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vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
Crazy that this fuel often costs less than 97 RON at mainstream gas stations - WTF? -
vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
Can't say I have ever heard of DriveTec. I last bought four litres of Castrol Edge Titanium FST 5W-40 from Tesco at a crazy low price. -
How to change cluster eeprom?
SeaGoat replied to WingedArrowFan's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
You want advice on how to "adjust the odometer"? -
vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
For what it is worth, I regularly see an oil temperature around 95°C when the engine reaches a steady temperature. On a VERY few occasions I have seen 100°C. On a long run (e.g. 30 miles or more) I never see the temperature fall below 90°C. Over a five year period I have averaged a shade under 40 MPG based on litres purchased and miles covered - I am happy with that :). -
vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
I have certainly read that one should never put in more than 3.6 litres of oil (presumably up to the top of the hatched area?) but I have also seen comments that it is safe to put in 3.9 Litres - WHAT? I have never seen or read anything to explain why overfilling might be harmful - however - personally I would never fill to above the top of the hatched area. There appear to be endless "tales" about the VW Twincharger engine - there probably are on other vehicles as well - I can't say that I have conducted any sort of a study of "popular wisdom from the armchair" -
I have just received an improbable email purporting to come from Audi, it goes along the following lines: followed by loadsa waffle explaining why I was lucky enough unexpectedly to win these amazing prizes. All I need to do is send an email to [email protected] with my personal details. Yeah, sure . . . an Audi Q7, right . . .
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vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
I happened to mention to a garage owner this afternoon that the Mk.II Skoda Fabia vRS seems to have a reputation as an oil burner. His response was "Yes, it's a VW, they all burn oil; Audis have a notice on the windscreen advising the owner to check the oil level weekly." Since I know nobody who owns an Audi I have no idea whether this is true or not and I didn't think that a Mother's Day get together was the right time to get into a long discussion. However, it was interesting that this was his immediate response. -
vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
I can't comment on the oil consumption question because I (fortunately) don't suffer from it. However, I would have to say that you are incredibly lucky with a MPG figure in the high 40s on mostly motorway driving. For complicated personal reasons I have just completed a trip over a few days from Bristol to London to Carlisle and back to Bristol, mostly on Motorways and have managed an average overall of a shade over 44 MPG (with a depressing number of 50 MPH average speed limits. I tend to stick to the speed limit on the rare occasions when I don't get caught up in crawling traffic. Over a number of years and over 50k miles I aveage almost exactly 40 MPG. -
Am I correct in understanding that you ran for some 37k miles on the original set of plugs and then had a failure on cylinder 3 after 23k miles with replacement NGKs? I have done about 50k miles and have had the plugs changed once in that time - for Densos. Sadly my water pump failed a while back and getting that replaced cost a fortune. When I booked in my car for the water pump I specifically asked for all parts removed to be placed in the boot - they weren't and when I complained I was told that they had forgotten! To be honest, I believe that these cars are somewhat "fussy" but that would be much less of a problem if the workshop mechanics were competent and the service desk staff were less complacent.
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I have a Mk II Fabia vRS with a CTHE engine. I do a mixture of motorway, city and country driving. I have done over 45k miles. My "true" average MPG is 40 based on litres in and miles covered. I have real doubts about anyone who claims significantly more than that.
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I am not greatly impressed by the reception reliability of my Fabia vRS Swing radio either. I did at one stage try fitting a significantly longer aerial and it was no better - possibly worse? I gave up on that because I was concerned that it might "strain" the base - reading a post above about water ingress, that was probably a good move! For what it is worse, at one time I had a (cheap) dual USB adapter in the cigarette socket and that DEFINITELY affected the radio output. For the most part I use a memory card to listen to music, I only really listen to BBC Radio 4 occasionally. Good luck :)
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vRS Mk. II 1.4 litre twincharger oil consumption issues
SeaGoat replied to vxh26's topic in Skoda Fabia Mk II (2007-2014)
The opening post on this thread says that "The oil capacity is exactly 3.6 litres, you should NEVER overfill.". I seem to recall reading somewhere here that people do actually put in 3.9 litres of oil. Why is this not a problem and what exactly would be the result of overfilling the oil? Just curious . . . -
Thanks for that, any particular brand? As to dismantling, I have been advised to replace the rear disks (and pads). I will not be doing that, a tame garage will. However, as a general policy I would like to keep the calliper housing looking clean(er). Thanks anyhow and I will certainly pass on your sensible comments to the garage.