Hard starting diesel

[RichardW]

Let me know if you need me to buy them and get them delivered direct, or buy them and post them on!

[kiwifrog]

Found them on e-bay for £8.09 each, Free UK delivery: BERU plugs - the ad implies that they will post internationally, and the price seems right - £7.50 for a tracked service (only £1.60 for a non-tracked service, but I can't find that on RoyalMail, so I am sceptical! I can try and order them for direct delivery?

Yep they reckon only 7 pounds ( my computer doesn't have a symbol for pounds lol ) international shipping so ive ordered some. Why other places charge such exorbitant amounts for shipping is down right robbery.

[kiwifrog]

Got my new glow plugs and what a difference, one glow cycle and shes alive, tested the old ones and only one was working.

[RichardW]

Nice one!

[white exec]

Result!

[Sloppysod]

Answer to your earlier question, I replaced all four glow plugs on my 1.9 xantia a long while back and don't remember having to take the injector pump off.
I do have feeling, that if it is hard to get at it has never been out, so as previously stated be careful, if it breaks it ends up being BIG job.

[kiwifrog]

The 2 behind the injector pump took an hour to get out and the other 2 took 15 minutes lol, they weren't actually that tight just the access was a pain

[JohnD]

Be careful when buying Beru plugs on ebay. I thought I was buying some but when they arrived I realized I hadn't looked close enough.

[sparksie]

As has been said, over and over, Beru are the plugs to use, but what if they're not available?
Well, under exactly those conditions, I put Bosch plugs in the Xantia, the evening before a wedding, when I desperately needed a smooth, clean start the next morning and the factors had nothing else.
That was over 60,000 miles ago and they're still in it.
So, based on my own experience, it's not a hard and fast rule to fit Beru glow plugs, though I do still recommend them as a first choice.
Anecdotally, they appear to have the best service life and, God knows, you don't want to be changing the cam end one too often!

[white exec]

It was NGK brand GPs that had attracted some unfavourable comments, so good to have a second recommendation. BERU do appear to have an extraordinarily long life, but don't last for ever, as posts here confirm.