Skoda Yeti 2012 lots of mechanical problems that have been taken care of but...there is an in car smell of exhaust/oil when using any heater.

Garage can not identify cause, turbo exhaust fixings tightened, air con cleaned...any helpful advice?

When this occurred on one of our mk2 Octys it turned out to be the engine breather pipe.

 

Hi, welcome to the forum!

 

You don't say which model of Yeti you have, but if it is a 1.2 Petrol, it might be worth reading through this thread:

 

 

16 minutes ago, Whitten said:

.there is an in car smell of exhaust/oil

Well, my first suspicion is that the flexible link in the exhaust downpipe has gone porous. If you can cover the exhaust outlet and the car keeps idling, that pretty much confirms it.

I would start with Muddyjim's suggestion - it's easy to get at to check and if the pipe has broken the part is cheap and it's not hard to fix even for those not technically minded. I had an oily smell in the car and the garage couldn't find it (which makes me wonder how hard they looked, despite what they told me. Now use a diferent garage) and I just found it by chance.