zook123 wrote:Vitara guessing by the forum section...


Bits4Vits comes highly recommended

http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/vitara ... cat_1.html

£17 for a full kit by the looks of it.

Yeah, sorry, have updated my signature for future reference...

Thanks for link, looks like what I was looking for

K

Where are folk buying these simple parts? I cannot find any on the bay nor from blueprint, ECP etc... I would have thought they were a regular consumable? Or are they supposed to last forever? I have noticed that the ones on my " Main Dealer serviced" car bought recently have bits of inner...

Modifications completed today... Most of back skirt of plastic cover cut away and the cover now slides into place with only the two rubber pipes and the small steel pipe removed... Makes it a five minute job to remove the damned thing to access the glow plugs etc. I dont see a down side to this mod....

Right, heres the summary... Followed the excellent how to above but really struggled to get that plastic cover off... Took bloody ages and far too many things had to be removed just to remove it... Grrr... Finally gained access to glowplugs... tested each and found number two to be dead ( no reading...

Denso plugs on order for £27.50 delivered...

K

Just for comparison I popped into the local Suzuki dealer Fawdingtons in Hexham and asked for a price to replace the plugs...

£200! As they would supply the plugs at £20 each and it would be two hours labour.

Right, wheres me spanners then?

K

Thats brilliant thanks... I really appreciate you help. I will let you know how I get on.

K

Perfect...

Many thanks

K

Hmmm thanks for those, looks like an ohms test might be worthwhile before buying new glowplugs... And it does sound a bit of a tricky job to replace these, especially the back one. I think I'll take a look and strip down so far until I can see whats involved. Apart from the post you gave which refer...

I need to replace the glowplugs on my 2006 ddis and was wondering if there is a helpful guide or how to anywhere on these forums?

There seems to be a few things to remove before I will even be able to see them!

Any help or advice would be appreciated

K