Hello folks,

Consideirng buying a 58 plate with 1 company owner and FSH (3 Skoda services, 2 independent) for its 106K.

No apparent faults except service light on (no service due for another 10K approx) which I presume is an oversight at last service.

Or does it come on in other circumstances too ?

Is this a mileage at which it is common for expensive repairs to be required (DMF, Clutch, Turbo) or is it far more random and unpredictable than that?.

Thanks for any advice.

Please ignore my thread if you feel i ought to have done a search, and compiled info from there

The service interval can be set-up two ways...

1) Fixed (time & distance). The car calls up its need for a service at 10,000 miles or 12 months, whichever is reached first.

2) Variable. The car monitors the number of cold starts and the viscosity of the engine oil and prompts for a service at anytime depending on how the car is driven upto a maximum of approx. 20,000 miles or 2 years.

Fixed is often regarded as best for low mileage / short journey's / city driving whereas variable is better suited to higher mileage / longer journeys / motorway driving.

If your car is asking for a service now but you expect it to last another 10K then I assume it is on the fixed interval, whereas before it was set to variable.

Has it had a cambelt? It varies car-by-car but it should have had one by now. Skoda recommend every four years. There will be a mileage limit stipulated in the owners manual too which will be somewhere around 80,000 miles.

The life of the DMF and turbo very much depend on how the car has been driven throughout its life so is difficult to tell.

106,000 miles in 4 four years suggests motorway mileage which is generally better on DMF's, clutches and turbo's than city driving.

Good advice there above, can't comment anymore except that my last Octavia was run over a similar period (4.5 years) and hit 125k before I changed.

In that time, apart from normal wear & tear items, it only had an air conditioning compressor replaced.

Thanks Silver & Coops for your advice. Much appreciated !

Text book answer from Silver as usual.

Consensus is that turbos last anything from 30k to 300k miles. Lots of chatter about what makes them pop but few conclusions.

Regularly checking oil levels and topping up (the tdis do like to burn oil) will help. Don't rev hard until warm but do rev hard occasionally.

Join the high mileage club for further info

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/75371-the-high-mileage-club/page__st__540__hl__+high%20+mileage#entry2974499

The mileage isn't really an issue providing its been well looked after.

My 54 plate is just about to turn 160k. I bought it just over three years ago with 60k on the clock and found its been more reliable since 100k, than upto that point.

Was on variable upto 100k, then an independent specialist recommended regular oil changes to help maintain turbo life etc, so its been on regular PD oil since then.

Since then I've reverted back to regular oil changes are best !

Most of my driving is motorway, so I'm still on (to my knowledge) the original DMF, clutch and turbo......

So, at 160k I'm beginning to get a little worried about big bills coming my way !

Edited 18 October, 201213 yr by swil00