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It needs a good 20-30 mins at c. 2,000 rpm+, once a week, to be on the safe side. In the meantime, get it down to 1/4 tank of diesel, throw a bottle of this stuff in the tank and thrash it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cataclean-Diesel-Catalytic-Converter-Cleaner/dp/B00BFWGI6M

Arnold Clark....?

Where did they come from? They weren't in Port Edgar when we lived in SQ up until 8 years ago. Looks like there's a woman called Laura involved somewhere. I'm reminded that John Wylie who was the propietor of the Hawes Garage had a daughter called Laura who ran the business for a while. Is it her or is that a stretching the power of coincidence?

I suspect your clutch slave cylinder is on the way out. I don't understand your comments about 4x4 mode. It's not something that you switch on and off. It's enabled all the time and the Haldex decides when and how much torque to send to the rear wheels depending upon a number of factors and primarily the difference in rotation speed between front and rear wheels.

Did Škoda not change from the PD engine to the CR one in 2009 in the same way that VW did? One of the main drivers for that was the problem of getting the DPF and PD engine to work well together. Having said that, I didn't experience any DPF issues on my 2008 Golf GT Sport 170 TDI which I bought new in '08 and sold last month after 12 years and some 90k miles. However, the easy way to tell the difference is to pull off the plastic engine cover and look. The engines look completely different. This is a BKD - a 140 PS TDI PD.

My remapped 150 TDI 4x4 is showing a long term average of 40 mpg which probably translates to c. 37 mpg true. I think that's pretty good return on the way that I drive it.

Good heavens no...! Especially if it's one of the low-rent models or even worse, one of the pre-facelift ones..... Nay, nay, never....

I did this to my 2016 Yeti 150 TDI SE L, recently. In my case, I purchased a set of used Mk5 / 6 Golf GTI calipers and caliper carriers from a breaker. I gave the calipers to a friend and had the carriers blasted and powder coated. My original calipers fit straight onto them and I fitted 312 mm, dimpled and grooved EBC discs with their Greenstuff pads. HTH.

I'd strongly suggest that you get them to clean the gauze filter. I had my local, friendly Škoda dealership do it in March of this year. They initially quoted £69 for a Haldex oil change. When I discussed the gauze filter cleaning issue with the Service Manager, she disappeared into the workshop and looked at the fiche with their Head Tech. She came back with a price of £76.00 for the complete job, telling me that Škoda UK were subsidising some jobs to get older cars back into the dealer network. It also, probably, helped that we'd bought a new Karoq from them at the end of last year.

In the Nevada desert, 364 days ago.

I had my '08 Golf GT Sport 170 TDI remapped by the Scottish agent for Angel Tuning in 2013. I subsequently had it dyno'd on my local VAG specialist's notoriously conservative dyno. It made close to the claimed 210 bhp and 325 lbs-ft. I've recently had my Yeti 150 TDI remapped to a claimed 180-185 bhp by the same guy. He found he couldn't get a virtual unlock code to flash the ECU via the OBD port so we agreed he'd remove the ECU. The whole exercise took about 3 hours and several cups of tea. He still only charged me the quoted £289. On both occasions, he came and did it on our drive and then insisted that we went out to test the cars to make sure I was happy with them. The Yeti now has considerably more go than it had originally. I've no reason to doubt the claimed figures which are less optimistic than some I've seen. On the basis of my experience, I'd be happy to recommend the Scottish Angel Tuning agent, Paul Winston. I'd hope you'd get the same quality of service from your local guy.

I've got Greenstuff pads, front and rear on EBC discs, dimpled and grooved 312mm on the front, on my remapped Yeti 150 TDI. I previously ran the same combination for several years on my Mk5 Golf GT Sport 170 TDI. I sold the Golf today and driving it before it went, I was impressed by the good initial bite from the brakes. For some reason, the Yeti isn't like that and it feels like the pads need to warm up before they work properly. There can only be about a years difference between the age of the pads and discs as the Golf had a brake job last year and I upgraded the Yeti brakes in February of this year. EBC have always recommended Greenstuff pads for road use on cars up to 200 bhp.