So I’ve recently purchased ( 2 months ago) a Octavia mk3 VRS 2014 

The car drives absolutely fine however as you’ve read from the title it’s burning 1.5 litres of oil around an average of 500miles. I’ve seen other owners saying there’s consumes quite a bit and it’s part of having the live with it but mine seems quite excessive. 
So I’ve tried using the recommended oil and nothing changes. There’s no oil left where it’s parked. The car does struggle to start up when it’s been left for 6+ hours, it’ll turn over a few times then start and you do get a bit of white smoke out the exhaust. 
 

Have I bought a F£&ked car, or has anyone else had a similar issue and what did you do to resolve it. 
 

I’ve linked some pictures of a component which looks like it’s been changed and then bodged together with tiger seal. Could this be linked to the issue I’m having, or is the issue linked more to worn out piston rings or a head gasket? 

MkII TFSI engines did use a fair bit of oil. In complete contrast I had a 2015 VRS from new which used very little oil over 4 years. 

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2 hours ago, Gaz said:

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I would think so. Definitely the ops engine is NOT a tsi looking at the photo. It doesnt sound good either with that much usage. Private purchase? 

 

6 hours ago, Jd89 said:

So I’ve recently purchased ( 2 months ago) a Octavia mk3 VRS 2014 

The car drives absolutely fine however as you’ve read from the title it’s burning 1.5 litres of oil around an average of 500miles. I’ve seen other owners saying there’s consumes quite a bit and it’s part of having the live with it but mine seems quite excessive. 
So I’ve tried using the recommended oil and nothing changes. There’s no oil left where it’s parked. The car does struggle to start up when it’s been left for 6+ hours, it’ll turn over a few times then start and you do get a bit of white smoke out the exhaust. 
 

Have I bought a F£&ked car, or has anyone else had a similar issue and what did you do to resolve it. 
 

I’ve linked some pictures of a component which looks like it’s been changed and then bodged together with tiger seal. Could this be linked to the issue I’m having, or is the issue linked more to worn out piston rings or a head gasket? 

I believe that is the turbo actuator - unlikely to be the cause of your excessive oil use, does there appear to be low power output from engine?.

10 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

I believe that is the turbo actuator - unlikely to be the cause of your excessive oil use, does there appear to be low power output from engine?.

No not that I’ve noticed. Like I said. It runs smooth and fine. Get plenty of boost when the turbo kicks in. Not really any tapping noises coming from the engine either. 

Was it privately purchased? 

17 hours ago, Jd89 said:

So I’ve recently purchased ( 2 months ago) a Octavia mk3 VRS 2014 

The car drives absolutely fine however as you’ve read from the title it’s burning 1.5 litres of oil around an average of 500miles. I’ve seen other owners saying there’s consumes quite a bit and it’s part of having the live with it but mine seems quite excessive. 
So I’ve tried using the recommended oil and nothing changes. There’s no oil left where it’s parked. The car does struggle to start up when it’s been left for 6+ hours, it’ll turn over a few times then start and you do get a bit of white smoke out the exhaust. 
 

Have I bought a F£&ked car, or has anyone else had a similar issue and what did you do to resolve it. 
 

I’ve linked some pictures of a component which looks like it’s been changed and then bodged together with tiger seal. Could this be linked to the issue I’m having, or is the issue linked more to worn out piston rings or a head gasket? 

Is this a TDI @Jd89?

13 minutes ago, Warrior193 said:

Is this a TDI @Jd89?

Yes 2.0 tdi

1 hour ago, TheClient said:

Was it privately purchased? 

Purchased through a dealer however they didn’t send me any warranty details, I’ve chased it up with them and apparently they’re sorting out the warranty that it should have come with. Fingers crossed!!   

4 minutes ago, Jd89 said:

Purchased through a dealer however they didn’t send me any warranty details, I’ve chased it up with them and apparently they’re sorting out the warranty that it should have come with. Fingers crossed!!   

Forget the warranty. It is not your problem and all the hoops and excess and limits applied and T&Cs - it may amount to nothing.

 

The selling dealer is on the hook for first 6 months without question to repair it PROPERLY. If they can't repair it properly it will be a refund. If you had of raised in the first 28 days you could have gone straight to refund. I say again, do not engage with the insured warranty process it will only likely distract and end in little or no satisfaction. You are under no obligation to claim on their insured warranty.

You’re also missing a lot of heat protection around those sensors. Should look like the attached