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• ford focus - Particles, Catalitic converters, DPF's, Diesel??? 9 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  emissions how is it that I cannot buy a Ford Focus without air con ( uses 8% more fuel) and told by most enonomy drivers to turn off and it adds £500 to car. I have managed since 03 with a non air con fiesta if I get hot I open the window. The DPF's have an effect on fuel consumption so does
• Review - Punto van Mk2b 1.3 Multijet (pre DPF) 9 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  a cold start and over a 4 mile mixed run. It`s done a 79mpg return over 120 miles at around 55mph and really can`t be forced below 60mpg for any length of time however it`s driven. Camchain, hydraulic tappets, galvanized..pre DPF - all plus points. Build faults -the rear door lock
• SEAT Ibiza - Super Quiet Exhaust 12 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  I have got a 2012 1.2 tdi Seat Ibiza and have gone to great lengths to make it loud. As of this afternoon it now has a hornet exhaust back box, dpf delete and decat so it is virtually straight through. Yet, it still remains very quiet. What the hell can I do to make it loud? Don’t mind doing some
• Ford cmax 1.6 diesel - Engine fault 7 May 2019 (Forum)
  Engine system fault message on dash with a red light.  No other warning lights. Not in limp mode. Drives normal  Put it on code reader saying particulate below normal threshold  Revved the crap out of it up the motorway but still not cleared. Spoke to a Dpf
• Any - Diesel cars 14 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  or 10 miles to regenerate the DPF and this is a newish car.  Sorry I am late home but I am just rejenerating and wasting my time and money trying to save the planet !  
• Vauxhall Zafira B - Oil Type, low SAPS on petrol engine? 22 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  I'd be very grateful for advice on choosing engine oil for my 2014 Zafira B 1.8 petrol please. I just called at my local motor factors and they said I need low SAPS oil, but they also sad my car has a DPF, so I was a bit suspicious. A type / brand recommendation would
• Car advice hatchback 13 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Hi guys im after a car upto £4000, ive been looking at various options dont really want to get a petrol)i do roughly 12k a year) but ideally a diesel ive been looking at focus(05.06) but dpf puts me off. so started looking at Fiat Bravos 1.9 with descent extras.   has
• No - Part Exchanges 2 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  if it is not sold and previously serviced by them. Must admit, have chickened out and sold my 3 and a bit year old dpf/dmf fitted diesel, beforeencountering problems, but got fed up of the regualr expensive additional oil
• new astra 1.4 vvt turbo - any one got the new astra whats it like on petrol? 25 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  I do up to 200 miles a day and am looking at a used new shape  astra 1.4 petrol turbo. Has anyone got one whats it like on fuel? I can't afford a new shape diesel and have concerns anyway about dpf dmf problems with diesels. Any advice would be appreciated.
• make no mistake they're coming - Euro VI emissions control 6 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Talking to my friendly local indy garage this morning, and he has been on a course abour emissions and dpf in particular, and says that some cities are planning to ban diesels altogether because the particles that are released after "burning" are even moe toxic and finer than previously thought
• Any - Marketing speak - when reality departs 20 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  to the car’s top-quality handling. Could any members please enlighten me as to the specific handling merits of the Diesel Particulate Filter?  Is this a feature of all DPFs or only VAG ones? ;)
• Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi - Diesel Smell 5 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  that something isn't right. Does a 2004 (53) plate 2.0 TDCi 130 (6) have a dpf and would this be the beginning of an expensive failure? Any help much appreciated.
• Kia Sportage / Hyundai Tucson advice please 2 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  I am considering buying either Kia Sportage / Hyundai Tucson (new or upto a couple of years old) with the diesel engine option. Does anyone know if they have any major faults? I believe that the common rail fuel system is from Bosch. Does anyone know if it has a DPF (it is Euro IV)? I believe
• Vans over 3.5 ton 3 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  Hi all. Sorry to join and go straight into asking for help but I'm looking for a pre dpf van with a gross weight of more than 3500kg. I've been looking for weeks,  trying to find info about what is available.  Unfortunately I can't find any sites that give general
• 2019 Mazda CX5 2.2D Sport Nav + AWD Auto - 2019 Mazda CX5- engine issues 20 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Just wondering if anyone has anything sensible to say about the later versions of these, has the issues with sump filling / DPF been resolved? Do the facelifted cars ( post2019) still report as having the same issues as the pre 2017 models? Anyone got a 2019 2.2D CX5 in ^^^ spec and got
• Mazda CX-5 - High Mileage Diesel Cars 27 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  I am looking for a Mazda CX-5, and i have seen a few 3 and 4 year old ones, with 90k-100k miles on the clock but with Mazda full service history. My initial thought is that the DPFs are likely to be in good condition, and the engines are likely to have had fewer stop start journeys, so
• Good car buyers? 19 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  the dpf thing. Now looking at Rav4 and Qashquai. Looking for decent size SUV (not huge), economical but wit a little bit of zip and good handling....
• Future Diesels? - Diesel Repreive? - Soot at the end of the tunnel 13 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  rig ATPIT AFAICT. Don't think its in an engine yet, but the hope/speculation is that it could reduce the need for / load on the DPF. Gas co-combustion also reduces diesel emissions and has been used in operational engines (was poipular in Australia) but seems to ibe more complex. 
• Octavia / Superb - 1.4TSi / 2.0TDi 25 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  or faced with an incline.  Maybe the 2.0TDi is the way to go - especially if I can stretch to a VRS... My mileage is around 10k but with good motorway runs, so a DPF shouldn't be an issue. 
• Mazda 6 - Mazda 6 sport estate killed by too much oil! 9 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  Hi all, I may have killed my car.... Put in some oil, not crazy amount but enough... Was driving, and it started revving like crazy with lots of smoke! Managed to stop and all lights on dash. It now will try and start but not turn over... Garage have mentioned dpf and rocker.... Anyone know