New injector needed

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Just had to take my TDI in to Audi (Northants) because the engine management light had come on as well as the abs light and the engine was mis-firing and lacked power.

They have put it on to their diagnostic machine (£100.00 for the privelage:eek:) and have quoted £410 for a new injector and two and a half hours to fit:eek: The total bill comes to £891.00:eek::eek::eek:

I'm sure I read recently on here that Mike Skipton has said that changing an injector was a ten minute job. I queried this with the dealer who said "no it takes two and a half hours as the manifold has to come off.

Anyone else had this job done? if so, what did it cost you? I think I'm being well & truly shafted at nearly nine hundred pounds for a mis-fire.

Cheers,

Phil
 
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I think them shafting you started when they charged you £100 for the diagnostic! unjustifiable that! :confused:

You should have asked on forum as someone (including me) would have helped you scan it for the faults.

As for the injector I can't help there I'm afraid as I haven't experienced this, and mine is Petrol.

Cheers SARGE
 
In terms of pricing, they're actually slightly under (if that £410 includes VAT), as the exchange price is £461.

The 10 minute change I mentioned recently was the coil pack. In terms of labour, I'd say 2 hours was about right, as although only the cylinder head cover needs removing, the actual removal of the unit injector is very fiddly and the re-setting of the new one takes a little while.

It may be worth getting a quote from an idependant, as the killer factor is the hourly rate from Audi.

Cheers,

Mike
 
I would get a 2nd opinion from someone who has VAGCOM to pull the codes so you can see for yourself before going further - as mentioned above, a coilpack (a regular cause of misfires) is a 10-min job, injectors are a little more involved.

I've lost count of the number of people who've had coilpack failures on Audis, but I've personally never heard of a failed injector before.
 
Oops, apologies, I didn't spot you had a TDi, Spike is quite right, no coil packs on Diesel.
 
Contact these guys they are a Bosch approved service centre and they quoted me in the region of £250 for an injector + fitting.Very helpful as well:).Apparently there are 2 codes 1 identifies the harness and the other identifies the injector.The harness identifier code is spot on,I had it done about 2 weeks ago £132 total and no more probs with mis-fires etc(didn't need an injector)Bit cheaper than Audi at £590:mad:
http://www.applegate.co.uk/company/12/42/176.htm

Best of luck
 
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