09-09-12, 09:48 PM
My exhaust sensor wasnt the dpf,just a dodgy sensor, according to the dash it was a crisis situation though but i ignored it coz i was on my to centre parcs & it wasnt spoiling my fun, ended up being nothing.my greenline does a self induced particle burn off every so often if i havent managed to get the engine under much load so ive never atually had the dpf light come on in 15000 miles.
If i ever do get the light come on ill take it out for a good old run coz if you ignore it after the light comes on you go past the point of no return and its 1000 squid for a new dpf.
If im totally honest, i got so stressed out about the potential issues with it after looking online and how i should drive etc, in the end i decided foc it and i just drive it however i like, mainly thrashing it actually and it seems to like it, IMHO if you baby these diesels then youll start getting problems, i think they need a good ragging,because mine only a 1.2 it generally is working most of the time but some of the big diesel engines are barely ticking over mostof the time,does go against the whole economy thing though by ragging them but im still happy getting 50mpg without going into neutral and coasting at every opportunity,i had an old seat leon tdi which had been babied for years and hardly any miles and that caused all sorts of problems with the turbo veins sticking coz it had never had a good blow out.
Again just my opinion, i aint no specialist, everyone has their own theorys, still a good car so far.
If i ever do get the light come on ill take it out for a good old run coz if you ignore it after the light comes on you go past the point of no return and its 1000 squid for a new dpf.
If im totally honest, i got so stressed out about the potential issues with it after looking online and how i should drive etc, in the end i decided foc it and i just drive it however i like, mainly thrashing it actually and it seems to like it, IMHO if you baby these diesels then youll start getting problems, i think they need a good ragging,because mine only a 1.2 it generally is working most of the time but some of the big diesel engines are barely ticking over mostof the time,does go against the whole economy thing though by ragging them but im still happy getting 50mpg without going into neutral and coasting at every opportunity,i had an old seat leon tdi which had been babied for years and hardly any miles and that caused all sorts of problems with the turbo veins sticking coz it had never had a good blow out.
Again just my opinion, i aint no specialist, everyone has their own theorys, still a good car so far.
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