Wacky Gulliver

[WackyGulliver]

I am not yet a Skoda owner but for th past 26 years have been running Mazda 626/6/323 cars from new. I am therefore accustomed to reliable motoring (I take it for granted now) but am now considering kicking against the high cost of Mazda franchise servicing. I am temporarily running a "family" Ka.

I am deeply interested in buying a new Octavia 1.9 diesel hatchack Elegance. I understand that the reliability/build quality of the Octavia is excellent, but I have heard of and read about issues that some owners have with unusual levels of oil consumption. Is this an Octavia diesel problem?

I would appreciate owner feed back on this issue, and any other "annoying" issues as I propose to keep my next car for 10 years/100000 miles.

Can any one infrm me please

Gulliver

[Conshine]

Hello & welcome

I own a fabia vRS so I can't really help you on the pro/cons wth it.

In my opinion, the Skoda build quality is the same if not better than VW.

Ben

[Gillywibble]

Hello

It does like a drop of oil during the running in stage, but nothing excessive in my opinion.

[sms]

welcome along

[WackyGulliver]

Thanks to replies to date, but is there anyone with Octavia oil consumption issues

Wacky Gulliver

[andy2407]

I have the 2.0 TDi Octavia and it needs a litre of oil every 6k-7k miles which I don't find too bad.

The general opinion seems to be that oil consumption is somewhat dependent on how the car was originally run in - taking it too easy in the early days can increase oil consumption later on.

[Taxi 219]

1.9TDi and 2.0TDi use about 1 litre per 10000 miles approx.Mine is a 1.9TDi with 41000 miles and uses 1 litre every 10000 miles which i considered "normal".

[WackyGulliver]

Thanks to all you guys replying to my oil consumption message.

Will most probably be buying a 1.9 diesel Ambiente or Elegance within the next 3 months. Am actively looking round for very attractive deals on new cars, then I will hopefully be a loyal 10 year plus Octavia man.

Wacky Gulliver

[Conshine]

Mine uses about 1litre per 10k and that seems to be the consensus.

Ben

[KenONeill]

Hiya.

Mine (old 110, so not entirely typical of current models) hardly uses any oil. I've a theory that high consumption is associated with gentle running in and then running variable servicing.

[Conshine]

Hiya.

Mine (old 110, so not entirely typical of current models) hardly uses any oil. I've a theory that high consumption is associated with gentle running in and then running variable servicing.

Mine was certainly not gently run in all the time

Also, the fabia has a fixed 10k service schedule.

Ben