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Best place to get glow plugs and controller?

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Best place to get glow plugs and controller?

Post by Insight G40 » Tue May 30, 2017 9:45 pm

After the battery issues I had last winter, I have the fault codes read, and 5 glow plugs are coming up with faults codes.

Going to change all 6 and the controller, and do it myself, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations where is best to get them from, what makes are recommends and a rough idea of what I should be looking to pay.

I found some on Amazon, and costed it up at around £200, but never thought of Amazon for car parts, so not sure what they'd bet like.

Thanks for any advice.
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Re: Best place to get glow plugs and controller?

Post by Horizon » Tue May 30, 2017 10:35 pm

I got my comtrolller from Ebay(OEM £65 ish ) and glowplugs from ECP £15 eachish.
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Re: Best place to get glow plugs and controller?

Post by Upex » Wed May 31, 2017 10:02 pm

Ebay, I got controller and 6 plugs and plug paste for £100 or £110, Can't quiet remember, delivered just a couple of weeks back. Arrived from Germany quick (3 or 4 days) and were genuine beru. Can't beat it on price. Can dig out seller if required, but lots on there
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