It is a spare part apparently, VW want $560 for the 6 of them- eeek

 

My rubber boots also fall apart the new boots $77.00 ea x10, or 2new glow plug wiring harness $590.00 comes with the boots!!!

 

I "repaired" my failing glow plug boots with self-amalgamating tape.

 

Seeing as the topic is exactly the same I haven't bothered creating a new thread. So, new Meyle glow plugs somewhere on the way, I hope. The boots on the existing harness are totally destroyed and I'm on the hunt for a reasonable replacement. I can see that the previous posters only found OEM replacements at some frankly rediculous price.
Has anyone come across a replacement from another source. I have found a few possibilities but need to get sizes etc before attempting to buy. If anyone has had success with a product I'd be grateful for the details to get a one time fix first time round.

 

I saw where someone got a cheap set of spark plug wires and used the part of the boot that goes up and onto the wire for their glow plugs.

 

Yep, already going down that track by keen to make sure I get something that actually fits into the recess in the head. It's amazing that there must be thousands of tdi Tregs out there with similar issues but very few seem to have come across them.

 

I have a sloution that i am happy with.
When the plug body falls apart and you only have the steel connector and above left I think it's a 6 or 8mm ID silicone hose piece about 30mm long fits over the steel connector and the glow plug top section.
I think it works a treat.
Regards
Drag

 

Im going to try this also, i have had to pull the plugs to get into the EGR & swirl flaps - the boots of course disintergrated.

 

Thanks, going down that road. Tried to get some MSD spark plug boots to do just that but stock issues etc just made it too much like hard work so some suitable tube will be the way ahead.

 

It's amazing that there must be thousands of tdi Tregs out there with similar issues but very few seem to have come across them.

I guess that the glow plugs just there doing their job without and bother.
If they don't fail we have no reason to muck around with them so we don't find the disintegration of the boots.

 

If they don't fail we have no reason to muck around with them so we don't find the disintegration of the boots.

True, although by the time you get 300K up you'd be on a lucky streak not to have had an issue with one or more. The only reason I could see to remove them otherwise is to do a cylinder compression test.

While most have mentioned no issues with changing their glow plugs, the proliferation of glow plug extractors in the market place seems to indicate a need somewhere.

 

I have only done the silicone hose repair which I will say again works great during a repair when you have to disturb the glow plugs and they just fall apart.
Regards
Drag

 

Worked for me, 6mm ID silicon tube and a great result. There are a few options, including using a slightly larger tube / hose and putting in the ferrule that was in the OE boot. In the end I didn't, but did think about it.

 

Glad it worked
Hate to put people onto bad advice

regards
Drag