Hello all,

About a week ago i bought new skoda octavia 1.6 tdi common rail. I love the car but something troubles me...

At about 1200-1400 rpm car is considerably louder and vibrates a lot more than usual. Is this normal and if it isn't what should I do?

Thanks for advice in advance

To be fair, you probably shouldn't be running it at that low in the rev range, it's probably the car struggling to accelerate and "requesting" that you change down a gear...

Everything I've heard about the 1.6CR says it's lacking in torque low down in the rev range so I agree with Raglits. I had a long term lone of a 1.4TDI Fabia and that was the same - below 2000rpm the engine vibrated so much you felt like it was about to jump off it's mountings. OTOH, my 1.9TDI Octy will just recover and pull from as low as 1000rpm with no fuss at all

The manual says max torque for the 1.6CR is 1500-2500rpm, so I'd suggest you try keeping it in the rev range.

Thanks for the answers but i feel that vibrations are coming from exhaust system. And than again, it is more prominent when I'm in fifth gear than in first so it has to do something with the load on the car.

Does this happen to anyone else who has 1.6 Tdi cr?

Thanks for the answers but i feel that vibrations are coming from exhaust system. And than again, it is more prominent when I'm in fifth gear than in first so it has to do something with the load on the car.

Does this happen to anyone else who has 1.6 Tdi cr?

My 1.6 CR hasn't got this problem. I drove it for about 220 miles today and perticularly checked it at low revs but didn't find any unwanted sounds(apart from the road noise). I have been used to the way it dirves so been able to use the right gear for the right speed(not always followed the gear changing indicator). It has done 2500 miles now and never vibrates.

(the following is not relevant to the thread but I thought people may be intrerested to know)

The more I drive it the more I love it, It becomes more responsive as it's running in and feels swift in the trafic. From Newcastle to York I managed average 62.8 MPG(extaly the official figure),but when returning Newcastle it made only 56.6 MPG average in the rain. The average speed on motorway I would say about 73mph, there is a couple of miles of road work both ways limited to 50 mph.