Skoda Yeti.

[tollie]

Is there anyone running a Skoda Yeti on biodiesel?

My Audi is coming to the end of its useful life (tinworm) and I've been given the chance of buying a 2013 Skoda Yeti.  It has a 1968cc (108bhp) tdi engine and, of course, is a CR. 

I think my bio is of good quality and have done K60+ in my Audi without any fueling issues.

I would be grateful for any observations on the running of such an engine on 100% bio.

Thanks.

[dgs]

Hi tollie, it's not the cr that is the problem, its the fact that this car will have a DPF in the exhaust which generally are a no no with biodiesel.

Best you wil be able to do would be to possibly blend a small amount of bio with pump diesel.

[tollie]

Thanks, dgs, for your reply.

I've looked at the Forum's Wiki page on user's vehicles and, as it probably hasn't been updated for some time, was wondering what would be the youngest car owned by a member running on bio.

 

[Bill]

I've been running a skoda fabia 2012 since 2017 on a B50 mix. Engine code is CAYC. I have not had any problems with regeneration but I monitor the DPF status and make sure I do a long fast run (about 40 minutes at about 60 mph) for the regeneration and avoid the slow around town stop-start type of regeneration. I also monitor more closely the oil level. Regenerating the DPF on a slow town drive does cause the oil level to rise. I did accidentally, on one occasion, miscalculate and put in a roughly B60 mix and the next regeneration took much (very much) longer to complete compared to using B50.

[Head Womble]

I have a 2016 Yeti, although I've never put bio in it.
As mentioned above the DPF is lightly to be the biggest issue.
Something to keep in mind is these were included in the diesel emissions scandal so could have had the "fix" software, this increases the frequency of regens, not good for you. However the fix can be removed by doing a rollback on the software, this cost around £150.
The Yeti itself is a great car, practical but not too big, and it drives well (it's based on a MK5 Golf).

[tollie]

I've been running a skoda fabia 2012 since 2017 on a B50 mix. Engine code is CAYC. I have not had any problems with regeneration but I monitor the DPF status and make sure I do a long fast run (about 40 minutes at about 60 mph) for the regeneration and avoid the slow around town stop-start type of regeneration. I also monitor more closely the oil level. Regenerating the DPF on a slow town drive does cause the oil level to rise. I did accidentally, on one occasion, miscalculate and put in a roughly B60 mix and the next regeneration took much (very much) longer to complete compared to using B50.

Bill, thanks for your reply.  The engine code in my prospective buy is - CFHA.

Good news that one is still able to use some proportion of bio in these engines. 

Cheers.

[tollie]

I have a 2016 Yeti, although I've never put bio in it.
As mentioned above the DPF is lightly to be the biggest issue.
Something to keep in mind is these were included in the diesel emissions scandal so could have had the "fix" software, this increases the frequency of regens, not good for you. However the fix can be removed by doing a rollback on the software, this cost around £150.
The Yeti itself is a great car, practical but not too big, and it drives well (it's based on a MK5 Golf).

Good to hear from you, Head Womble.  Thanks for your input.

[Bill]

If you go down the rabbit hole on this you might want to check out these apps I use for monitoring the dpf on VAG cars.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applagapp.vagdpf_free   
and
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applagapp.vagdpf

[Head Womble]

If you go down the rabbit hole on this you might want to check out these apps I use for monitoring the dpf on VAG cars.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applagapp.vagdpf_free   
and
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applagapp.vagdpf

The VAGDPF app will also show if the "fix" software has been done. in the bottom left corner in purple is the update number if it 9977 or above it's had the fix.
Some tuning companies claim to remove the fix with a remap, but in reality it's still there unless the update number is below 9977.