Cold oil/engine causes 80% damage on engine parts. Old cars over 100k km: 5W-40. max. 8k if driven long distances. max. 5k if driven short distances If you like fun with your car, earlier your change the oil the longer your engine lasts !!! Engine suppose to "eat" oil; people just don't understand engine lubrication. Put higher viscosity engine Sudden noisy engine (1.6 TDI) Hello Been a long term Briskoda browser but first time posting. Hoping someone may be able to point me in the right direction with this. I have a 2015 Octavia with the 1.6 TDI engine which has done 52k miles. Yesterday I had the cambelt / water pump changed along with an interim service. In this respect the DSG is faultless. I am also aware that others come off and on the throttle intermittently. In the case of a manual little odds. In the case of a DSG with predictive alogroithms at work, it sends very mixed signals, thus causing the transmission to "freeze" until it can decide wtf the driver wants. The BCM's normally can be fixed if you find a decent electronic repair shop who are happy replacing the damaged chips. If I remember correctly, the part number is VNQ5E050MK or similar. You should check the old chip first. Assuming it's a compatible part number you should be able to just copy the lcode over. Škoda Octavia. Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013) 2.0 TFSI with HUGE engine vacuum. Hi folks, I would be grateful if anybody could help me with excessive engine vacuum in my 2008 2.0 TFSI VRS with 190,000 miles (Ive had it since 3 years old). I first became aware of an issue when it threw up the CEL, code P0171 - lean burn bank 1. Škoda Octavia. Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013) EGR Valve replacement. Hi everyone So, I have the EPC light came out, no loss of power, no any additional lights. The fault was identified as EGR valve. In one garage they said that clean might do the trick. The other garage said that it needs replacing and priced the job at £680. A plug-in hybrid Skoda Octavia iV is also available, For high mileage drivers, the 2.0-litre TDI diesel engine is available in both 113bhp and 148bhp power outputs. The lower-powered engine Engine off, no vacuum 120.4 should read about 3.5V; Engine Off, apply 17 Inches of mercury, 120.4 should drop to about .7V; Engine at idle, 120.4 should read about .7V; If 120.4 voltage doesn't alter, VNT may be seized or G581 failed; Special Notes. TDI. On some TDI engines, the Vacuum Diaphragm/G581 unit can be purchased as a separate part .

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