Dpf delete

Did you send the car into Kennedys garage by any chance? Watching a new video there and fits the bill for your car

Yes. I sent car there. It drove two men mad for 3 weeks 😅

But fair play to them for fixing it, when no one else could. God only knows what was done to this car previously, why it was remapped, or messed about with, it's a people carrier, not a Ferrari. I can only guess mechanic that threw all the parts at it was trying to get it work, he got crazy money with no results. Hopefully car will be okay now, fingers crossed, I only picked it up today

No one asked for a remap though, most likely car didn't even need a dpf, it just needed a thermostat, and to be left alone. Strange that mechanic that had car , didn't start with the cheap option of fitting a new thermostat, he threw new every thing at it, messed about with software, and sent it back worse than it ever was.

Anyone considering a DPF delete qould do well to watch Jimmy's videos.

Hi All

My car 1.6tdi VAG is showing 75% ash (not soot). Can anybody recommend a same day

service that would do ash cleaning?

I know there are some who do off car cleaning but that

requires a mechanic to take off the dpf, send it away, wait for it to come back and then refit.

Another option as i I understand is to buy a new dPf - have any of you done any of the above

and could recommend me an option.

Note: I'm not interested in DPF delete

J

Checked locally, most only do a regeneration, soot clean, anybody get ash cleaned out?

Carlow Kildare kilkenny dublin Welford all very fine

Try DPF Centre in Rathcoole. Or just search the word DPF Dublin on Google Maps

Getting it cleaned will solve your problem temporarily at least. Hard to say weather it will last 1 day or 1 year. Could be a complete waste of money or a worthwhile investment

€950 for a DPF clean? Surely not ..

And what about folk still driving or buying non DPF cars? Would you feel the same about someone buying an 09 Megane for example?

That's harsh. Many mechanics and garages, maybe the majority have never gotten their heads around how to repair common rail diesels - even before DPFs became ubiquitous adding further complication. Result is bolt in diagnostics at the customer's expense and stumbling upon solutions by replacing sensors/DPF/turbo/injectors/EGR etc.

DPF replaced and because there is something else wrong that hasn't been addressed, the new DPF is blocked within a short space of time.

Even though I wouldn't remove a DPF myself i don't blame others for doing so as people have enough going on in their lives to be dealing with DPF related sh1te.

That's not strictly true. Any car that has the arse of it covered in soot has either something wrong with it (like a boost leak) or a overly heavy reeky map put on it. Sometimes this is done purely in chase of every last drop of available power or because the map is trying to actually create black smoke for show.

I've an E60 520d n47 that has had the dpf removed years ago by a previous owner and a remap for more power and there's no soot all over the back of it. In fact it burns extremely clean there's no visible smoke outta it under heavy acceleration either.

The engine might run cleaner no soot etc but it's not burning off the harmful emissions. If the you're behind a car sign dpf delete that is going into your cabin air. All those parents sitting at matches and schools.

Nothing is being done about it.

If someone has a car the same age and half the mileage which has made a more positive contribution in your view.

What regulation has the govt made that makes a car unviable and negative impact on the environment? People are just circumventing the regulations meaning the regulation has no impact.

https://eurocities.eu/latest/diesel-pollution-sky-high-in-brussels/

I'm not moralizing here. It makes complete sense for a individual to keep a car on the road costing as little as possible. The lack of enforcement for dpfs also makes this an obvious route.

But let's not kid ourselves just because we don't see clouds of black smoke doesn't mean it's not polluting.