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I had a high oil consumption problem on my 1.8TSi Elegance. Bought the car in March, 2014, by October 2015, it had already been in to Skoda 3 times with misfiring issues, and oil consumption. The final straw with mine, was a 500 mile round trip using 4 litres of oil. Got the engine swapped out after they took the head off, and found "the piston rings have failed, which has caused the oil to pass into the cylinder, which has damaged the cylinder head, and crown of the piston" They gave me the option of repairing the existing engine or a replacement engine, for only a few hundred more than the repair. Took the new engine, as I got a hefty donation from Skoda, and a two year warranty on the whole engine, rather than the 12 months warranty I would have got on just the parts they replaced. Still cost over £3k to get it done, but not had any issues since.

I paid £3700, but that was after getting the work and parts at staff rates, and a 20% contribution from skoda. Would have been over 5k if I had paid for it all, at full price.

Another little update - only this time a better one. Had the car back for a month now, and it is running fine. Done nearly 1400 miles on the new engine, and it is loosening up nicely. Oil consumption on the new engine.......None, not had to put a drop in it in 1400 miles, this is unknown to me on this car!!!!! Had a need to pop it back in last week though as a fuel pipe had started to weep, but this was more down to starting to use the full range of revs, and the clip had worked loose. All sorted FOC.

It had always used a bit of oil, probably about a litre every 400-500 miles, but gradually got worse. The weekend before it went in for the work to find out what was wrong I did a 440mile round trip to London, and used a 4 litre can of oil.

Another replacement engine here - this time due to excessive oil usage. http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/351629-18tsi-advice-if-you-have-it/ Skoda contributed 20% towards the cost on a 5 1/2 year old 79k 1.8 TSi Octavia, but only if I had a replacement engine rather than a repair on the old one. Skoda expected the dealer to put 10% towards it as their contribution, but they did the work and parts at staff rate due to a relation working for them.

OK - A little update to this: Back at the beginning of October, the car started misfiring again. Got it into the local Skoda dealer, who pulled the plugs out, and claimed they were shot. Mentioned to them that it was only about 6 months since they last replaced them, and that I would have hoped a set of spark plugs would last longer than this. They then claimed it was possibly a faulty batch of plugs, and replaced them under parts warranty. Collected the car, and booked it in for a service two weeks later. When it went in for its service, they then claimed there were signs of these plugs starting to burn, only two weeks after being fitted, and that there must be an underlying issue. Mentioned once again about the amount of oil it was using also, and they suspected that this could be part of the reason for the plugs getting damaged. At this point they carried out a compression test, and found it was well under what was expected (down to around about 90% of what it should have been) They then suggested an engine flush, and if necessary engine removal to find out exactly what was going on. This I agreed to. A week later, engine flush is completed, and still no improvement in the compression, so out comes the engine, and it gets stripped down. Would appear as though the piston rings have had the most almighty hammering possible, the valves are flaking due to burning oil, the cylinder head needs new valve seats and decoking. I'm then given the option of having this done, or a replacement engine, provided via Skoda. The cost difference is about £1200, but I would get a 20% contribution from Skoda, plus 2 years warranty on the complete engine, as opposed to 6 months on any work they did to fix the old one. So the upshot of it all, is I've just got the car back, some 4 weeks after it went in, having had a new engine fitted. The worrying thing about it is that the old engine wasn't smoking as I would have expected it to, for the amount of oil it was using (aprox. 1 litre to 100 miles). Hopefully I can pay for the replacement engine from what I will be saving on oil.

OK, sorry for the delay in updating this, been one of those weeks!! The winner of the internet diagnosis award goes to ......... Yeti_man The problem was that the plugs were stuffed. There had been some assumptions made when it was serviced, that the plugs would have been changed at 58k, rather than the 68k when I took it in. However, the 58k service was just a filter and oil change by the selling dealer. (Part of the same group, but different franchise) A new set of plugs, and not had any issues since, and seems to be running a lot better, and I'm glad it wasn't something which was going to cost me a small fortune to resolve. Anyway, thanks for your help, it is much appreciated.

Didn't have the time to take them out to check (my tools are at my dads at the moment) and needed to get into work. However, the plugs were only changed in December by the Skoda dealer, so would hope they are ok. Mileage is a shade ofver 72,000 (Went past the 72k mark a week last monday) - Genuine question - If it was sticky valves, wouldn't it just gradually get worse, rather than a few seconds every couple of weeks, and then suddenly go into misfire mode? (Did't want it to sound as though I was just rejecting your suggestion, I'm genuinely curious to know if it would manifest itself like that.) If it is this, I assume it's a head off job to get it solved?

Well, it's now in with Skoda - Last night it began misfiring constantly. Called out Green Flag, who read 2 fault codes - irregular multi cylinder misfire, and Cylinder 1 misfire. (note the cylinder I have already replaced the coil on). The guy from Green Flag suggested that the problem could be the remaining coils on their way out, causing the misfire on cyl 1. So this morning on my way to work, I called at EuroCarParts, and picked up 4 Bosch coil packs, and fitted them there and then. No improvement what so ever. Managed to limp it to my nearest friendly Skoda dealer, and asked them to have a look at it. Fortunately, they were very accomodating, and hopefully will have an answer for me today. Anyway guys, thanks for your assistance, and I will let you know the outcome.

The plugs were changed at the last service, (mid December) or so I was told - I certainly paid for them! I've not had them out of the engine myself though

Hi Guys, Long time no visit, but got a little problem that someone may be able to help with. I'm on my second Octavia now, having swapped my mk1 tdi for a mk 2 facelift 1.8 TSi Had the car for a year, and all but one service (the one done by the selling dealer as I bought it) is by a skoda dealer. Last December, I had the coil on cylinder 1 replaced as it failed suddenly, whislt 250 miles away from home. This was done by the AA, and was replaced with a Bosch item, but before they relaced it he cleaned it up, and put it back on, which seemed to clear the misfire. However, as I had a 250 mile trip back home, I insisted he replaced the part, which he did. On this occasion, there was a fault code listed via the ODBC, and even indicated which cylinder was at fault. A week later, the car went in for a service at my local Skoda dealer, and I asked them to check if the coils fitted were of the latest revision, which they were. Come March this year, and I start to experience a slight misfire. The car is due it's MOT, and when it goes in, I tell them about this, and they scan it for fault codes, but nothing is found, and it passes the emmissions test with no problems. Since then, this misfire has been getting more and more regular. I have called back to the dealer a few times, and had it scanned for faults, but nothing is showing up. The problem manifests itself with a misfire which probably lasts no more than 30 seconds, sometimes accompanied by the engine management light flashing, and then clearing. This seems to happen when I have been coasting for a little while, particularly about 40 - 50mph, and then need to bring the power back in to ease up a hill or so on. It happens regardless of fuel level, as I initially thought it could have been the fuel sloshing about in the tank but it has done it now a couple of times with a full tank. Additionally, it only seems to happen when the car has been running for at least 15 minutes. Any ideas as to what could be causing this?????? Any help would be appreciated.

Ok, update - it doesn't work! Connected it all up, and my iPod recognised that it was connected to a docking station, but when selecting aux nothing! So it's back to using the phono lead, but at least I can play through that, and I didn't blow up my head unit.

OK, I have recently got as mk2 2010 Ocatvia Elegance, which replaced a mk 1 Octy. I am aware of the spec sheet in the front of the service book, which says the spec the car was built to, but how do you find out which of these were specified options rather than standard fit? For instance, I know it has Xenons, auto lights, auto wipers, and auto dip rear view mirror, but which of these were standard?

Thanks guys, might just give it a go over the weekend, and see what happens. Watch this space for a " I blew up my head unit" thread!

I recently purchased a mk2 Octy Elegance FL. to replace my mk1 Elegance. It has a Bolero head uint, together with the Aux 3.5mm jack in the centre armrest. I have also been given a genuine VW ipod adaptor, which my dad bought for his Passat, but no longer needs since changing to a Renault. The question is, can I just unplug the Aux 3.5mm jack from the back of the stereo and connect the VW Ipod adaptor? The adaptor is part number 000 051 444k

Just had a play, and managed to spec an elegance with a few options for a grand total of £800!!!! At that price, I'd be tempted, but get the impression they would not honour that price.

I've got a similar problem, in that neither button work. Went and bought a battery at lunch time, and it worked for three cycles of locking and unlocking, but then stopped again. The red light does not even flash on the fob anymore. The down side is that it now takes me an age to lock the car, as with the key the Central Locking will not activate when locking, but will when unlocking. Any solutions would be gratefully accepted. Cheers,