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Will a diesel Toyota Urban Cruiser's DPF be ok with a 25-mile run each month?
I 'm thinking of downsizing from my Toyota RAV4 (01/2004) diesel and quite like the Toyota Urban Cruiser. I do about 6000 miles pa and you say the diesel is the better model, so if I give it a 25 mile plus run every month and three 200 miles holidays a year will I avoid particulate filter problems?
Asked on 8 August 2010 by borrage
Answered by
Honest John
You might still get DPF problems if you make repeated short runs from cold starts, because the particulates collected on each start will not have a chance to be burned off.
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