Gabbo

I've told the garage I will accept to monitor it until the next service. However, I think at the next service I will ask them to do a compression test to see if it is just general consumption or a problem on one specific cylinder. There's no issues with idle or engine stability but probably cylinder balancing software would be able to balance out minor differences... If I invested in a license for OBD11 or Carista would there be some cylinder balancing information I could read myself? Gabbo

So feedback from the dealer on Wednesday was, there's are no signs of oil in the air intake, or after the turbo or in the exhaust. There are no signs of oil leaking from the engine/sump. The oil must be being consumed by the engine but they could not immediately do more because the official consumption figures from VW are 0.5L/1000km... 5L per 10k 😬 Essentially there's nothing"wrongly installed or broken"... I have 3 years manufacturers warranty so they suggested to monitor it for another 6 months to understand if it is getting worse. They have recorded my last 2 visits, mileage and oil added to keep an official record. If I need subsequent top ups they will do this for me to maintain an official record. I think I will write to Skoda to raise my complaint anyway and it's another way to document that any problems along the line were not diagnosed/investigated. As the car is in warranty, they won't allow to change to a different type of oil. I posed them the question if I would need to change the oil at the regular service intervals as over the 30k variable inspection distance, I would have periodically have changed >5.5L & they will check with Skoda engineering. If the consumption stayed constant, I could accept another 150€ a year in oil if it reduced my servicing costs by the same amount. If I wanted them to do some more detailed investigation, I have to hope that the consumption get worse within the next 2.5 years...🤔

Thanks @Ootohere..! I'm a bit more reassured by that info. Although I'd prefer not to have a need engine but as the car is intended to be a keeper, it's perhaps better to start from a good one to minimise problems later. 🤞 For Wednesday

At this rate I'll have almost brand new oil before the first service 🤣 Maybe cheaper than a complete oil change every year as the top up will be at my price rather than the dealer markup...

This was what I was afraid of.... 0.5L/1000km means 10 to 15L in a year with my average usage (25-30k km), this is just crazy..!!! No engine should use this much... That's more oil than adBlue... (🤣) My car is new from Dec 2023, so this consumption seems constant if not getting slightly worse (750ml after the first 6k) and another 1L at 13k... I drive 95% on the highway cruising at 125kph, 140km round trip per day.. Nothing aggressive, limited short journeys and the temperatures were not cold this winter. I'm a bit nervous for what they will find on Wednesday, especially if they say there's "no problems"...

There's no oily deposits around the exhaust, I checked this already. However with a DPF most of the oil will probably clog up the DPF id imagine (causing expensive problems later). There's no spots of oil in there parking place & I've parked since Thursday with a cardboard sheet underneath again no spotting but you may be right with material absorbing the oil. I don't have any proper jacks or ramps to be able to safely remove the undertray but I might try and remove the screws on one side to take a look before sending it on Wednesday.... Gabbo

That's what I was hoping originally that the PDI wasn't done properly as they flipped the car to me less than 2 days after it arrived at the garage. My Octavia consumes 750mL of oil every 25k km which is ok for me. 5L in the same distance is too much. I hope it's something simple like a misfitted hose rather than a dodgy turbo or piston rings that need major intervention. Gabbo

+1 for this. I had the same problem on my Octavia recently. Drivers side was cold but passenger air was ambient temperature. After refilling the AC gas, both sides are now fine.

My new Superb TDI (200Ps DSG7) needed ~750mL of oil at 6k km. (Reading a touch above low on dipstick & a check oil level warning). I went to the dealer to get it checked & they "found no problems" and topped up the oil and coolant. Another 6k km later I have again the check oil level warning and this time it's reading low on the dipstick so has used ~1L.. Coolant looks fine. I'm back at the dealer on Wednesday to understand where it's going. There's no obvious signs of a leak I can see, So I assume it's burning oil but 1L every 6k km seems excessive to me.. When the dealer tells me it's "within official limits" does anyone know where the actual acceptable consumption is written in the VaG Manuals?

How do you adjust the armrest height??? (Grabs keys to go and check it in the car)..

This is great, is the same available with the MK3? These dividers are currently stored in my garage (😆)

On the steering wheel there is a button (right hand side right arrow) to scroll through the display settings. On the navigation unit you can go to vehicle settings, instrument cluster & you can't fully configure the display and the contents of the rounds dials (speed, fuel economy, trip info, ACC display etc)

This is exactly my point. The test cycles are "lab conditions" driven by a trained driver or robot. Stop Start was created just to win some emissions on the cycle because there was a long "idling phase". Coasting of the gearbox is quite likely developed for exactly the same thing. All manufacturers have coating so it clearly gives some benefit on the test cycle. I don't say that in some conditions coasting wont have a benefit but in the real world, like stop Start, it will be worse in some conditions/better in others. Overall, In 1000km driving on a tank, the difference between coasting for 50km or ingear for 40km will hardly register & I'd say that wind, temperature or wet conditions for a few kms will have much more significant impact on the fuel economy.

On a flat road, the difference between coasting vs fuel cutoff can be seen in the deceleration rate. You will decelerate faster with the gear engaged because of the friction & losses in the transmission, thus covering less distance before youd need get back on the gas pedal. Which one is if better depends on the gradient of the road up or down & you are in this mode for so few kms compared to overall driving you will never notice a difference. My guess was coasting was a bit of a gimmick introduced by manufacturers to make people think the car is getting better fuel efficiency. A bit like "regenerative braking" using the alternator. Sounds fancy, but delivers nothing except in lab conditions.

There is this thread for the facelift models which seems to work with just 1 (or 2 coding changes). I haven't done it yet but seems to have positive comments that it worked for many people: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/513598-disabling-coasting-function-in-facelift-dsg-cars/#comment-5757706

I can confirm for a LHD MK3 it's on the right side of the rear view mirror console Gabbo

My 2023 also has coasting in all modes. I find it very annoying as 90% of the time the car accelerates towards the car Infront or above the speed limit. It can be coding out... There was another thread where it was discussed for the 2023 models & seemed straight forward to do

If you ask them for the printout of the full service history from the Skoda system would it show fault codes read during the previous services/visits?

Yeah I use that daily for the route home. Apart from the search I prefer the Skoda navigation over the Android auto alternative

Even typing the address you want to go to is difficult with the Skoda navigation. Searching often takes a long time & it's not clever if you get the street or town swapped from how it's written in the database. I usually use Google maps from my phone to the Android auto for interesting locations.

I have it but have never used it on my Octavia. I have to say I was quite surprised it is reasonably functional on the Superb. Navigate home, play a band name, change volume, turn off xxx, seems to work well if you can accept it's very slow and might take 5s für the system to be ready and another 5s to execute your request. I only ever use the button on the steering wheel to enable it

I often find that the voice control fires up during normal conversation interrupting to say " how can I help". +1 for crankcases comments regarding the voice control volume being accidentally set to zero. From the navigation screen settings menu you can adjust the volume back to a normal level. You can also press the voice control button on the steering wheel (or say hello Laura) and then say "turn up the navigation volume" to do this without the settings via voice control... I'll check the exact phrase in the morning.. Gabbo

If you don't know why you need the service, let it expire & see if something stops working you miss. You can always subscribe again at any time. For me it's all a bit useless & Im against buying into the subscription service as it will encourage them to add it for more features. However as Gaz said it's only £30 a year so if there's a particular function you use (remote locking or heating) it's probably worth it.

Asked them by email for the price.... 65Chf.. !!! Think the VW 18"-21" for 41chf are still the correct buy & can easily be found on Amazon or eBay slightly cheaper.

I was at my local garage for the post-delivery check on my new car & I noticed that Skoda had a new set of tyre bags advertised for the SuV vehicles. Its not written on the pack but the guy told me they were from 18" to 22" for the Kodiaq & Enyaq but would likely also fit the larger wheels from the Superb.. Part Number: 5LA 073 900