Hi

Got and engine management light on car last Sat. Plugged obd in and got fault code PO673.

Its a glowplug in cylinder 3. Is this the expensive pressure sensor one?

Edited 19 January19 Jan by AndoB
Adding more info

oh yes, sadly it is. Can I suggest that you budget for a set of glowplugs if possible. I state that on the basis that if one has gone, then the others won't be far behind.

It will be cheaper to get 4 replaced instead of 1 replaced in the long term.

1 hour ago, varaderoguy said:

oh yes, sadly it is. Can I suggest that you budget for a set of glowplugs if possible. I state that on the basis that if one has gone, then the others won't be far behind.

It will be cheaper to get 4 replaced instead of 1 replaced in the long term.

Ya and the annoying part is i have a 23 year old vw bora from new, it never has had glow plugs replaced or shocks. It has 160000 miles on clock

This car has only 106000km and glow plug gone. Shock changed last year. Crazy

Edited 20 January20 Jan by AndoB

65,000 miles or about 106,000 kms is probably slightly low mileage, but you are getting to that point where the parts will fail. I suppose it depends on the duty cycle....if you are doing lots of cold starts etc. then the parts will wear more quickly.

4 hours ago, varaderoguy said:

65,000 miles or about 106,000 kms is probably slightly low mileage, but you are getting to that point where the parts will fail. I suppose it depends on the duty cycle....if you are doing lots of cold starts etc. then the parts will wear more quickly.

Ya I'll grant you that, I do alot of short trips alright. Have to say I really like the car. Super fuel efficient, very roomy and comfy. Has the look of a saloon (which i like) but the practicality of a hatchback.

At least the 'plugs are easy to do on these, i used a compressor to clean around the glow plug, get the engine hot first and they all unscrewed really easily.

I had no2 fail, i replaced all but the sensor one... Autodoc by far the cheapest for the sensor plug.... GSF did the Bosch ones for less than 30% the price Skoda wanted, only difference was the GSF ones didn't have VW printed on them!

7 hours ago, adg1 said:

At least the 'plugs are easy to do on these, i used a compressor to clean around the glow plug, get the engine hot first and they all unscrewed really easily.

I had no2 fail, i replaced all but the sensor one... Autodoc by far the cheapest for the sensor plug.... GSF did the Bosch ones for less than 30% the price Skoda wanted, only difference was the GSF ones didn't have VW printed on them!

Can I ask what price? Mechanic says €160 for pressure sensor one and €25each for the others. I'm based in Ireland.

47 minutes ago, AndoB said:

Can I ask what price? Mechanic says €160 for pressure sensor one and €25each for the others. I'm based in Ireland.

Both cheaper on Autodoc, £12 and £104 respectively plus delivery, Bosch and Beru. GSF is £14 they don't list no2.