The build data
sticker will have the paint code for your car. It's in the service book and also stuck to the boot floor under the carpet.
I expect you will find your engine and gearbox are ASV and EGS, like mine which is the same year and spec.
Here's a cut-and-paste of my potted build sheet interpretation advice
sample
http://www.germanautoparts.com/linked/vwchassis.html
Another one
and again (boot
sticker)
The meanings of some of the codes; (taken from my build sheet, with serial numbers anonymised)
Code:
G123 24-5 697289 EG I don't know what this signifies.
VSS ZZZ 1M Z 2B123456 VIN code; Chassis number 2B123456
1M28 24 1M2824 is the complete model code
TOLEDO TDI 8 SIGNA Model designation for 1M2824 in MY02
81 MNO C5M 81 = engine power in KW
ASV EGS Engine code and Gearbox code
LS5N ---- ---- KU Paint No and interior code
After this you get a series of 3-character Option codes which indicate what options were installed at the factory. The 3-character option codes are common across all VAG vehicles and the spreadsheet summarising them is nearly a gigabyte in size. There was a short list, for codes relevant to Octavia's, published on the Briskoda forum.
The VIN code breaks down like this;
Code:
VSS ZZZ 1M Z 2B012345
||| ||| || | ||||||||
||| ||| || | ||++++++-Production sequence number (i.e. chassis number)
||| ||| || | |+-------Manufacturing plant (B Brussels, Belgium)
||| ||| || | +--------Model Year - 2 2002
||| ||| || +----------Check digit - Z, filler
||| ||| |+------------Engine
||| ||| +-------------Body Style
||| +++---------------Vehicle Attributes - ZZZ, filler
+++-------------------Origin: V Europe,VS Spain, VSS SEAT
Of course the build sheet only tells you the condition of the car when it was delivered.
Some SEAT paint codes
041 Black
90E Alpine White 78
97A Diamond Silver Metallic
A5E Maritime Blue
A7U Pearl Grey Metallic
A9B Cool White
A9V Brilliant Black Metallic
B7Z Satin Silver Metallic
C3U Dark Burgundy Pearl Effect (Black Red)
C3Y Bordeaux Pearl Effect (Red)
C4V Dark Violet Pearl Effect
C5M Moonlightblue Pearl Effect
C5U Aqua Blue Pearl Effect
C6U Classic Green Pearl Effect
C6V Green Pearl Effect
C6Z Khaki Pearl Effect
C7V Blue/Anthracite Pearl Effect
C9Z Black Magic Pearl Effect
K1D Jasmin Yellow
P2C Brilliant Orange
P3G Flash Red
P5K Limoge Blue
S1F Bengal Yellow
S1H OVNI Yellow
S2N Natural Copper
S3P Volcano Red
S3Q Laser Red
S5E Baltic Blue
S5J Lapis Lazuli Blue
S5N Imperial Blue
S5R Brio Blue
S5U Cantabrico Blue Metallic
S5W Topaz Blue
S5Y Ocean Blue
S6A Aosta Green
S6E Kiwi Yellow
S6F Kadmium Green
S6S Sanabria Green
S6T Yuca Green Metallic
S7N Arctic Grey Metallic
S7P Marengo Grey Metallic
S7Q Obsidiana Grey
S7S Steel Grey
S8P Terra Brown
Y3D Tornado Red
I think that's enough to be going on with
Enjoy it! I find it a comfortable car (with good seats, an important point) easy to drive with good acceleration at low revs for easy town driving. The only downside I have come across is the relatively narrow boot opening - you wouldn't get a fridge-freezer in, like I once did in a Mk.2 Golf
The main thing I'd worry about in a high-mileage TDI is EGR and inlet manifold clogging, from the action of hot sooty exhaust gas from the EGR on the oily inlet charge. My old
Ibiza TDI 90 suffered from this at about 80K miles. Cleaning it out is a straightforward but messy and time-consuming DIY task.
