OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[PassatB6]

Went to from Sydney to Newcastle and return yesterday. On the freeway got 4.9l/100km and thats counting 40 mins driving in Sydney traffic. Adding the Newcastle city travel ended up with 5.0l/100km motor only has 9,500 km on it so there's still some room for improvement. What an engine that 1.4l turbo is!

[notflyingscot]

Also keep an eye on oil, mine had a low oil alarm at 7000. Topped up and fine since.

How is your brad? You have a 1.8t right? Lots of those are supposed to use a little oil

Maybe we have been fortunate to get one which was well run in. Bought with 5.5K on the clock, did an oil and filter change at 7.5K, had a book service at 12K and now on 21.5K eleven months on and not had to put a drop of oil in it. Should qualify by saying that's in a Superb which mostly gets driven like its got some old fart behind the wheel (which I am )

[GTR27]

Mine is improving as the ks come, can get into the 5s now, where initially mid - high 6s was it. Average is down to about 7.2l/100 from 7.6 last tank, and keeps dropping. Once it's had a decent amount of ks on it, I reckon mid 6 average will be about right for our driving. Which is awesome considering that's what our Honda jazz gets with half the power and much less than half the torque. But almost the same engine size (1.3 version - called a 1.4 overseas).

[PassatB6]

Mine is improving as the ks come, can get into the 5s now, where initially mid - high 6s was it. Average is down to about 7.2l/100 from 7.6 last tank, and keeps dropping. Once it's had a decent amount of ks on it, I reckon mid 6 average will be about right for our driving. Which is awesome considering that's what our Honda jazz gets with half the power and much less than half the torque. But almost the same engine size (1.3 version - called a 1.4 overseas).

Must say I went at a fairly leisurely pace, 100-110km/hr. Used ACC on the return journey. My overall average is around 6.6 (80% city driving). Takes off like a rabbit when I accelerate though which is the beauty of this engine, you can almost have your cake and eat it too. Economy is still improving.

[brad]

How is your brad? You have a 1.8t right? Lots of those are supposed to use a little oil

Tight as a fishes bum from the start.
Depending on what brand of oil is in it I use between 100-300ml in 7500km. I'll be honest - I think it's a freak engine.

Long term (150k) fuel consumption is 6.7L/100 but short term (last 5000km) is 6.5L/100km

[GTR27]

Interesting. I've always chosen a firm, but don't flog run in, and have also not experienced high oil consumption. But it seems that a lot of people do in euro cars.

[Antiplastix]

Done about 12,000 km now no oil used and driven without sympathy. Last 6k km details.

[GTR27]

Do you mostly do highway driving? That's a pretty high average kph. Perfect conditions for a diesel though!

[Antiplastix]

Yep, mainly all 110 km/h freeway running to work and back + runs up/down the coast and a trip to Albury. Have a Kymco Scooter with a topbox for shopping and running around town.

[K4neX]

My Ambition Plus DSG wagon has developed some strange noise every now and then. It sounds like something was pumping with some some metal friction sound and I can feel it through the steering wheel. I think the sound comes from the steering section in the engine bay. Has anyone experienced that or any idea?

[GTR27]

No noises here. Car is surprisingly quiet.

[K4neX]

No noises here. Car is surprisingly quiet.

It was very quiet and have done close to 5000km now. It first came up back in mid October but haven't had a chance to get it to the dealer since rear left was sliced open by a fender panel on a coach bus, and the repair should be done by tomorrow....

[GTR27]

That sucks! No damage from incident? Any of the front rims rashed?

[K4neX]

That sucks! No damage from incident? Any of the front rims rashed?

The coach's fender panel went in from the rear left light assembly, sliced through the rear quarter panel and stopped at the rear door... No structure damage only panels.

[GTR27]

So this noise you're getting. Metallic, from the front? Breaking/accelerating/coasting?