TKU

Give the garage a hint about the ice/water in the intercooler (boost) pipings! Here's picture taken from the intercooler pipe inside: One reason given to this problem is too big intercooler which freezes the water in the air. When this water melts and gets in to the cylinder there's for sure a cyclinder head replacement has to be done.

I'd request you to check the leak as soon as possible and get it fixed if any! I had exactly the same situation shown in the picture on my ex TDI and because of the splashing of diesel on to the charger belt it snapped. The charger belt is located just below the fuel filter and without any cover.

Here's two things to check to same symptoms with 140 PD last winter: ECU software update. The original software was too low diesel to inject at cold starts because of emmissions. This cured my problem. Second, there's been many reports of ice/water in intercooler pipings here in Finland. Dealers cure for this is to drill a small hole to the pipe and get the water out before freezing (and getting to the sylinder!). And no, one small hole in the air pipe where huge amount of air flowing through does nothing to you power. The ECU update came from Skoda factory but the drilling is maybe only local knowledge. Might be worthwhile to ask the dealer about these and then force them to ask the factory.

Any news?