*geocass*
Guest
Hi all,
I have a Seat Ibiza 2010 (59 plate) 1.6TDi with 30k miles on the clock. Love the car, but it's now just out of warranty so typically something had to happen! Noticed an intermittent flashing "glow plug light" for a little while which kicked the car into limp mode. A little later I got a constant "Emission Control Light" so I took it to the dealer to be diagnosed.
They diagnosed the fault as an EGR Valve. The part with bolts and everything included is around £370 which is fine, but apparently it's 5 hours work at over £90 an hour to do the fit. It's so far in excess of £800 for the job for a part that shouldn't have gone wrong with such a low mileage on the car. I was speaking to my normal mechanic and he says that he thinks my car has two EGR valves and by what they've said it's the one behind the engine which has gone. Does 5 hours work sound about right for this sort of thing? Looking online there is a lot about removing and cleaning EGR valves so I'm curious as to why it would take so long to do this unless there's something special about the 1.6 Ibiza. Any ideas? And would there be an advantage to getting this particular repair done at a dealer for a much higher cost rather than my usual mechanic who always did a good job on my old car?
Thanks very much!
Cass
I have a Seat Ibiza 2010 (59 plate) 1.6TDi with 30k miles on the clock. Love the car, but it's now just out of warranty so typically something had to happen! Noticed an intermittent flashing "glow plug light" for a little while which kicked the car into limp mode. A little later I got a constant "Emission Control Light" so I took it to the dealer to be diagnosed.
They diagnosed the fault as an EGR Valve. The part with bolts and everything included is around £370 which is fine, but apparently it's 5 hours work at over £90 an hour to do the fit. It's so far in excess of £800 for the job for a part that shouldn't have gone wrong with such a low mileage on the car. I was speaking to my normal mechanic and he says that he thinks my car has two EGR valves and by what they've said it's the one behind the engine which has gone. Does 5 hours work sound about right for this sort of thing? Looking online there is a lot about removing and cleaning EGR valves so I'm curious as to why it would take so long to do this unless there's something special about the 1.6 Ibiza. Any ideas? And would there be an advantage to getting this particular repair done at a dealer for a much higher cost rather than my usual mechanic who always did a good job on my old car?
Thanks very much!
Cass