SEAT Leon FR diesel injection problem

[wombat172a]

Afternoon all,

I'm hoping that someone here could spare some advice for myself and my friend.

Basically we were heading back from germany on sunday travelling via Belgium, when the engine management light came on and we pulled to stop with the engine refusing to re-start. We called ADAC breakdown who recovered the car to SEAT in Brussels.

It's since been diagnosed that an injector has failed, and will cost the best part of 1,000 euros to replace (including labour)!! This seems heavily priced for what it is, (I've got absolutely no experience with a modern TDI) and it's quite unfortunate with the car being in a foreign country and not being exactly fluent in the language.

The car is a 56 plate Leon FR TDI. Does this price seem anyway sensible? Is the process of replacement heavily involved? Would it be easier to have the car recovered to the UK (at an expense) to have sorted here?


Thanks,
Chris

[Tame Technician]

Assuming its A PD engine, and the 170bhp version that sounds absolutely right. Injector is about £500 + 2.2hrs or so labout to fit, usually the injection harness is needed also £50 or so.

So unless the recovery to uk is less than £200 its probably cheaper to have it fixed there.