Can any one help me. My cambelt went on the octavia last week :sweat: which has now been fixed (ver yexpensive but was down to the tension pin snapping after 2.5 years and being over tightened by skoda).

But the problem i have is the fel range is miles off i have just over 3/4 of a tank and it is only saying i have 290 miles on the range where as before the cambelt went it would say about 500 miles ( it is a diesel ).

Is there any way of resetting it or is it something that will sort it self out over time?

thanks rob

Edited 21 September, 201213 yr by rob octavia

I would see what it says when you fill it again.

The Range is surely down after the vehicle being in the garage workshop with it doing Zero Miles but the engine running after being repaired.

Is the 'average MPG' not showing a very low figure?

When the tank is full,

what range does it normally show if you were driving economically before filling up?

george

the average mpg is right (45 to 50 mpg not been on any motorways or long runs yet) it is just the range that is way off

I had the same issue.

The timing was changed on my diesel Octavia.

Ever since then the average MPG reads about 5mpg lower than it did before.

The actual MPG (claculated manually) hasn't changed.

The range is still accurate however.

I think it calculates the range from the last so many minutes/miles of driving, so it should sort itself out.

You can probably force the issue by resetting all the trip computer values, then going for a steady cruise on a motorway / dual carriageway and seeing if you get a sensible reading.

sorted thanks went for a cruise on the m5 at a steady 70 mph (cruise control) and it went back to normal after about 20 miles

They had probably had it idling for a long time after repairing it which messes up the readings.

more than likley as it was reading 10 mpg when i picked it up

They will have had it idling for quite a while until it gets up to temp to keep topping the coolant system up and get all of the air out of it