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After about 40miles today lost all power car very strange. Called green flag who diagnosed injector. Says £400 - 700 for new one and normally they all go within a short period. Does this sound correct to you guys?

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I blew 2 injectors in my previous car, Leon FR 2.0 TFSI. My garage who are a German Specialist quoted me at £545 parts and labour to replace 2 or £950 or so to replace all 4. As it was banks 1 and 2 they strongly recommend getting all 4 done as it would likely result in the other two going and I was selling the car anyway and didn't need that to happen on the 250 mile trip to collect my current S3.

The reason it costs a fair bit is because if you blow an injector while driving, it will likely have shot loads of unburnt fuel into the engine which contaminates the oil, so it needs a full oil drain and flush and new oil, on top of the injectors themselves which are anything from £100-200 each, plus new injector seals and the labour is at least 2-3 hours as it requires the entire inlet manifold to come off. Getting all 4 done for under £1000 is pretty fair I'd say, depending on the cost of the injectors themselves which for a K03 on the Leon were about £150 each I think. The German Specialist garage I use charge £55 ph +VAT and you really want a specialist for this kind of work, you don't want some generic garage for it in my opinion.
 
phateuk said:
I blew 2 injectors in my previous car, Leon FR 2.0 TFSI. My garage who are a German Specialist quoted me at £545 parts and labour to replace 2 or £950 or so to replace all 4. As it was banks 1 and 2 they strongly recommend getting all 4 done as it would likely result in the other two going and I was selling the car anyway and didn't need that to happen on the 250 mile trip to collect my current S3.

The reason it costs a fair bit is because if you blow an injector while driving, it will likely have shot loads of unburnt fuel into the engine which contaminates the oil, so it needs a full oil drain and flush and new oil, on top of the injectors themselves which are anything from £100-200 each, plus new injector seals and the labour is at least 2-3 hours as it requires the entire inlet manifold to come off. Getting all 4 done for under £1000 is pretty fair I'd say, depending on the cost of the injectors themselves which for a K03 on the Leon were about £150 each I think. The German Specialist garage I use charge £55 ph +VAT and you really want a specialist for this kind of work, you don't want some generic garage for it in my opinion.
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Mine are £400 each minimum!
 
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Wow, just read up on it and yes you're both totally right. I'm shocked, had no idea diesel injectors are that much more expensive. Maybe just replace the broken one then and sell the car immediately so it's someone elses problem
 
samisnake said:
part number for the injector is 03L130277S.
looking at just over £500 each from audi, about half that for a refubished one.
this aint gonna be cheap
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******! I was told this happens a lot with audi skoda VW with this size engine from 2010 to 2012 models. Anyone know if this is true?
 
phateuk said:
Wow, just read up on it and yes you're both totally right. I'm shocked, had no idea diesel injectors are that much more expensive. Maybe just replace the broken one then and sell the car immediately so it's someone elses problem
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Na couldn't do that to someone else.
 
Taff D said:
******! I was told this happens a lot with audi skoda VW with this size engine from 2010 to 2012 models. Anyone know if this is true?
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your engine model is CAY(B or C)
googled CAYB injector issues brought up loads of info. supposedly its an issue that goes up to at least 2015 models. the newer S suffix injectors supposedly solve the issue.
 
the good news:
it isnt hard to change them out. they will need coding afterwards however.



if it were me in your position, i would swap the faulty injector, code in the new one using vcds and carry on driving it. if another fails, cross that bridge at a later date.
you can get a refurbed one from a diesel specialist for around £190 with a 1 year warranty.
www.ebay.co.uk

Siemens 03L130277B 1.6 TDI Diesel Injector for sale online | eBay

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buy a haynes manual, or i can upload the workshop manual to do it, and then either buy obdeleven, or find someone local who has vcds to code it in.
 
Still waiting for green flag to deliver it. The mechanic I use mentioned updates so will see what he says. May bite the bullet and go for all 4 reconditioned. I would not like to go into limp mode doing 80 on motorway!

Cheers fellas
 
samisnake said:
the good news:
it isnt hard to change them out. they will need coding afterwards however.



if it were me in your position, i would swap the faulty injector, code in the new one using vcds and carry on driving it. if another fails, cross that bridge at a later date.
you can get a refurbed one from a diesel specialist for around £190 with a 1 year warranty.
www.ebay.co.uk

Siemens 03L130277B 1.6 TDI Diesel Injector for sale online | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Siemens 03L130277B 1.6 TDI Diesel Injector at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!
www.ebay.co.uk

buy a haynes manual, or i can upload the workshop manual to do it, and then either buy obdeleven, or find someone local who has vcds to code it in.
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Yeah had a look on youtube but haven't got vcds will see what garage has to say.
 
The CAYC are pretty straight forward to replace and code, what i would say is if you do decide to fit yourself is make sure you use new clamp bolts and torque down to correct value.. I know from experience how important it is ..
 
den911 said:
The CAYC are pretty straight forward to replace and code, what i would say is if you do decide to fit yourself is make sure you use new clamp bolts and torque down to correct value.. I know from experience how important it is ..
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Yep, stretch bolts = single use
 
So they never know what was the cause of failure. Contamination shouldn't make them fail.
 
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