Which glow plugs

johnlyn · Post by **johnlyn** » 18 Aug 2005, 13:58

What is the correct fitment of glow plug for a 1995 Xantia 1.9TD, the haynes states champion CH163, i have been offered a set of CH168, what is the difference between these?
John

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 18 Aug 2005, 14:00

if you give GSF a call they will tell you exactly what you need
regards malcolm

mattpc · Post by **mattpc** » 18 Aug 2005, 14:08

I'd go for the GSF Beru one's myself. People say that these are the best and the performance of other ones tends to quickly diminish.

ralph · Post by **ralph** » 18 Aug 2005, 15:38

Yep, GSF sell Beru, and you can be confident they'll do the job.
If you've not done this job before, look up archive posts about how to tackle the glow plug nearest the injector pump. It's tricky, and the reason why you don't want to risk fitting sub-standard plugs.

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 18 Aug 2005, 22:04

There are a couple of different fitments of glow plugs for the XUD engines, but if you get the wrong ones they'll last about a fortnight. Later XUD engines have 'afterglow' and the glowplugs are kept on for a couple of minutes after the engine starts to quieten the engine and stop it smoking. If you get the glowplugs that aren't designed to afterglow, they dont last very long at all.
The BERU ones seem to be the best, Bosch seem reasonable too, but I'd avoid Champion or Lucas they don't seem to last very well at all.

rotodiesel · Post by **rotodiesel** » 18 Aug 2005, 23:04

Beru every time.
rotodiesel.

johnlyn · Post by **johnlyn** » 19 Aug 2005, 09:21

Thanks guys, Beru it will be then.
John