Car is taking a little longer to start in the cold at the mo, last few months or so, so thought I'd look see what has been done in the service and noticed the fuel filter wasn't done even though it was a 60,000 service. Called them to ask what the score was and they said it never gets done on any petrol service, only changed on failure, and my car is a 1.8 petrol

 

That can't be right can it?!

 

Spoke to another dealer... seems it is! So it's only changed when it fails basically. Reassuring. :wonder:

Edited 6 February, 201511 yr by blackspaven

Not uncommon nowadays for the fuel filter not to be a service item, I dont know about the Octy per se but the symptoms of a blocked filter is rarely a starting issue more usually the car will start and run fine but struggle when you accelerate hard due to insufficient flow through the filter

 

Have you had a new battery yet ?

Just after I wrote it, I realised it could be the battery with the cold weather. Duh!! All those years tinkering under my MkII Golf and it's all going with the grey matter!

 

Battery is the original from 2008 so that's gonna be my first stop if it gets any worse. At present, it's literally just taking an extra second or so to crank over, nothing major.

Its probably the battery then , I've had two in six years in my Superb but that's a diesel

I'm surprised Silver hasn't been on yet, Skoda servicing prices are his forte!

You should have had the fuel filter changed if you had the major service;

www.skoda.co.uk/owners/service-and-maintenance/national-pricing/servicing

The caveat being it is up to the dealer whether it requires changing. Considering it is already included in the price for the dealer to say an item doesn't require replacing is wrong on so many levels.

Check your handbook to see when it recommends your fuel filter requires replacing, if on our before 60k, print off the link and take it to your dealer. If they still refuse to change it ask him to reimburse the difference between a major and minor service as that is essentially what they have carried out.

At my 60k service, I insisted they replace everything that is included in the price, or refund me the difference.

They assured me they would........

Fin

Brilliant Fin, you can be my servicing deputy

 

Skoda's get out clause on the fixed price servicing is the old "replaced only if required" line.

 

If the service remit for the 1.8 TSi doesn't include the fuel filter it won't be touched.

 

I've said it before (in fact I'm concious I bore people!), don't pay for the £259 major service, it's a con. Go for the £139 fixed service, even if you are on the variable service regime.

 

Then add the fuel, pollen, air filter and spark plugs off their menu pricing if and when required - it's lamost always cheaper and you get more bits replaced!

Good idea, but make sure the

 

Brilliant Fin, you can be my servicing deputy

 

Skoda's get out clause on the fixed price servicing is the old "replaced only if required" line.

 

If the service remit for the 1.8 TSi doesn't include the fuel filter it won't be touched.

 

I've said it before (in fact I'm concious I bore people!), don't pay for the £259 major service, it's a con. Go for the £139 fixed service, even if you are on the variable service regime.

 

Then add the fuel, pollen, air filter and spark plugs off their menu pricing if and when required - it's lamost always cheaper and you get more bits replaced!

Good idea, but make sure you get the correct stamp in the service book.

 

It  won't look good if when you sell the car that it looks as though you've only had the fixed services

I posted this in another thread, but it shows just how much profit Skoda dealers make on servicing, even when they DO replace all the items you've paid for. Admittedly, it won't be the usual VAG branded items, but it still has to be up to the job, still comes with a 12 month guarantee, will be serviced by Skoda 'technicians' and I'll still get the dealers stamp in the servicing book.

http://www.parks.uk.com/skoda/servicing-and-parts-offers/economy-care/

The linked major service above is still approximately £30-40 cheaper than a Skoda minor service. £150 of a difference if you do like for like. I phoned the dealership offering this, and he admitted there is not much of a difference in what is carried out, just it won't be VAG branded.

If your car is over 3 years old, I'd ask your usual Skoda dealer if they do something similar to above.

Fin

Not a major bother; I got a 50% discount on a major service anyway cos of a disagreement they had with me about corrosion on one of my wheels within the first year or so. They wouldn't budge, so I phoned Autocar, they published a story on it with pictures, and all of a sudden, quelle surprise, Skoda couldn't do enough to placate me.

 

W@nkers.

I changed the fuel filter on my 2008 octy vrs last july @ approx 55,000miles & the fuel that came out of it was brown! i changed the fuel filter on my mk1 octy vrs @ 125,000miles & that was the original one (full dealer history before i bought it). seems madness to me not to have a mileage/time interval fuel filter change as part of the service. 

On the above link to Skoda fixed price servicing, it says:

 

Spark plugs† (petrol engine) or fuel filter† (diesel engine)

 

† These items will be replaced, if required. This will be determined by the manufacturer's service regime data.

 

It would seem that there is no scheduled replacement of the fuel filter on a petrol engine.

Car is taking a little longer to start in the cold at the mo, last few months or so, so thought I'd look see what has been done in the service and noticed the fuel filter wasn't done even though it was a 60,000 service. Called them to ask what the score was and they said it never gets done on any petrol service, only changed on failure, and my car is a 1.8 petrol

 

That can't be right can it?!

 

Spoke to another dealer... seems it is! So it's only changed when it fails basically. Reassuring. :wonder:

Indeed, it's nowhere in the service schedule.

 

I did mine recently (150,000km) and I think my independant guy did it at either the 60km or the 75km.  I cracked the old filter open & it didn't look too terrible for the mileage

Just been catching up on all the recent stuff here and read this thread and decided to go through my service book.

 

My fuel filter was changed during it's third annual service with the mileage at about 26000. It hasn't been changed since, but the dealer that did my last service last April crossed out the word FUEL and wrote down POLLEN.

 

Time to get it changed I think - my current mileage is about 68000.

Most independent VAG garages change the fuel filter every 2 years. I've done this with the Scout as I intend to run it in to the ground.

Mark

If you have a greenline Fabia remember it has 2 fuel filters. Just thought I'd share this information.

A lot of dealers don't know there are 2.

Edited 13 February, 201511 yr by FLAPPERJACK7