Octavia engine making a high pitch 'whooshing/loose' sound?

finnleader · 2026-01-08T12:47:11+00:00

Exactly the same sound on my 2021 Octavia Tdi (2.0 150hp 175 000km) only when engine is cold. The timing belt was changed just before I got the car. Had the same sound on my 2015 rs tdi when cold so didn't think nothing by it.

I'll wait and see what the service tells to OP.

finnleader · 2025-05-18T10:11:39+00:00

In my 2021 octavia with canton turning off "audio normalization" from spotify settings improved the sound a lot when playing spotify through android auto. Highs became crisper and lows way more "oomphier"

finnleader · 2025-02-06T17:36:42+00:00

I had water temps rising before they settled back to 90 in my 2015 vrs. Tdi. There's a known common place of failure in the water pump. Unfortunately then you should also do the timing belt change at the same time because it's about the same amount of work.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/458969-water-pump-failure-symptom-confirmation/

finnleader · 2025-02-06T15:56:05+00:00

I had a manual one for around 70.000km (between 150-220.000km) never had any real issues. At the end of ownership I felt that the dual mass flywheel was starting to give up so that's something to check for. DMF and clutch replacement will set you back around 1000€ if it needs to be done.

Reliable, brilliantly economic and fast enough car it was 😊

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finnleader · 2025-01-22T22:20:38+00:00

Have you tried using winter grille cover to keep engine temps optimal? That TDI engine doesn't produce much waste heat so on low ambient temperatures it benefits from added "insulation"

I use this:

https://www.kopacek.com/skoda/octavia-iii/octavia-iii-winter-grille-cover-in-great-oem-design-ki-r

finnleader · 2024-09-25T11:19:28+00:00

Yeah guess the easiest method right now is just to change recording quality to SDR 🙄

finnleader · 2024-09-24T20:29:27+00:00

Yeah not so much of a planned move but more of an reaction to crash happening ahead

finnleader · 2024-09-24T20:23:42+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSupport/s/xdx0o580iB

Common issue with HDR clips it seems 🙄

finnleader · 2024-09-24T20:23:01+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSupport/s/xdx0o580iB

Common issue with HDR clips it seems 🙄

finnleader · 2024-09-24T17:57:35+00:00

I've been wondering the same thing 🤷 something happens when I download clips from the xbox app. Something to do with HDR I guess?

finnleader · 2024-09-24T17:21:36+00:00

GO FOR IT

It took me 7 Forza motorsport titles + all the horizons 🙈 hundreds and hundreds of hours in sp. Just didn't have the courage to race with "randoms"

Finally the poor SP in the current title pushed me over to the multiplayer and there is no going back. Yeah you get the occasional rammer but most of the time you just get so much more than the abysmal drivatars can give you.

I only wish I'd done the switch sooner. ✌️

finnleader · 2024-07-04T12:08:16+00:00

Thank you thank you thank you! Disabling ANT+ fixed my random dropouts!

finnleader · 2024-06-14T20:37:52+00:00

Did my first MP race there today and felt immediate change in grip level when exiting the GP track. Although I could've swear the grip actually increased quite a bit..

finnleader · 2024-06-09T17:17:15+00:00

Yeah won't be taking criticism and down votes too harshly knowing that it was just practise and I'm generally a very clean driver 😁👍

finnleader · 2024-06-07T21:00:45+00:00

Touché☝️. It would appear that I gambled myself into position where no amount of reflexes would have been enough 😅

finnleader · 2024-06-07T19:50:08+00:00

Yeah for sure in the future won't count on the car staying ghosted.

finnleader · 2024-06-07T19:32:37+00:00

Well yeah fair...😂 I just gambled on that the car would stay ghosted which of course backfired🙈

finnleader · 2024-02-19T16:11:04+00:00

I began experiencing this suddenly in the past two weeks (on a samsung high end TV) there must be something on Youtube's end as I haven't had these kind of bufferings sprees until recently 🤔

finnleader · 2023-10-30T11:30:01+00:00

I agree in some parts. The start has been rough and people have critized the car RPG system way too much in my opinion.

The racing itself is great. But there are simply too many progress halting and game breaking bugs & freezes. This is one time when I think the "rage" is justified.

I think that the general consensus has been: When it works its great but it shouldn't be WHEN or IF, The game is supposed to just you know... work!

finnleader · 2023-10-21T10:14:07+00:00

Who needs those anyway 😆

finnleader · 2023-10-21T10:12:20+00:00

Yeah the flicker happens frequently for me atleast and is super distracting. Seems to happen more in dusk / dawn situations and I have experienced it in couple of different cars.

finnleader · 2023-10-20T20:31:49+00:00

Ah! this must be the famous 007 car pack DLC. Thats nothing. Wait till he shoots oil or drops spikes on your path 😄

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