... between a TDI 140 and a TDI CR 170? I ordered a 170 but how do I tell if that's what I've actually got?

Think the I inthe TDI badge will be red, also the power delivery will be smoother.

140 = Silver T, Silver D and a red I

170 = Silver T, red D and a red I

But....a badge is just a badge, the way to really know you have the right engine is the sticker with all the option codes in the service book...the 170 has the power listed as 125KW (I think the 140 is 103KW), to make doubly sure cross reference the chassis number on the sticker to that in your windscreen.

Dan

if it sounds like a bag of spanners then its the 140PD. if is sounds like half a bag of spanners its the CR !!! LOL

Thanks folks, all the evidence suggests I have got what I ordered.

If you are concerned by the lack of power my 170 took at least 500miles to start feeling like it had 170hp , i have to admit i had my doubts as well

Apparently, the best way to "tune" new 170CR engine is to drive about first 300 miles normal way you drive and then for second 300 miles to drive it up to the limits of the car. (I've got this 2nd hand from guys in the factory who are responsible for the engines, so don't ask me why, but the true is that the engine feels really great now. Then again maybe it would have felt that way no matter what I did ) The best way to do so legally is probably to take your new car on a road trip to Germany where you have no speed limits on a motorway most of the time.

My colleague drives an Audi A4 1.8 TSI, he thought it was the 160 version (that's what was ordered, he hadn't realised the 160 has a red T and the 120 a silver T on the boot).

His suspicions were aroused accelerating away from the M6 toll booth when a friend of his in a 170 diesel A4 pulled so far ahead of him, he's trying to act OK but I think he's gutted!

if it sounds like a bag of spanners then its the 140PD. if is sounds like half a bag of spanners its the CR !!! LOL

And if the Alarm keeps going off and the seat memory doesn`t work properly and the ride is rough .....then you have a pup..!!.

if it sounds like a bag of spanners then its the 140PD. if is sounds like half a bag of spanners its the CR !!! LOL

And if the Alarm keeps going off and the seat memory doesn`t work properly and the ride is rough .....then you have a pup..!!.

:)

although skoda tell me the seat is working as it is designed !! even though i still cant memorise the backrest position exactly where i want it. I thnk the ride is as it should be - just that I am very fussy in this area !