17th Dec 2022, 16:01
I had one of these cars a few years ago as well. Overrated I'd say. I had the injectors fail also, cost me over £600 to repair at an injector specialist. DMF and clutch failed also at high cost.
Don't get me wrong, the Octavia is a good, and generally reliable family car, but suffers from the typical expensive diesel faults as much as any. I've heard the faults are more prone to the "common rail" 1.6 TDi engine, so the later 2.0 TDi or older 1.9 TDi engines are best, avoid the 1.6 diesel if you can. You could try a petrol, they seem to be reliable enough, but they are obviously not as good on fuel.
8th Sep 2019, 18:20
Many modern petrol engines now have direct injection, which has high-pressure fuel pumps and injectors. So, no escaping the repair costs of modern technology.