MarkWW

Thanks, and this is why i need a mechanic i can trust.

Aye, that was my first thought, but if that's the game then he must think my head zips up the back. Funny thing is that we've used him before no probs and lots of our friend use him and give glowing reports. So not sure what to think right now.

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Thanks Murdockman, yes I will be discussing with the garage on Monday about warranties etc. I don't understand why they seem to want to repeat exactly the same work they charged me for 6 weeks ago. The quote says they did a diagnostic test and i guess this is saying there is a GP problem, but the GPs are new. I can see from this forum and elsewhere that GP issues with the 1.6TDI Skodas seems to be quite common, but there doesn't seem to be a 2+2=4 solution to the issue. Our Scout was trouble free from 2012 until 2021 and then all of a sudden it got very shuddery in colder weather, which would pass once it warmed up. After the first garage visit the car was great and very smooth, and then after 3 weeks the shudder came back, and it was even worse. Maybe i should ask the garage to check the valve clearances as well - thanks for the tip.

Can anyone advise how many glow plugs are in my Skoda Fabia Scout 1.6TDI? I am guessing 4, since it has 4 cylinders. Reason i ask is that it was in the garage a couple of months ago and i was charged for replacement of 4 glow plugs. 2 months later the same fault has occured, and i take it to the same garage and the quote is to replace 4 glow plugs. So i am a bit confused, unless there are indeed more than 4 GPs?