Hi all,

I am looking to buy a 2nd hand Octy vRS but have a few questions if anyone is able to help.

One I have seen is on long life service scheduled.........so what does this mean?

It is 08 plate coming up-to 40k.

From what I can gleam the 'major' service is 4 years OR 40k?

But does this still count as it is on the long life type?

Could anyone shed some light on this for me please.

Also, is it cam belt or chain? and if belt........when will that be due

Any key areas to look at?

cheers in advanced everyone.

Edited 25 October, 201114 yr by cav-mad-gav

Hi all,

I am looking to buy a 2nd hand Octy vRS but have a few questions if anyone is able to help.

One I have seen is on long life service scheduled.........so what does this mean?

It is 08 plate coming up-to 40k.

From what I can gleam the 'major' service is 4 years OR 40k?

But does this still count as it is on the long life type?

Could anyone shed some light on this for me please.

Also, is it cam belt or chain? and if belt........when will that be due

Any key areas to look at?

cheers in advanced everyone.

If it is longlife it will pretty much be a standard service apart from maybe brake fluid and plugs (if it is a petrol).

Longlife just means it is an 'intelligent' service interval as in it monitors the oil quality and the oil temp per journey and works out a service distance which can be from 9k to 30k.

Petrol Cam is chain driven and the diesel is belt driven. The replacement is 100k for the belt and no age limit.

Hi Jrw

Many thanks for your reply it has answered my biggest concerns so top thanks for that mate!

Petrol Cam is chain driven...

Not for an 08 it's not. Belt, and needs doing at 4yrs/60k.

Chris..........that hurt :( lol

how do i tell by looking at the engine bay?

I read somewhere about oil filter on the left for chain where as belt is all covered? or something to do with the location of the dip stick?

The older belt petrol is a TFSI and It'll say TFSI on the engine cover.

The newer (sometime in mid-09 it was introduced I believe) chain-driven is the TSI and it'll have that on the engine cover instead.

Edit: actually the tfsi has "FSI Turbo" on it.

any one able to tell which engine it is from number plate?

As when I spoke to the guy he said it was the fsi ?

any one able to tell which engine it is from number plate?

As when I spoke to the guy he said it was the fsi ?

It's quite often referred to as the 2.0T FSI.

If he's actually said that, then combined with the year it will definitely be the tfsi.

Well he said that after checking the service handbook thing that it was a chain and not a belt (I'd asked before) but I'm guessing the handbooks are generic.

PM'd you mate

Not for an 08 it's not. Belt, and needs doing at 4yrs/60k.

Oops sorry for that mis info - i thought they were all chained.

I thought it was just the pre-FL Limited Editions and then FL version with chains and the rest were belt - or is that too broad?

I thought it was just the pre-FL Limited Editions and then FL version with chains and the rest were belt - or is that too broad?

I'd say that was a good guide, but it's not an absolute guarantee. Dainott has a pre-FL non-Limited Ed that has the new dash layout and the TSI engine, for example: http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/173706-fl-front-end-ended-up-with-pre/

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/173706-fl-front-end-ended-up-with-pre/page__view__findpost__p__2120262

Also, by the same mark, shouldn't the car in your profile under your username say TSI and not FSI... ?

Actually it really should

It's still there from my old vRS