Does this engine sound ok?

Anyone please help?

Welcome to the forum.

Is this private or dealer sale?

What is recorded mileage, does this match MOT history?

I don't hear anything particularly unusual with that recording, possibly a little 'tappety' is there any record of excess engine oil use?

Strongly suggest getting an independent vehicle inspection though.

Dealer. 53 k miles, definitely matches mot. Been driven last 3 years 2 - 3 thousand a year only. No record of exvess use. Tes tappety sounds right. Ither than this the car looks great.

. @reedy10 Welcome to the forum. I am pretty deaf but it sounds pretty rubbish. Have you seen and read the Pinned thread on the 1.8TSI & 2.0TSI,s at the top of the Octavia Mk2 Forum? Maybe this engine has had work done, or maybe it could be an excessive oil drinker. 1.8TSI,s are a lottery. 76 pages of many horrors. Any record showing spark plugs changed any time recently, or air filter?

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Evolution13

1 minute ago, reedy10 said:

Dealer. 53 k miles, definitely matches mot. Been driven last 3 years 2 - 3 thousand a year only. No record of exvess use. Tes tappety sounds right. Ither than this the car looks great.

Ignore, I missed that it' a TSI! ☹️

I'd walk away from that - that yearly mileage for the past three years will not have done any favours to the DPF - if it's actually still in place (should be MOT failure if removed). DPF regen history would make interesting reading!

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Warrior193
correction

There is no DPF. it is a 2013 1.8 TSI.

1 minute ago, Evolution13 said:

There is no DPF. it is a 2013 1.8 TSI.

Corrected post.