Loqman

So update went to the dealership and that was a clown show …told them my car was a petrol 245 vrs gave them my registration number and after leaving the car for a day with them got a call to say that they couldn’t do the regen as it was a petrol and that they thought the engine oil could get too warm as they originally thought it was a diesel..and so advised me to blast it down the motorway which I already told them I had done. wanted to charge me 168 for the privilege of having their technician figure out in an hr for me that it was a petrol car that I owned and not even carry out any diagnostics after some threatening to take the matter to trading standards car was released to me with no charge but at least I got a free clean and vacuume on my car then tock the car to an Independent vw Garrage whose main diagnostic technician was an ex Skoda employee told me these things have a common issue sometimes they get stuck in regen mode even after regen was completed hocked the car to diagnostic machine laptop driove it around for 1/2 he looked at the particulate levels graph and engine out put graph which were below what should trigger a regen and deactivated it then ran it fir another 2 hrs to ensure light would not come on again and said on your way told me no charge as he didn’t do much and enjoyed the drive in the car told me nout yo worry about not bad I think 😃👌

I only ever use super unleaded (Costco ) never anything less …the owners manual suggested taking it to Skoda which is what I did …the technician said they will do it and suggested I change engine oil after as it runs it very warm I think I’ll change theirs plugs after the deep cleanse why not add the engine cleaner?

I know I only bought it a few months ago and I used to work in another college which meant I’d do a lot more motorway Milage now it’s just an8 mile inner city commute rarely ever gives me the chance to put it in any higher revs than what I mentioned …pluss I have a littleun in the back (2yrs) so when he is in it I’m always on my best behaviour 😇 but promises to all you I’ll be be placing that foot down … thank you all for welcoming me here 👍👍👍 …I’ll let you all know what happend after I pick it up

Thank you so much for your replies really appreciate it …bought some fuel system cleaner going to whack it in at half fill also had the car booked in to Skoda for a forced regen and engine oil change I think I’m gonna start doing what VRs are meant for and thrashing it about on country lanes a little bit more hopefully nothing more costly than a forced regen ..mines a manual so I’m actually gonna enjoy it …drive it less in eco more in VRs mode and up shift at 2000 rpm rather than at 1600 😄 quoted 168 pounds for the regents Pluss complimentary vax and clean if that helps

Hi first of all I’m new here so I do apologise if this has been answered before.. I drive a Skoda Octavia VRs 245 estate (2018) 50k miles ..really love the car but I only do local miles to my local college where I work as a lecturer,I know the car needs long blasts on the motorway but these are few and far between for me the particulate filter light came on on my dash board accompanied by the yellow triangle ..checked the owners manual told me to drive the car around for 30 mins at set engine revs and gears and that it should switch off, unfortunately it didn’t ….car is regenning as it’s raving at 1100 rpm when in idle rather than the lower usual figure Should I get it forced regen at Garrage ? can the particulate filter be cleaned like disel dpfs ? wgat are my options ? car is not in limp mode but I dint want any damage to occur so want a quick fix I’m in Brum if anyone knows any places I can take it thank you friendly Skoda fellow brothers and sisters 😃