Recently had the headgasket, cam belt, etc done at my Skoda dealer.

All seemed fine at first.

Then...

A few days later I was getting a faint smell of fuel through the air vents.

The smell went after a day or to.

Then after a week it came back.

The car then started spluttering, became sluggish and struggled to get anywhere when changing gear.

When idling there was smoke coming from under the bonnet, and fuel leaking onto the road.

Oh dear.

Took it to my dealer. Instant diagnosis... The injection hose had split.

Left it with them for a day and they sorted it out and steam cleaned the engine.

Cost... nothing.

Next day, the car still got a fuel smell, and some faint smoke from under the bonnet.

Rang them up, took it in to them straight away.

They replaced another hose and cleaned the engine again.

Cost... nothing.

Although the fuel leak issue cost me nothing, they thanked me for being a regular customer (the car has FSH with them for all its 190K miles).

Another reason to stay with Skoda.

Nice to hear of the good service, although cannot help but wonder if (given the timing of the issue) they might have had something to do with the problems you subsequently had. :wonder: