stroppyjock

Hi Chimaera, just checked on the mfd as I do the trip monthly to pick up my son and bring him home for the weekend,so. Went down to Glasgow and back twice!!!!

No offence taken but.........That's why I put it into Skoda for a service, I didn't know the filter wasn't changed until I got back to the uk!!!!

I bought my skoda superb estate 4x4 tdi170 after I read the caravan clubs tow car of the year review! i did have a skoda octavia estate tdi 105 and was very happy with it as a towcar however it did have 100,000 miles on the clock and I thought it needed replacement! I tried to find a used skoda octavia estate 4x4 with leather interior but to no avail! I eventually test drove the skoda superb estate and thinking it would be able to tow more I bought an immaculate elegance model with 30,000 miles on the clock! However it couldn't tow any more than the octavia and I was a bit disappointed! The 6 speed gearbox is an abomination,notchy and imprecise whereas the old 5 speed box (on the octavia)was sublime! What price progress? However I bought a Hymer nova caravan as my British built damp ridden sponge on wheels was passed its sell by date! The Hymer is on the limit for towing but a lovely van! i decided to tow it to the south of France for my first caravan holiday abroad,I needn't have worried about the holiday as the car didn't make it! I was driving overnight down to the ferry port when after 7 hours the car suddenly lost power and the dash lit up like a Xmas tree! I coasted to the side of the road and tried to find out what was wrong with the car! After checking everything over and finding nothing I started the car and the check engine light came on but drove normally! I set off again and at the next incline the Xmas tree spectacular started again and I lost power and again I coasted to the hard shoulder. I switched it off and then on again and the engine seemed fine so I set off again. I reached a service station and lo and behold an AA recovery chap was sitting having his break. I apologised for disturbing him at his break and explained my problem. He phoned his mate (anAA MECHANIC)as he was only a recovery driver and he advised to disconnect the battery and retry it! I did this, which worked,or seemed to,then he advised me to visit the nearby skoda garage when the opened at 9 am. Long story short a turbo overboost fault code was logged but no problem found! I set off again for the continent and caught the ferry to Calais! The car broke down again with the same fault just outside Metz at a huge hill with no hard shoulder and I nursed the car to a Bosch diagnostic workshop and the same turbo overboost fault was found! However the French mechanic had no time to investigate the problem so I turned the car round and heade back to the ferry port! So no holiday for me !!! The fault!!?..a dirty diesel fuel filter which was diagnosed over the phone by a mechanic mate! THE DIESEL FUEL FILTER IS A 100,000 mile change out item!!!!!!!!!!!!! So wasn't done at the 50000 mile service!!!!!!!!! but the cambelts AND water pump need changing funnily enough!!!!!!!!! so if you tow a caravan,Change your diesel filter at 50,000. However don't expect the skoda dealer to know which fuel filter is in your car without handing them the offending article to compare!!!!!!!! As the made more than one type for this car! oh and another thing the speedo led failed so I can only guess what speed I'm doing in the dark, it's a 60 plate with 50 odd thousand miles on the clock and how I wish I had my old 5 speed skoda octavia back : (

Sadly read this AFTER getting my 2010 skoda superb estate tdi 170 (4x4)software done at the skoda dealer! first impressions no difference! HOWEVER on a recent run from Perth -Glasgow and back (120 odd miles) my mpg went down to 40mpg from a normal 49/50 mpg at a steady 70mph (on cruise control) I will be towing my caravan a couple of hundred miles shortly so will update you on fuel consumption and performance after the trip! Really ****ed off with the 10mpg reduction!

Cheers Matt

Hi, just got my(new to me)06 skoda octavia estate last week and need a towbar to pull my microlight around. Is my skoda a can bus system or old school electrics as far as towbar electrics are concerned? How do you zero the trip meter? cheers

Hello, brand new at this! Just bought an 06 octavia estate,ambiente 1.9tdi 105bhp from the first owner with full skoda sevice history and 67k miles. Live in Perth,Scotland. Drive trains for a living and fly weightshift microlights in my spare time.