I have just bought a 2015 yeti 2.o diesel.

The model.is SE SCR however I can't see this model listed anywhere but I have seen SE CR.

The model is SE.
SCR is selective catalytic reduction using AdBlue to lower the pollutant NOx. I think all Yeti diesels after May 2015.
And CR is the type of diesel engine and as far as I am aware all Yeti diesels are CR Common Rail.

Edited 5 December, 20187 yr by Urrell

Skoda dealer said don't need to use adblue as long as you are doing long journeys to allow cat converter to regenerate.

Do you know if this is correct or not

No doubt the Yeti is the same as this:-

 

 

There is no such thing as you don't need to use it if yours is a SCR car.
If your car uses AdBlue (if it has a filler in the right hand side of the boot under the lift up floor) you must top it up when it says it is low with at least 4½ litres and then turn the ignition on for 30 seconds without starting the engine to give it time to register.
If it gets too low it will stop the engine running.

What Skoda dealer said that?
 

You get a warning from 1500 mikes left. If it gets below around 50 left miles the engine will continue to run for safety but will not restart once stopped until topped up again.

I am refilling my tank with 5lt every 6000 miles or so, which is not quite full but half of a 10lt container from Sainsburys which costs £11.

Thanks for your advice. Is adblue required to allow the engine to meet the emission levels. 

Yes.

Anyone else think it is about time SCR was fitted to Skoda personnel to reduce their BS emissions? 

 

From personal experience whenever someone from Skoda tells you something about your vehicle or answers a question about your vehicle, ask them if you can have it in writing.  Just watch them squirm! 

 

Information I posted on another thread about how often the cambelt should be changed on my vehicle was only obtained after being clarified by Skoda Cz via SUK, and was different to what I had been told by the dealership staff. They stated it was every six years or so. Skoda Cz stated it was every four years. (It changes to 5 years if your vehicle is registered after September 2010).

 

I went through the same process for how often  the haldex oil service should be carried out. Again the dealership staff were way out with what Skoda Cz stated. 

If a dealer of any brand told me my car had 4 wheels I would go outside and count them myself.

I would hope it had at least five, otherwise how would you steer the damn thing? 

 

12 hours ago, Fin69 said:

Anyone else think it is about time SCR was fitted to Skoda personnel to reduce their BS emissions? 

 

 

I went through the same process for how often  the haldex oil service should be carried out. Again the dealership staff were way out with what Skoda Cz stated. 

So what was the conclusion on the Haldex. I have seen 3 years regardless of mileage which seems dangerous, 20k and 30k quoted?

Not sure if it will be any different for other models, but for the Octavia Scout, every 3 years or 37,500 miles, whichever is reached first. 

 

I thought the mileage was a weird one, but they stated that's what came back from Skoda Cz. 

2 minutes ago, Fin69 said:

I thought the mileage was a weird one, but they stated that's what came back from Skoda Cz. 

 

It's a conversion from 60,000 km.

So, I had planned to do at 30k, which will be 2 years old. However the dsg has to be done at 40k which will be between services. Could stretch the Haldex to 40k and do it then? Or too risky? As the filter isn't cleaned there is that residual risk anyway. Will probably do the next one myself so I can take the body apart and clean the built in filter.

 

Presumably though clutch wear in the haldex only occurs when 4x4 is active, which for some vehicles is very rare?

 

I was under the impression that front wheels have to slip to engage rear drive, but it often feel like the rear is adding power when pulling out of junctions with a large steering angle. Does anyone know if the haldex is also programmed to engage in other situations apart from when the front wheels slip? It would make sense to me for the vehicle to know it is stationary on a steep slope and engage rear drive to help pull away?

Yes Ken, the Haldex does "second guess" in certain situations, typcally like the one you mention.

Some early VAG vehicles (pre FL Octavia Scout) had Haldex 2 which was reactive; it would engage after there was a loss of traction. 

 

Haldex 4 (as fitted to the FL Octavia Scout and Yeti) is proactive, it anticipates the loss of traction to prevent it from happening.