ŠKODA recommends Genuine Oil Genuine Oil is specifically designed to work at its optimum for your ŠKODA, using the latest innovative technologies to help keep your ŠKODA protected and performing at its best. Contact your local ŠKODA retailer for the exact grade required for your car, or alternatively refer to our Owner's manuals. FIND A RETAILER If the oil level gets low the yellow warning light comes on. The dash cluster then looks for a open shut signal from the bonnet catch to say that you have opened the bonnet and topped the oil up and shut the bonnet. It then rechecks the level from the sensor which should now be ok. If the switch isnt working, then it wont know the bonnet has Year: 2009. Posted 28 June, 2019. The oil light came on in my wife's "new" Fabia III with the 1.0 TSI 70kW engine (95HP). Indeed, the oil level was just under the min level on the dipstick. I couldn't see any obvious traces of oil loss under the engine and the manual claims that up to 0.5l/1000km oil consumption is normal *after breaking in* (I Is there a recommended point for changing the timing chain on the Skoda Fabia 1.2 petrol engine 2013 or should it last for life? - For more news, reviews and Top Tens, visit Both my wifes car(1.2tsi Fabia), 35000miles, just under 3yrs old, and mine(1.8tsi Octavia, 8000miles,2yrs old, have both started using a fair bit of oil. I bought my car having been impressed with the smooth good performing engine of the 105bhp Fabia, so am rather concerned at the oil consumption, especially as iv'e only had mine for 3months. Year: 2015. Posted 18 November, 2009. My old car (Fabia 1.4 16v MY2000) I bought last year (May 08) had 76k on it, piston rings started to go at 88k (failed MOT on emissions (June 09)) and I was looking at a repair bill of at least £485 (providing no other damage was caused). Car scraped through the MOT with a new catalytic converter on the For the SKODA Fabia II Hatchback (542) 1.4 TDI Diesel 80 hp, the manufacturer recommends using engine oils with the following specifications: ACEA C3, ACEA A3/B4, API SN. Our top-rated products that suit SKODA Fabia II Hatchback (542) 1.4 TDI Diesel 80 hp best are: Engine oil COMMA Prolife 5W-30, 5l, Synthetic Oil. Skoda UK customer services replied to my complaint about the OHB bad translation into English & the difference with the VW Polo GTi hand books instruction for checking the oil level. I am pretty sure my car had been returned to the dealership by the first owner that bought the Demonstrator, because of the high oil usage & poor fuel economy. aadhqr.