earlier this year for my VW Golf (1Z).
He charged €120 for it (including VAT and labor costs), so that's acceptable.

Best regards, D.

I somehow can't understand why one should replace all the ??glow plugs at once - after all, they are not wear items - especially not in a TDI!

You can first measure the current draw, locate the faulty glow plug, and then just replace that one – it's much cheaper that way.

Furthermore, these should be tightened with the correct torque; otherwise, they will likely come loose again (resulting in a gap).

On my (former) Golf, one spark plug lasted 30,000 km, the others lasted 180,000 km, and I still didn't have any starting problems.

Alex.

Well...

When I read the mileage displayed on D.'s car's instrument cluster, it shows 212,000 kilometers (approximately 132,000 miles).

'In that case, I would replace all four spark plugs at once, so I only have to deal with it once and not four times a year...'

For my ALH, that might still work, but when I look at the older TDs ,

But those things are really expensive.

CU Gremlin.

Hi Gremlin!

I had the glow plugs replaced because of starting problems. However, it turned out that they weren't the problem after all; it was the temperature sensor.
The spark plugs might have lasted a little longer.
I believe 'DocSnydor' had a mileage of 260,000 kilometers.

But the fuel injectors in my car are still the original ones!

Best regards, D.

@D.

No, you. I've only got 215,000 km on it right now. It must have been someone else. I don't want to have to replace the belt again in just 10,000 km .

But I still have the first candles and nozzles in place (nozzles = still!).

@DocSnydor!

Sorry!