Most recently answered diesel particulate filter questions

I have a Fiat 500 Diesel car, which is currently having white smoke coming from the exhaust. It is also over revving and the DPF warning light has come on a couple of times now. It is also asking for an...

I had my car - a Volkswagen Jetta 1.9TDI DPF - transported to St Helena and now it never exceeds 30mph. Following short trips the light on dash has come on. We have no sophisticated diagnostic tools so...

I have owned a '58 Kia Cee'd CRDi GS from new and have covered 39k miles. My annual mileage is decreasing yearly and is around 8k. I am very happy with the performance and economy of the car but would...

I have driven my Laguna DCI GT for 12 months now and never seen the DPF regenerate. I have been told by my local Renault dealer that it only regenerates when the sensors detect it has become 50% blocked....

My engine managment light as come on in my car and it says on my dash "antipollution fault." It's a Peugeot 307.

I like the X-Type but hate DPFs. Do any early X-Types come without them? I don't expect any estates are free from them.

A Mercedes salesman has told me that a Mercedes diesel is OK for short distance driving - but reports in the press say that a diesel engine is not good for short distances. Any advice please?

I have a 3.0-litre diesel BMW X3 that does 12-15k miles p.a. on a reasonable mix of long and short runs. After 5yrs/65k miles BMW are telling me the DPF needs replacing. The car suffers from an intermittent...

I am looking to buy a medium sized diesel without DPF. After reading too many internet forums I am now unable to decide what to plump for given that there seems to be so many diesels that have expensive...

I currently have a Dec 2005 Skoda Superb 2.5 V6 TDI which is our only car as we have a 1500kg caravan.
I understand the problems with DPFs but most of our journeys are local < 10 miles but we still need...