Hi all,

 

I’ve read many posts on here over the years but this is my first one. After having a 1.6 tdi 63 plate Elegance hatch for a couple of years I decided to get in on the PCP game and get a new Octavia SE estate as I do quite a few miles and and I should have got the estate I wanted in the first place. I was fed up of diesel regens and the 5 speed gearing but it was a great car for longer runs and for economy.

 

Anyway, I’m not here to diss the new car as there’s lots about it I like. Big, comfy, economical. Overall I’m really impressed and with the 1.0 110 you just have to forget it’s a 1 litre at all. I don’t think my 1.8 NA Honda was really much faster. However, I like to look after my cars and make good clean gear changes...but I find 1st to 2nd very tricky in this car. The revs drop slowly once you go off the accelerator and onto the clutch. I can make a smooth change by short shifting out of 1st or by hesitating (quite a while) before letting the clutch fully out but it doesn’t really make for a quick getaway at a roundabout with people

behind you etc. Do other people find the same thing? From googling it seems this may be common with modern cars 

On the 1.0TSI, the turbo doesn't really come in until 2,000rpm. Below that and the engine will feel like a 1 litre engine. Above and it will feel like a 2 litre engine.

 

With the previous 1.2TSI the power would come in at a much lower 1,600rpm.

 

The benefit of the 1.0TSI over the previous 1.2TSI is economy.

 

Enjoy the improved economy of the 1.0TSI over the previous 1.2TSI, but you just have to live with the lack of bottom end power.

 

I would prefer the 1.0TSI to have a smaller turbo with peak torque produced from 1,600rpm like the previous 1.2TSI. However, many people would then be unhappy with the reduced top end performance. Rather than 115HP, you might only get 85HP with the smaller turbo.

 

It would be nice if Skoda introduced a small turbo version with decent amounts of power from low down in the rev range, ie. from 1,600rpm. 

Hi that’s not really what I’m talking about. I’m talking specifically about changing gear, not acceleration or turbos 

The 1.0TSI really does work with a DSG compared to with a Manual and when the 1.0 TSI & 1.5 TSI are combined with the Mild Hybrid and DSG the VW Group / Skoda will possibly finally be rid of the issues that there can be with the DQ200 DSG's as there have been for more than a decade now.

I vaguely remember being told by one of the engine management experts I worked with at an automotive consultancy that the rev hang was an attempt to keep the cat at working temperature and was most likely to be needed on smaller engines (less gas flow) - which may explain why it's most noticeable on the 1.0 compared to the 1.2?

2 hours ago, PetrolDave said:

I vaguely remember being told by one of the engine management experts I worked with at an automotive consultancy that the rev hang was an attempt to keep the cat at working temperature and was most likely to be needed on smaller engines (less gas flow) - which may explain why it's most noticeable on the 1.0 compared to the 1.2?

Thanks. This is sounding likely, must be something to do with emissions. I’ll probably get used to it (every car has a quirk or two) but I’ve not noticed family members with a 1.0 TSI in other cars have an issue ..or they’ve not mentioned it. I’ve actually discovered its a new engine, different to the 110 in the Fabia, Kamiq etc. 

I thought the rev hang was a bit like anti stall device. Noticed in a 1.0 TSi TCross we rented for a week last year.

 

 

 

 

Edited 10 March, 20215 yr by Westbury63