Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Whats the deal with dpf's on vag cars? if one has one steer clear at all costs? or is it all scaremongering.
The Seat garage told me aslong as the car gets a decent run out at times they will clear themselves and that they rarely have to actually replace one
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Fucking heaps of shit mate, Corsa has one needs to be driven down motorway once a week for 10 miles at 70 so it can re-gen
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Depends on how the car has been and will be used.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Just thrash it about, i think the problem is poofy drivers enjoying the equivilant acceleration of sliding down the stairs in a sleeping bag
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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My bros moans about his DPF on his Seat Leon FR550, says its goes lumpy sometimes.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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GF had a 1.3cdti doing 2 miles a day and now the evoque doing 2 miles a day, not had a dpf problem yet.
Only one I have actually had a problem on was the 1.9cdti vectra which was doing 50+ miles a day.
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recarouk
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Registered: 30th Sep 05
Location: West Yorkshire
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just get it removed and mapped off the cars ecu, most places will gut it out and weld it back up so for MOT purposes it "looks" fine, ECU map will make the car think its not there so no more regens causing you to look like uncle buck driving down the M1 
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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When I first got mine I think it must have only done short journeys previously as it was regenerating nearly every time I drove it! After a week it seemed to calm down a bit then now a month on it's ok touch wood.
The trouble I find is that the cars that highly geared so it's only ever trickling along. At 70 it's not even doing 2,000 rpm in 6th gear so the engine's probably not getting hot enough.
Where as the Audi A3 I used to have with the older 2.0 TDI engine I only ever had it regen once in 40,000 miles
[Edited on 11-07-2014 by mwg]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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The VAG 1.6 TDI seems to have more problems than the 2.0 TDI too
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Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by John
GF had a 1.3cdti doing 2 miles a day and now the evoque doing 2 miles a day, not had a dpf problem yet.
Only one I have actually had a problem on was the 1.9cdti vectra which was doing 50+ miles a day.
Depends on the map, VM's constantly change the re-gen conditions based on the fact 90% of diesels now do 2miles a day.
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
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The newer ones are fine, had loads of issues on the Diesel Cayennes if they were used on short stop start journeys
Used to clog up and if a good hard run for 20mins at least at 60mph didn't clear them they were fucking expensive to sort out, fucking hate DPF's
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Fucking heaps of shit mate, Corsa has one needs to be driven down motorway once a week for 10 miles at 70 so it can re-gen
Why would you have a newish diesel if you don't drive more than 10 miles a week on the motorway 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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What are you dribbling on about
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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As above. Load of expensive shite.
Honestly very hit and miss. I'd just buy the car. Remove the DPF and map it. Simple as that
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Lee_fr200
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Registered: 8th May 11
Location: West Yorkshire
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Never had an issue with mine
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Mine went, wouldn't regen and garage couldn't make it regen. Ended up having it mapped out and removed, much cheaper than replacing. Noticed a decent power and torque improvement instantly on an already modded car
I'm currently thinking of a vrs diesel as a daily so will remove and have it mapped out straight away.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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MOT fail these days.
However, if they left the shell intact just removed the innards doubt the average tester would be able to tell. See the IAM and Brake where in the news this week seeming this practice was responsible for many deaths on the roads 
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
MOT fail these days.
However, if they left the shell intact just removed the innards doubt the average tester would be able to tell. See the IAM and Brake where in the news this week seeming this practice was responsible for many deaths on the roads
I just take the while thig off the car. Cut the top of it open. Smash the insides out with a hammer. Then weld the it back up and grind it flat so it can't be felt. No mot tester will be able to tell.
What was there logic behind that?! How can it possibly cause deaths?!
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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too much power after its removed meaning many people crashing
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FlaFFy_91
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
too much power after its removed meaning many people crashing
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
too much power after its removed meaning many people crashing
Essentially Mark you're correct
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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I'm always correct Jambo
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
I'm a complete cunt Jambo
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IvIarkgraham
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
I'm a complete cunt Jambo
say it to my face dickhead!
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
Location: Wirral
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It won't pass mot laws if it's still welded in place and mapped out mot laws state on modern diesels if it was fitted with a dpf by manufacturer it has to be fitted and fully operational for mot and the emissions have to meet the requirements the manufacturer had to meet for eu laws not just what the mot tolerances are like it used to be because it defeats the point of having the likes of 30 quid a year road tax because your car is meeting certain emissions regs and then you bypass it all and put out more emissions that it used to, all depends on where you take it for mot though .....
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