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Fuel
Petrol
Grades of petrol
There are various grades of petrol. Please read ⇒page 223, “Technical Data” in order to know which grade of petrol your vehicle requires. You will also find the same information affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap of your vehicle ⇒ page 171, fig. 153.
A distinction is made betwee n unleaded and leaded petrol. All Škoda vehicles with petrol engines are equipped with a cataly tic converter and must therefore be only driven with unleaded petrol. Unleaded petrol complies with the standard DINEN228 .
The individual grades of petr ol are distinguished by their octane number (RON). Please adopt the following procedure if th e grade of petrol which you normally use is not be available in exceptional circumstances:
•Engines which need unleaded premium petrol 95 RON can also be run on unleaded regular petrol 91 RON. This does, however, result in a slight loss in performance.
•Engines which need unleaded premium plus petrol 98 RON can also be run on unleaded regular petrol 95 RON. This do es, however, result in a slight loss in performance. You can in exceptional circumstances also use unleaded regular petrol of 91 RON in the event that neither unleaded premium petrol of 98 RON nor 95 RON is available. Refuel as soon as possible with unleaded premium plus of 98 RON or unleaded premium petrol of 95 RON.
If, in an emergency, the only fuel availa ble is one which has a lower octane number than that required by the engine then only drive at medium engine speeds and lower engine loadings.
You can make unlimited use of fuel which has a higher octane number than that required by the engine. There will, however, be no advantages gained by this in terms of engine performa nce and fuel consumption!
The handling, performance and life of your engine are determined to a significant extent by the quality of the fuel. Do not use any petrol additives. Use a fuel complying with the standard.
You can find further information on refuelling ⇒page 171.
Caution
•Filling the tank even only once with leaded petrol will result in the catalytic converter being destroyed.
•Operating the engine with petrol of a low octane number than that required can result in engine damage at high revolutions or severe engine loading.
Diesel
Diesel fuel
Your vehicle can be operated with diesel fuel, which complies with the standard EN 590 .
Fuel additives
You must not use fuel additives, so-ca lled “flow improvers” (petrol and similar products) in diesel fuel.
If the quality of the diesel fuel is p oor, it is then necessary to drain the fuel filter more often than stated in the Service schedule.
You can find information on refuelling ⇒page 171, “Refuelling”.
Caution
•Use a fuel which complies with the standard EN 590. Filling the tank even only once, which does not comply with the stan dard, can result in damage to the fuel system.
•Water which has collected in the fuel filter can result in engine problems.
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General comments
The details given in the official vehicle registration documents always take prece- dence over the details in th e Owner's Manual. Please refer to the official vehicle registration documents or consult your Škoda Service Partner concerning the engine with which your vehicle is equipped.
Used abbreviations
Performances
The listed performance values were determined without performance-reducing equipment, e.g. air conditioning system.
Weight
The loading capacity is reduced in line with the range of the special equipment. The unloaden weight contains a fuel tank topped up to 90%. A driver with a weight of 75 kg is also included in the value.
Identification details
Abbrevia- tionImportance
kWKilowatt, measuring unit for the engine output
rpmEngine revolutions per minute
NmNewton meter, measuring unit for the engine torque
CO2 in g/kmdischarged quantity of carbon dioxide in grams per driven kil- ometer
RONResearch octane number, meas uring unit for the knocking resistance of petrol
DPFDiesel particle filter
M55-speed manual gearbox
AG66-speed automatic gearbox
Fig. 203 Vehicle data sticker
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