The site is under going some updates, please bear with us while we finish them off.
Fixed/Variable Servicing
This is a discussion on Fixed/Variable Servicing within the Octavia I forums, part of the Skoda Model Discussion Area category; Our vRS was set to variable servicing but after approx 10k miles/365 days it flagged that it needed a service. ...
| |||||||
Pronounced "bris-skoda", a brisk skoda. | Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Mark Forums Read |
29-05-2008, 12:53
| #1 |
| Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|  Fixed/Variable Servicing Our vRS was set to variable servicing but after approx 10k miles/365 days it flagged that it needed a service. From what I have read on Briskoda it looks like the service interval might have been reset from the instrumentation panel. Is it possible to reset things in such a manner that we are back on variable servicing from the date that the last variable service was performed? |
|    |
Find out about Freedom to remove these ads.
|
29-05-2008, 13:09
| #2 |
| Briskodian  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sheffield
Posts: 874
Thanks: 0
Thanked 38 Times in 38 Posts
| Re: Fixed/Variable Servicing Yep it is - I've had it done - but it needs a visit to a friendly dealer who understand how the regime works and doesn't want to scr*w you for the cost of a service (some will tell you it needs servicing before they can switch it over)
__________________ If everything was as reliable as a VW... My Skoda would be at the bottom of the JD Power tables! Octavia II 2.0 TDi 4x4 Estate and Fabia I 1.9 TDi Estate and Modified Mk1 Mazda MX-5 1.8iS |
|
| |
|
30-05-2008, 21:09
| #3 |
| BRISKODA Staff  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 17,135
Thanks: 49
Thanked 173 Times in 130 Posts
| Re: Fixed/Variable Servicing When a car is set for variable service intervals, the service interval distance is calculated by evaluating the distance the car travels every 3 seconds for every ignition ON phase with the fuel consumed for the same time and the associated (oil) temperature curve. This gives a measure of engine oil wear caused by thermal load and that value is used to calculate the residual distance to the next service. If the car is set for a fixed service interval (as appears to be the case in point) then engine oil wear is not being calculated and it follows that it is not possible to reset to a variable service interval without first carrying out a service.
__________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba  ... 31.93mpg2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons  ...48.09 mpg... |
|
| |
|
30-05-2008, 21:10
| #4 |
| Briskodian  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newport/Preston
Posts: 3,977
Thanks: 167
Thanked 125 Times in 111 Posts
| Re: Fixed/Variable Servicing Also, you forget that Hitler used variable servicing.... |
|
| |
|
30-05-2008, 21:14
| #5 |
| U18 Automotive  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Newport Pagnell
Posts: 21,837
Thanks: 22
Thanked 661 Times in 556 Posts
| Re: Fixed/Variable Servicing Dealers have instructions not to reset a service light unless they have carried out a service.
__________________  Unit 18 Automotive Services |
|
| |
Linear Mode
