I always thought the new 1.4 had this in the Octy but reading Hilton Holloway in the Autocar, he says it does not. Is he right? He claims he got 50mpg out of the engine without this tech which is pretty impressive. It is the engine I would go for if I bought an Octavia so am interested

 

No, no ACT on the Skoda line up, only Seat, VW and Audi get it currently. And its now uprated to 150ps.

As above - no ACT.

Had it been available (especially with the extra 10bhp)  I'd have seriously considered one instead of the 2.0 TDI

Mpg does depend on how MUCH fun you're having and from 4k revs all the way to the redline there is SO much fun to be had its very hard to ignor, if fuel economy was my main concern when choosing my Octavia I'd have gone for the TDI.

It must have been some concern otherwise you'd have ordered the 2.0L.... ;-)

 

It must have been some concern otherwise you'd have ordered the 2.0L.... ;-)

 

No concern at all, I'm **** at waiting and how to wait for a long time is what you must first learn when ordering a vRS

Hi everyone

 

Just ordered the Octavia SE with 1.4 TSI 140ps with DSG and told about 12 weeks  so maybe BW 34 - mid August but not holding my breath.

 Is there any indication that ACT will be introduced to the Skoda 1.4tsi stables.

Also, from the VW site http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/news/2013/06/tsi.html in 2013 it says the ACT version is 140ps (138bhp, 103kw). I cannot see how shutting two cylinders doe can make 150ps

 

No, no ACT on the Skoda line up, only Seat, VW and Audi get it currently. And its now uprated to 150ps.

 

Can someone can shed some light on the ACT availability particularly since the 1.4 tsi is £1200 more than the 1.2 tsi engine?

 

regards

 

Retiredbri

There is no ACT on the skids engine.

As clearly mentioned above, we don't get the new ACT 150ps version, its the older 140 non ACT version for Skoda.

Just go with the grumble of the diesel. You dont need ACT and you still get better consumption, not to mention more power

 

Go on, you know you want to

...not forgetting far less revs to play with, a noiser engine making it a less refined drive and the car taking far longer to warm up the cabin in winter. Plus potential DPF issues when used for short journeys....

...not forgetting far less revs to play with, a noiser engine making it a less refined drive and the car taking far longer to warm up the cabin in winter. Plus potential DPF issues when used for short journeys....

Ah the old DPF scaremungering! I do 5 miles each way to work, engine doesn't even get up to temp in the winter and I have never once seen the DPF light in 40k miles on my mkII vRS and now 12k miles on my mkIII.

...not forgetting far less revs to play with, a noiser engine making it a less refined drive and the car taking far longer to warm up the cabin in winter. Plus potential DPF issues when used for short journeys....

Its called a proper engine noise

 

The DPF isnt as much of a problem when new, but maybe later on in life.

The rest, we'll just ignore those shall we

Hi guys - been away a few days.

 

Just wondered how did the diesel engine get into the petrol engine ACT topic? 

Normally when someone starts mentioning fuel economy, there's a diesel mentioned...

 

It would have been nice to have the ACT as it drops the CO2 output a bit and whilst the extra 10PS sounds nice, the torque figure in "normal" operating revs is probably identical at 250Nm.  The 140PS has the same 250Nm of torque as my current Fabia vRS - just runs out of puff at the top end in comparison.

Edited 27 May, 201412 yr by philhoward

With any luck, Skoda will stick the 1.4TSI 150ps 250Nm ACT engine in next year's Mk. III Fabia - that is certainly what I am hoping for

Hi guys - been away a few days.

 

Just wondered how did the diesel engine get into the petrol engine ACT topic? 

T'was a joke ol' Sir.

Unfortunately it carried on over a couple of extra posts. All stopped though.

No harm in a little bit of banter, surely?

When do the cylinders shut down with this VW engine?

Is it at low power, and when at idle? Or just at idle?

Just at cruise, I gather - when the imbalance isn't as noticeable?

 

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/petrol/active-cylinder-technology-act

The jury is out on these engine such as the one found in the BlueGT. Whilst they do very well in the formal fuel economy tests, the results are very difficult to achieve in the real world. I understand there are problems with the figures in Canada, where an actual human driver (without specialist training) must be able to replicate them.

The camshaft to camshaft belt (not a chain) has a lifetime equal to that of the vehicle - nobody knows what this means in practice.

They are the first to introduce this technology on a small, four cylinder engine. We'll see how it goes.

 

Just at cruise,

 

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/petrol/active-cylinder-technology-act

 

Do you mean when the cruise control is on ?

I'll have the ten extra horses but, I'm not altogether keen on turning things off.

Cruising speeds - i.e. low power.

 

Hi guys - been away a few days.

 

Just wondered how did the diesel engine get into the petrol engine ACT topic? 

 

Dunno but its a bit like a zookeeper following an Elephant with a wheelbarrow for his allotment, if you do manage to be in the right place at the right time to catch "it" there is so much, your barrow just ain't big enough.

Alternative simplier explaination. They're like flies round ****.

 

Cruising speeds - i.e. low power.

 

Nope, still don't understand. LOL

BTW. That 250Nm limit you posted about earlier doesn't happen, VCDS showed 262Nm on mine when running 99 Ron Tesco's fuel, just in case you every need to know Phil.

I'm quoting the book figures..and it's fairly common for modern engines to give a bit more.  It's not a limit

 

The link gives the conditions the ACT kicks in, but basically when you're pottering down the motorway with little throttle, in short.