LuxoviaRS

Hi, wow you get great mileage is that a turbo 2.0 litre as well? Yes it does thank you.

Yes, thanks for the steps I managed to figure it out a few days ago.

Hi @Gerrycan yeah i just meant I'm not reving it as high. Yes you are correct comparing it in Briskoda is not totally reliable because of those reasons mentioned, but I just wanted to see as others have the same vehicle or similar. Not really looking forward to dealing with the dealer if it comes to that. I've read so many people have these negative experiences with them. That's pretty good for your car. Yes as a new one I thought it would be better but I'm willing to wait and see. I've noted all the suggestions. I'll take them into consideration and act upon them, thank you. Yes I first thought that long term was accumulation over the lifetime of the car. i now know it isn't I did manage though to find an instant l/h on the cockpit as I believe @kreeker suggested. I took a photo whilst it was idling in neutral/Park waiting for the wife, It was idling at 0.9l/h engine. The Just had returned from a short trip. So not driving it too much today short trips. I will need to do bigger drives, to see how it goes in the long country drives included.

Yes I have read that it's highly recommended to use good quality synthetic oil. So no need for more frequent oil changes. I believe that Under the 7 year warranty offered I believe you need to bring in the car one time a year or 15,000km 7,000 ml whichever comes first, otherwise you void the warranty but I'm only going by memory and I'll need to look into it. Thanks for your advise

Hi again being a new skoda octavia owner and a first time owner of a turbo engine I want to make sure I prolong the use of the turbo engines and that it has minimal issues (I can see these engines have more maintanance involved) . Per the manufacturer 7 year servicing package they recommend that it's OK to change the oil every 15,000km or every year. I have heard and read elsewhere that it's best though to do them more frequently. So I'm thinking that I will probably change the oil at a skoda approved or VAG independent mechanic in between the skoda recommended servicing. Is this a good idea, if I do go down this path do they still put it in the servicing logbook so that it reduces the servicing package, not sure if I'm making sense. I don't want to use the 7 year servicing package quicker but on the other hand I want to maintain the engine better. I would like to read what others have done and how it's been for you.

Hi @kreeker can I confirm is this information here in this link how I turn on the l/100km https://digital-manual.skoda-auto.com/w/en_GB/show/93359937516bbdab66081fb5647ff98b_6_en_GB?ct=93359937516bbdab66081fb5647ff98b_6_en_GB

Not Melbourne the other big city 😀. Wow you get good consumption. How do I turn that one on. Driver screen ok will need to look into it. Thank you

Hi thanks for your input yes you are right with the driving conditions. Yes that's what i thought re the figures for the 2.0L. I guess we will have to wait and see fuether because that's not what it is currently. I'll leave the S/s on to see if it helps

Yes I agree I will be. I have been thinking of doing a cheeky oil change for that reason too. Will have to see. I know Skoda are going to book me in at about the 3000 km to check the fluid levels.

Yes exactly the same revs . Most times I have it in comfort mode sometimes normal and one time in economy and the reason I didn't have in economy more was for the very reason that you can't disable the stop/start feature. Yes around town mostly. Ok thanks.

I am talking about the average since I've started driving it 2 weeks ago. No I'm very light lol hardly even moderate heavy. Maybe there is something wrong I don't know anything about binding break, I'll have to look that up. Anyway I'll leave the stop/ start on to see if it makes a difference.

Thanks heaps @Gerrycan. Yes it looks like mine is at hogher end, I'm surprised others are getting such good mileage but I'm equally pleased that means mine can be improved. It's not just him re the stop/ start I've also read it elsewhere but I'll give it a go for a few tank full off drives to see if it makes, any difference. Like I said above I have been feather light on the gas paddle I have hardly went above 50kwh maybe just one or two times, so the revs at low gears has got nothing to do with me whatsoever that's why I'm surprised. Yes that's true in my environment it will and with the air-con on too but to be honest the air-con has not been on all the times we have driven it. Most times we have the windows open and sunroof though of course if it's really hot yes we have it going. I am using the measurements in the infotainment system the 11.0L/100km is from when I started driving the car which is an average, it also has since refuling and this trip. Where can I see the display though for the real time usage is that in the cockpit. Yes absolutely once we take it on the highway we will get those numbers for sure. Yes that too. Thanks Anson for your knowledge and advice I'll take it on board.

The car is fairly new though. I'm hoping once everything settles it will improve. I've never heard of that term before interesting. Yes of course makes sense. I'll check out the link, thanks.

Well it's night now about 21c but during the day it was about 28 C when I bought the fuel. I turn off the stop start generally have been advised by a mechanic that it eventually can wear out the engine and do the starter motor in. 95.

I guess I was more thinking of those in the US where they use Miles per galon. Yes I'm aware those in Great Britain buy fuel in litres, and use miles. I never said anyone was daft. Was just explaining how we read things here. All good. I put the manufacturer recommended RON 95.

It's mainly from the cars into and filling it up twice and seeing how many kms I've travelled for 2 tanks of fuel. Yes it's a vrs with dsg 7 speed. I haven't tried that yet I'm not sure, but it will reach the local speed limits pretty quickly I think, and probably pass it. Once I've done the break in I'll try that as well. We had a 4 cylinder before and driving it normally sometimes light it was very economical. Maybe you are correct I don't know I tend to have very quick gear changes to get to the speed limit. Yes I live in a very busy city lol I would know heavy traffic, but thanks anyway.

Ok so just for the o/s people that are not from Australia. Here down under we measure fuel consumption based on how many L which is a volume of fuel is used per every 100km which is the amount driven. So the lower the volume measured in L (litres) of amount of fuel used per the distance travelled in km the more economical the vehicle is. I hope that helps a little.

I have to say as much as I love the Octavia RS one thing that I'm not entirely impressed with is the fuel consumption of the turbo engine. At the moment I'm still breaking in the engine and i am pretty light (feather light) on the gas paddle staying below 4000rpm, actually hardly even reaching 3. Currently from the start it has an average fuel consumption of 11.0L/100 kms with a mixture of city driving, (some heavy traffic) and light highway (though not fully open road yet). Do others find there turbos are thirsty (i have read that this is common with turbos). I'm hoping that with proper highway driving like a long country trip it will show a true reflection of city and country economy, but I'm the city, stop start it's quiet thirsty. I hope this improves for me.

Oh I wonder why they don't include them any more in the latest octavia models. That's very bright I have to say re the after market not sure if I like it that bright. Though i may think differently if i saw it in person Thanks for sharing the links.

Here is another

Here are some exterior pics of my Skoda Octavia VRS. Just 2 week old.

Oh thank you so much, I had no idea that this secondary method of cooling even existed, very interesting. Are they prone to failing, does skoda check them, maintain them, is it under warranty I wonder.

Just on this topic with the tutbo. I noticed when I turned off the engine a winding down noise, it was muted, not very loud. Is that the turbo. To me it had the sound of the radio antenna retracting in my dads 1989 Ford Fairlane when i was growing up.

Oh that's great I wish mine had those, what model do you have? Was yours manufactured after June, because mine is from the first build from January to June with my one being in June.

Copy ok lol ok so the other Octavia models do have them then makes sense why not wouldn't they.