So the time has come to scrap my 2010 Yeti S 2.0tdi, the MOT fail has confirmed our worst thoughts that the old girl's beyond economical repair.  

 

This is a new experience for me, does anyone have any advice or any pitfalls to avoid?

Ouch, so what did it fail on to make it uneconomical to repair?🙁

Are you going to advertise it on Briskoda, Spares or Repair? 

@TruckbusUK 

 

MOT fail;

Rear caliper seized

Both rear suspension arms seriously corroded and weakened

Front suspension arms both sides, bushes and ball joints

 

And bubbling under;

Clutch and flywheel

Very rusty exhaust

Both front passenger doors rusty and in holes in the corners

All four wheel arches have tin worm

Regens every 100 miles

 

@Ootohere Probably not, who would want it??

 

What is the point of your post?

Do you not call who local to you that collects scrap cars and gives you money, or at least does not charge you.

Or advertise it locally, but like you say 'who would want it'. 

 

Maybe just some kid who lives on a farm and has someone to come get the car. 

@Ootohere Seeing as there are hundreds of Briskoda members that view these pages I was hoping that one or more may have scrapped a car recently and can say whether which of  the many apps are reputable and those to avoid. 

Just get in touch with a local breaker ,they will give you a price and usually pick it up ,usually depends on the price of scrap per ton what they offer .

So, what colour is the rear centre seat, and, how much?

On 25/10/2024 at 18:49, b1ackb1rd said:

@TruckbusUK 

 

MOT fail;

Rear caliper seized

Both rear suspension arms seriously corroded and weakened

Front suspension arms both sides, bushes and ball joints

 

And bubbling under;

Clutch and flywheel

Very rusty exhaust

Both front passenger doors rusty and in holes in the corners

All four wheel arches have tin worm

Regens every 100 miles

 

@Ootohere Probably not, who would want it??

 

So has it spent time wading or pulling boats on a slipway .... never heard of that level of corrosion on a 14yo car before unless its been constantly wet, certainly on post 2000 cars 😪 even our Clio2 was rust free at 23yo when it went to meet its maker

@TruckbusUK It's not been papered, and washed certainly since I've had it yearly at best.

The car has spent it's entire life in the rural community, I've had it the last 5 years and it's in and out of farmyards across the area daily. 

Do you trust your MOT garage? I had "rusting rear trailing arms on our XC90 at 8yo, my opinion was its scaling and certainly not structural, which was backed up at my Volvo dealer who declared the opinion and mot fail as Bo@@@@@@ks, they passed the car with nothing being done and no advisories ... their opinion was they were just looking for work. Are you sure its on its deathbed, if not try another mot with a different garage and see what they say as replacement calipers are not a big job. Unless you really want rid. 🙁

Edited 29 October, 20241 yr by TruckbusUK
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It would not surprise me if farm chemicals mixed with mud and animal "output" was as corrosive as salted roads.

I'm interested to know more about this. I have a 63 Yeti that I have been told needs scrapping and have been offered £200. It needs a new mechatronic unit apparently. It was supposedly replaced in 2018. 

Welcome. Refurbished MCU,s are available.  Even if a MCU and clutch packs are required is your Yeti not worth at least £3,500 so worth having repaired.    ? Is it a 1.2 TSI with a DQ200 7 speed DSG?.   There are Accumulator kits for these, there was a service campaign on 2013-2015 DSG,s started on 2017, is that maybe why it supposedly got a MCU fitted?

Edited 31 October, 20241 yr by Ootohere

41 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

Welcome. Refurbished MCU,s are available.  Even if a MCU and clutch packs are required is your Yeti not worth at least £3,500 so worth having repaired.    ? Is it a 1.2 TSI with a DQ200 7 speed DSG?.   There are Accumulator kits for these, there was a service campaign on 2013-2015 DSG,s started on 2017, is that maybe why it supposedly got a MCU fitted?

Thank you. Is there a way of finding out if my car was part of that service campaign please? 

The service campaign was '34h5'. Check the spare tyre well and see if a sticker with dealer stamp, date and 34h5 in it.  Or get a dealership to check. It was a software update, preventative against pressure issues, cracks / leaks.   ,,?  Is it a 7 speed dry clutch DSG you have? 

7 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

The service campaign was '34h5'. Check the spare tyre well and see if a sticker with dealer stamp, date and 34h5 in it.  Or get a dealership to check. It was a software update, preventative against pressure issues, cracks / leaks.   ,,?  Is it a 7 speed dry clutch DSG you have? 

Thank you, I'll take a look. 

Change of heart, I can't bring myself to scrap the old girl, I'd rather get an MOT and sell it to someone who can get a few more years out of it.

Parts for the MOT came to £300 with labour likely to be £500+, a sale in the current climate should cover my costs and help towards something else. 

Parts fitted, new nice MOT present

 

I forgot the new rear end would require 4 wheel alignment until I drove the car 200 yards away from the garage.  OMFG, the car leapt around the road like nothing I've experienced before.

 

The alignment jonny showed me the read out on the screen showing 6 degrees out both sides ... technically that means nothing to me, apparently it's a lot. 

 

15 minutes later, £100 poorer and with a feeling I've just had my bottom smacked, but the car is now driving perfectly so I'm not THAT bothered.  

Edited 16 November, 20241 yr by b1ackb1rd

 @b1ackb1rd Had you dropped the rear subframe?

 

I know there is a lot of clearance on the fixings and if it is not correctly aligned then the vehicle will crab but 6° outside of limits of whatever parameter is a massive amount, can you recall what the parameter and readings were?

 

I'm pleased that it was not scrapped, were the suspension arms significantly weakened?

@J.R. It's 2wd. The rear suspension arms were very poor, the car has been neglected in favour of my old hateful greenline 1.6tdi for some time. 

 

I thought about doing the job myself but when I put the car on the ramps to take stock I saw the very corroded bolts and decided discretion was the better part of valour, and let the garage do it with the hoists and power tools that I don't have on my drive! 

 

At the tracking I wasn't close enough to see too many details, just the reaction of the mechanics when the first reading was taken which was huge amusement - 6 effing degrees is what they were saying to each other.

 

Sounds bad, but then the garage that did the work just fitted the parts that I supplied, they don't have tracking equipment. 

Edited 21 November, 20241 yr by b1ackb1rd

Is there not a rear subframe on the 2WD variant then?

Less complication = good in my book.