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The target is not 1 liter in 1,200 miles though. As it is with Skoda and the official Oil Consumption tests and new oil and filter and oil dropped and weighed, there were muppet techs that thought 1 liter of oil weighed 1,000 grams, not the 856 grams at 15*oC if they had checked just 1 liter. In an unopened 1 litre bottle that is not 1,000 grams.

Some MOT Station testers even went and changed the bulbs to help out the owner only to find out they would not work.

@MBane Good point. BUT the Blue Dummy Bulbs do work. They do not light up as designed they just fill the connectors. Factory fit. As i said plenty MOT Testers have made the same error.

Sadly common issues with some VW Group / Skoda TDI,s. ? Who was the Oil consumption fixed without an engine rebuild. Or were the Engine Numbers ever checked that it was the original engine?

As i posted in the Yeti thread, members on here have done the same to their vehicles and they might well then trade in or sell them. PS, most common MOT cheat, test a totally different vehicle for emissions. Hence Web Cams coming in eventually for every test station. Probably watched by AI...

@davegr When was the MOT last done before you bought it? There are many vehicles the same out on the roads just as that one is and nobody picking up on them. Members here do it to their vehicles.

@davegr Difficult for Dealers / Traders to know often what they bought in or were traded in. As it is for the MOT,er. How recent was it MOT,d before you bought it?

No they say for any engine for 2 decades now that they May use as much as 0.5 litres in 1,000 km. (621 miles) So 1 liter in 1,242 miles. High Summer over mountain passes towing Hannibal's Elephants. Well in some conditions. Every engine, 44 kW up, 3,4,5,6,8,10,12 Cylinder Petrol or Diesel. Actually they know after the first 5,000 km where they say oil use might be higher, they know that within Manufacturers Warranty 0.3 liters per 1,000 km is too high.

The old Skoda joke is that one parked on the drive is a deterrent to burglars as they assume nothing worth stealing in the property. Old Skoda more likely to get pinched, Mk1,s or 2,s. Fabia / Octavia.

'The small bulbs in headlights should NOT work also. DRL,s are also Side lights but less bright when so, or when a Parking light.

@Colin1051 No not on the same issues, Design, manufacturing or material faults. Point i was making, maybe less of a hopeless DVSA is what is required and them getting involved more. Actions raised in Scottish Courts have in the past had VW take actions. Actions in other world regions have them crap themselves. The DQ381 MCU,s premature failures is a Global Issue. As it is the Fuel Economy was nothing to do with the rejection that a member had accepted.

The service interval for a 2019 2.0 TDI is not due at or before 55,000 miles for Cam belt / water pump or DSG is it. Or is it not a DQ381 DSG & a 80,000 miles oil and filter change. So owners choice to change things early.

Not to worry, floor the accelerator and you might be near twice the national speed limit in the UK before you need to lift off.

@MBane I see you have a 2010 vRS. There were a few of us had the first 50 in the UK, demonstrators and Media cars. I had 6 vRS that i dealt in, they were high oil rejects of crash damaged and 2 personal were Red & from Skoda UK,s cars. ? Can you give part of the reg number please? Just nose as what car you have. What colour is it? 'Or crash damaged' sorry can not edit just now.

I am referring to anyone interested. The Linked threads & 'quest' are my posts over the years. The DRL on switch was deleted before 2014 when they stopped building Mk2 vRS Fabia.

PS. Was it 2012 no longer the DRL on / off rocker switch in beside the fuses? At services or maintenance / software updates most techs turned off the DRL,s at the switch.

The DRLS do not need to work because cars Type Approved before mandatory. But sidelights should come on as Sidelights, with headlights. Also if you use Parking Lights. Ignition off, indicator stalk down. One Front Sidelight / Position Light on, and one rear, also 1 registration bulb with a vRS.

The Blue bulbs in the Headlights are dummy bulbs. For 13 years some muppet MOT testers fail vRS on no sidelights and have no idea the DRL,s are Sidelight & Parking lights but dimmer. 3 threads on Police muppets thinking Front Fog lights on when DRL,s and Skoda Salerspeople arguing there are Front Fog lights and Skoda said there were in Brochures so Adverts in Autotrader repeat that.

PS. Australia has the Lemon Law. Owners down under should be taking action if the were sold a Pup, or a Lemon.

That is very much a killer for VW Group / Skoda UK then,. DVSA often hopeless like the Fuel Rail Bolts breaking and petrol leaking. No SAFETY CRITICAL RECALLS or even Voluntary from VW in the UK. Easy as a president set, maybe a Court Action in Scotland which often VW Settle with a NDCA. England / Wales court action would really stuff them up. Type Approved vehicles with Mandatory EU / UK safety features that are Gash.

Today was the first time i spotted a Hyundai Ionic 9 Htac. What a beast of a car. Not as bad llooking as the Big Kia version IMO.

Or on the central screen more often these days. Owners manuals are a common source of 'how to'.

'Noon today 1/3rd of electricity was from solar'. Just heard on the Radio. No idea if This Country, that often being England. Or the UK, or was it The British Isles. PM on Radio 5 never that good and stating facts.

Worth a listen to, on now or on BBC Sounds. BBC Radio 4. 'Currently' Power to the People : Rewiring Britain.