Meteiro

Hi All, New to the forum, and glad I found this place! So first a big thank you to everyone contributing to the lengthy but very useful 1.8 / 2.0 oil burning thread. Last weekend I picked up my first Skoda, a 12 plate Superb Estate 1.8 DSG. Awesome car, I can't believe how good it is and it still looks great for a car with 82k on the clock. However, following the oil warning light on my journey home and the subsequent 1 litre of oil used over the next 520 miles it's going back to the dealer next week for a full refund (the dreaded and well known oil consumption issue). Dealer didn't even suggest fixing it, so suspect they've seen this before! I'm absolutely gutted, as it's hands down the best car I've ever driven. So I'm looking for a replacement and now have the Skoda bug, so if I can find something suitable I'd like to get another Skoda. The 1.4 seems to be a good choice from what I've read on the forum in most guises. Budget is around 9k, might be able to stretch to 10k. I only do about 12k per annum and no need of a diesel. I'm not against a well built older car, but keen to avoid any EA888 engines after this experience. I also need an estate due to carrying a few dogs, and an automatic as the wife can't drive a manual due to ill health. Is there a particular year / engine combination (in budget of course) in the Octavia or Superb where I won't have any 'known' reliability issues? Is the 1.4 a good choice? Thanks in advance!

Sorry to resurrect an older thread but this is exactly what I was hoping to find. I have just bought a 2012 (registered July, CDAA engine code) 1.8 Superb estate and I seem to have bought into an interesting engine line! The check oil warning came up after 100 miles, and it was just under the top of the minimum. I filled it to above middle, marked it, and am monitoring (hasn't moved at all over another 150 miles so far). Car last recorded service early Jan, possible they just didn't fill oil properly I suppose... but paranoid of course! Servicing Dealer apologised, reimbursed the oil cost, committed to resolve and wants an update 1k miles in if there's any further consumption. Car has had variable servicing, some 10k or 15k, one 20k (now at 80k). If I don't see much more oil consumption in the next 750 miles I was going to treat it to another service and hope it was a mistake. I plan on 10k servicing moving forward. Reading this appears to support what I've read on Audi forums about this engine having been rectified for the piston rings issue, but wasn't sure it had been extended to the Skoda 1.8's at the same time. Is there any way I can be certain of it? Anything supporting that 2012 cars are not problematic, as 2011 ones certainly seem to be! I hope it's an easy fix as the car is superb (no pun intended). Thanks in advance.