is there any way to notice the two? apart from the sound? will it be printed on the log book, or come up in a HPI check?

Don't take this the wrong way but the search button is your friend! Been covered in the Octavia section once or twice.

From what I remember the engine cover is different.

no no no of course not, its my first day here. i know im not fully up to date and grips with how the forum works. ive never signed up to one before! thanks ill search and re search now! sorry for any inconvinience this may of caused

no no no of course not, its my first day here. i know im not fully up to date and grips with how the forum works. ive never signed up to one before! thanks ill search and re search now! sorry for any inconvinience this may of caused

Not a problem, you might just find the answer quicker ;-)

Take it for a drive, if you get a shove in the back it’s a PD, it it feels pretty flat then it’s a CR.

Whip the engine cover off, if you are greeted with a rat's nest of silver fuel piping you have a CR unit.

All of the fuel piping in the PD engine is buried in the cylinder head. CR stuff sits on top.

This is for the Octavia MkII...