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I'm pretty sure mine are failing. They are only about three or four years old, but they're Bosch brand I got on ebay and I don't think they were all working when I put them in.
My symptoms sound like yours; I cycle the glow plugs two or three times, foot half way in, crank, doesn't catch. But...