Skoda Oil guzzler

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Mon 25 Feb 2002 14:44
Skoda Oil guzzler - Graham Sherlock
My wife is the reasonably happy owner of a 2001 (April) Octavia 2,0. I enjoy driving it myself as well, however, after the appearance of the oil level warning light, I was a little non-plussed. After topping up, a quick visit to the oil filler cap was confirmed with emulsified oil. Aha! thought I, head gasket. This was backed up by an Honest John e-mail reply. At the dealer, they hadn't seen it before but asked me to do a mileage per re-fill count. At the moment, it's doing roughly a pint of oil per 1000 miles. Shurely shome mishtake officer.

Anybody else met this problem
Ta very much.
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Mon 25 Feb 2002 15:34
Re: Skoda Oil guzzler - alvin booth
With a name like yours Graham it should be elementary...
I bet you've had that said some times.....
1000 per pint dosn't seem bad. Was the oil warning light coming on because the level was low???
How did you top it up before going to the oil filler cap????.
Go back a few days on this site and there's a very large link regarding this problem.
regards,
alvin
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Mon 25 Feb 2002 16:26
Re: Skoda Oil guzzler - Andy Bairsto
These VW engines seem to have a nasty habit of using oil till they have a good few miles on their back.I am suprised your garage think this is unusual as it it is the most common complaint of these vehicles in Germany and well recorded
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Mon 25 Feb 2002 22:20
Re: Skoda Oil guzzler - Pete
" At the dealer, they hadnt seen it before "
Wish I had a shilling ( or Euro ) for every time I've heard that one!

Octavia, good choice, wish I could afford one.
Rgds.
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