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Funny you mention that, back in the shop as we speak for an oil level warning light (orange) showing up 200 miles after service! The car will be burning some oil, but 1litre in 200 miles is worse than I've seen by some margin. There is a bit of wet oil around sump seal and some other places, and service noted a 'small oil leak' also so I guess this just needs to be tracked down. What did you pay for pistons, conrods, chains, tensioners? Water pump too?

Not sure at this stage, other than it will be on the O/S of the engine, or right side as you look at it Thanks this is really useful! Car in garage right now but will take a look and see if I can figure it out when back.

Hi folks, At least one engine mount needs replacing on mine (1.8 CDAA), but I understand theres 3 mounts in total. Garage chappy advised to wait until it failed, but I'm not comfortable with that as surely a failed mount puts stress on parts not designed to carry the weight of the engine? Also, is it best to do all three at once, or just the ones that failed. What sort of price are we looking? I've had an initial quote of £600, but a cursory online search suggests it should be cheaper by half. Any insight greatly appreciated!

Agreed! The 1.8TSI has a chain, but the service manual refers to a 'toothed belt'. I find this confusing, but presume that Skoda consider the term 'Toothed belt' interchangeable between cambelt and chain. Per above I've already booked the work in to be done. I'm just trying some avenues to see if its absolutely neccesary. Shoe on the other foot - as a seller I would keep the documentation if possible as it adds value to the car. No documentation = lower value. If my buyer then goes and does the legwork to ring around and try and piece together the history (which the seller could also have done), then I think thats fair enough.

Apologies folks, I thought the Mk2 L&K came in only one flavour Its the 1.8 TSI, and its the higher spec version of the engine... 160bhp?

Hi all, Per title have just bought my first Skoda! A lovely 11 plate Octavia L&K edition with 95k miles on the clock. The car comes with the service booklet showing a FSH, mostly main dealer but unfortunately no additional paperwork. I managed to knock down the seller considerably on the basis of no paperwork, and specifically any work pertaining to fitting of an uprated hydraulic chain tensioner. I understand that the factory fitted tensioners are prone to failure. I have the car booked in to inspect the chain and tensioner immediately after I pick it up this week, and replace if needed just for peace of mind however I'm trying to save myself a few quid by ringing around the previous service garages. One service entry in particular is interesting - the 60k service ticked the box for 'toothed belt replaced', but did not tick the box for 'toothed belt tensioning pulley replaced'. I've not got anywhere with the garage yet, but just wondered if anyone had experience here, and what they would do in my shoes? I'd like to avoid the (upto) £1000 bill to inspect and replace if possible! Thanks