There are many offering this service, which are the cowboys?.
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There are many offering this service, which are the cowboys?.
madkayaker
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Well I'm delighted to say NONE of my diesel vehicles has a DPFI have a 2001 Disco, 1990 Landrover 110, 1990 JCB 3CX, ancient twin Petter dumper, Fordson Power Major tractor, Ford 4000 tractor, 140CFM Road Compressor - all pre-date this modern tomfoolery thank goodness.
All of my vehicles are free from ecu, SPF, and cat it's only the wife's car that's modern!
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They DO design cars capable of being driven short distances and long distances for well over 100,000 miles, but many customers choose the wrong type for their needs (or more likely uninformed poorly trained sales staff punt them the wrong type).
They are called PETROL engined cars!
Remember Diesel engined cars were fuel efficient because they were allowed to have dirty exhausts (relative to Petrol engined cars). Once there were lots of them their exhausts had to made cleaner. So in came all the complexity (and cost and unreliability) of things like EGR, DPF, catalyst and urea injection etc.
Back on topic, and best of luck in sorting out the problem at sensible cost.
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Older pre DPF diesels were good to run on short journies, as short journies on petrol engined vehicles led to excessive water collecting in exhausts and rotting them out..aswell as poor fuel economy, (petrols use a lot of fuel when cold) Diesels use the same amount of fuel whether cold or hot, (they just advance the injection timing when cold, then retard once at operating temperature).
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There is no proper way of physically cleaning out dpf's. Some individuals try steam cleaning them out but they seem to clog up again months after. There is a lot of surface area within these filters where water will no reach at enough pressure to dislodge soot. You may at best clean 60% of the filter.
Remove and replace or remove and gut out the old one in the centre to allow a free channel of way for exhaust gases to pass un hindered.
You WON'T fail an emmisions test with a removed DPF filter in the U.K.
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burn it out
i wonder if you could burn it out like you had to do with two stroke exhausts years ago i good soak over night in some diesel let it drain then build a fire round it
just a thought
i wonder if you could burn it out like you had to do with two stroke exhausts years ago i good soak over night in some diesel let it drain then build a fire round it
just a thoughti wonder if you could burn it out like you had to do with two stroke exhausts years ago i good soak over night in some diesel let it drain then build a fire round it
As stated earlier I have access to a roofers propane torch, just didn't want to damage the filter, any views on this guys.
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The post about 2 stroke exhausts reminded me I used caustic soda on mine, not sure how it would react with a DPF?
I thought about that earler, I have a tub of caustic soda, I also wondered if it would destroy the filter.
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I may as well add my suggestion, as daft as it sounds but I have a suspicion it would work:
My mate was renovating an old gas cooker, the hob rings were thick as hell with burnt on carbon..a terrible mess and a screwdriver hardly marked it, I suggested he would find replacements difficult due to the age.
The answer was 'no problem..will have them as good as new' and he did.
Put them in a bucket and poured a bottle of Aldi coca cola over them, next day a rinse under the tap and they were spotless..
My mate was renovating an old gas cooker, the hob rings were thick as hell with burnt on carbon..a terrible mess and a screwdriver hardly marked it, I suggested he would find replacements difficult due to the age.
The answer was 'no problem..will have them as good as new' and he did.
Put them in a bucket and poured a bottle of Aldi coca cola over them, next day a rinse under the tap and they were spotless..
SiPMerlin150
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Thats another testament to how much damage fizzy drinks do to your teeth
When you put them in a mug to soak overnight only use tap water.
