DaveAber

Things have not really moved on in 3 months, and I'm a bit sad that there's not been any response in 3 months! Having only covered 3000 miles in 12 months, I can see this isn't going to get better on its own! I expect that this car has had "the fix" and I should roll it back. There is a guy close-ish to me who can roll the fix back, but I've not approached him yet. Can the fix be un-done using VAG-COM? I have a cable etc and this VIN is one I have used on that cable before. Cheers DA

Looking for advice if the readings I am seeing are normal, or an issue. Car is a 2012 140 TD Yeti 4x4 with 95000 miles. I've had it about 16 months, and it's been fine. Recently, had a couple of tiny mis-fire 'cough' events driving around town. A couple of weeks ago, the dreaded DPF light came on, which quickly escalated to a flashing DPF and limited power. Managed to clear this with an italian tune up. This was then swiftly followed by an EML the next day. P0403 code reported. Reset this using torque, but watching the EGR Demand vs EGR Error, the errors are high on most occasions, then the EML comes back on, and the EGR seems to be disabled (0% demand, 100% error) I've put a bottle of fuel cleaner through it, which seems to have helped - code cleared using torque and it hasn't come back (yet). Now, surprisingly quickly, the EGR errors are much lower. It does kick up to 60-odd % error briefly during large changes in demand, but for the most part it's behaving. However, there is one condition where the error is 100% every time - driving at full throttle the demand drops to 0% and the error hits 100%. It stays there whilst the throttle is at 100%. In other conditions where there there is 0% EGR demand (foot off the throttle for example) the error drops back to 0%. So, to me this says the EGR can go to 0% when demanded (fully closed I assume) but not under full throttle. Is this a faulty EGR, a reporting issue, or a 'feature' that is common with these? Just weighing up my options at the moment. I tend to do too many short runs and not enough long runs so I know that's part of the problem. If the cleaner keeps the P0403 away, I may just leave it as it is. Or should I be looking at EGR & DPF delete options? I had a look underneath, and of course being a 4x4 means the EGR and DPF are out of sight / reach without a bit of extra stripping down. Cheers Dave

Interesting. I had a PCH Yeti which has just gone back to WVFS (BCA actually). The one service I gave it was @ AC Inverness - and all was fine. At some point, one of the headlight washer covers disappeared. I was in Aberdeen for work, so phoned Specialised to see if they had one in stock. "No, but we'll get one in for you" - the promise was they'd phone when it arrived, take payment and post it to me. This didn't happen, so I phoned again. "Oh, not sure what happened. We'll order one and phone you" - 2 weeks later, no call. Phone them again "Oh, not sure. We'll order one and phone you" - 2 weeks later, still no call. Phoned AC Skoda in Inverness, part was with me in 3 days. A month later I get an email from Specialist asking if I still want this washer cover?

Is it easy enough to work out which BT module is compatible with the current head unit? - would that be one that lives under the driver's seat which my previous (newer) Yeti had? (16 plate) I don't have VCDS (yet) but am planning to get a 3-VIN one, so happy to code as required. "Later Yeti headunits had BT built in and Android Auto support. You can fit one but you'd need a wiring loom adaptor and to have component protection removed." - interested in this as well (whichever option is cheapest easiest vs the features you end up with) - Not familiar with component protection - is this a Skoda thing to stop you simply adding new parts to older cars? Is removing it a VCDS function too? What I'm sure I had found and now can't is a site where all of the various options were not so much available on a menu but you could email them and they would offer the various potential options / solutions. No idea now though, it was over a month ago and my memory doesn't work well in that range!

In my 62 Plate 4x4 Yeti I have a Bolero head unit, which although it has a "Phone" button doesn't seem to have bluetooth built in. Ideally, I'd like to either add to on or replace the head unit to give me phone call support and bluetooth music streaming. Anthing beyond that (Android intergation, google maps, reverse camera, etc) would be good but not essential. Before I bought this car, I'm sure I read that there was a website I could visit which would give me all the options available - but now I can't find / remember it. Anyone know what I mean? Cheers DaveA

To close this query off, I decided not to swap the boxes/DMFs/Clutches from the '16 plate to the 62 plate car. I bought the noisy 62 plate one, had the box out and the clutch & flywheel appeared to be OK. We popped the plastic cover off the tail end of the gearbox, and the end bearing on the input shaft was in a sorry state. Drained the box, there was a bit of metal flake in the oil and on the magnet. Opened the box up - everything else looked perfect. So - swapped the bearing (machine shop job to press it off/on), rebuilt box, replaced clutch, also did discs/pads all round, front ARB links and the o/s/r wheel bearing. All back together now, and it's quiet as a monastery. Lovely. According to the machine shop, this bearing failure isn't at all rare on these 'boxes. I now have a bargain Yeti and a 🙂

My main concern is that (as I've not personally heard / suffered a DMF failure before) id this - I'm being told it's a DMF failure, but to me it sounds like a gearbox issue. If the entire box, flywheel and clutch can be swapped without much in the way of compatibility headaches then that would be a load off my mind - the '16 plate parts are effectively free to me. To swap the box at the same time is not much more work than doing the clutch / flywheel - as long as there are no knock-on complications.

Let me know if this is possible; I've been offered a 09 plate Mk1 2.0TDi 4x4 Yeti (99500 miles), with, apparently, a DMF failure. Also has a binding O/S rear caliper which seems to have overheated the wheel bearing. As you would expect, it sounds like an orchestra gone badly wrong on a test drive (but does drive very well). - And it's cheap! I've never heard a failed DMF before - sounds like a straight cut box or an input bearing about to let go to me. Is this typical of a failed DMF? So - I also have access to a 16 pate Mk2 2.0TDi 4x4 breaking for spares with a good box / clutch. Can I realistically swap the box / flywheel / clutch from the 16 plate into the 09 one? Any pitfalls I should be aware of? Thanks in advance.