Hi guys!

 

So i drive a Skoda Octavia 2, 1.9 pdtdi with 210xxx km on the clock. The car was bought by us, back in 2007 brand new. I've been driving this car daily for 3 years now, for shorter and longer distances, so i know this car very well.

 

Recently the car got a new camshaft and a different branded oil. (We used to put the Texaco Havoline oil in it but we changed to Motul) The problem is that after this procedure i get a comsumption of 9.5/10 liter per 100 kilometer in city and 6.5/7 on national roads. That was like 7 in ciy and max 5.5 on national roads. I checked the brakes and yeah one of the pistons was stuck so i fixed it, now works perfectly. The overall avarage dropped by a liter, but still this consumption is really high compared to the old one. I put the car on a Delphi tester, but the only fault code was a temporary code. A glow plug which does not work properly, but that does not have an influnce on the consumption.

 

Does someone experienced the same thing, or could help me resolve this problem?

 

It could be they've messed the timing up slightly while changing the cambelt.

 

Has the point at which the power/turbo kicks in changed at all?

3 minutes ago, Phil-E said:

It could be they've messed the timing up slightly while changing the cambelt.

 

Has the point at which the power/turbo kicks in changed at all?

I forgot to tell, that the hydraulic tappets were replaced too. I dont feel like the car has less power. Everything seems fine except the consumption.  

Camtiming needs to be checked set using VCDS, the parameter is called torsion value or something equally random.

 

Be very carefull if it shows 0° as that is the default figure shown when it is so far out that it cannot be measured.

 

0° is indeed the target figurebut you need real patience to get there, when the engine is revved it should show one or two degrees negative (probably +ve knowing VCDS!) if it really is set to true zero.

10 hours ago, J.R. said:

Camtiming needs to be checked set using VCDS, the parameter is called torsion value or something equally random.

 

Be very carefull if it shows 0° as that is the default figure shown when it is so far out that it cannot be measured.

 

0° is indeed the target figurebut you need real patience to get there, when the engine is revved it should show one or two degrees negative (probably +ve knowing VCDS!) if it really is set to true zero.

Thanks! I will check with the VCDS and I will give a feedback about it.