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• Citroen Berlingo/Picasso - Diesel v Petrol, with low annual mileage 19 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  VED (before March)and the fact long trips would be better for the DPF and better mpg would diesel still be the best choice. Regards Crofty 
• Freelander 2 MY2013 and other JLR Cars - JLR Service Indicator Reset using a Dongle 9 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Anyone got any views on this product to get around resetting service intervals: My Freelander 2 MY13 (and many other JLR cards ) have to bet set for next service and DPF oil usage at dealers, as a ex mechanic I find this a tad frustrating. http://www.diagnostic-associates.com
• Jaguar XF - suitable for a small island with no motorways 11 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  My parents  are contemplating  movine to warmer climates, Malta is the island  in question. My dad wants to take his car with him a 2014 Jaguar xf 3.0 diesel. The car has a dpf  and he hasn't had any trouble  with it and he doesn't do much motorway miles but he
• 2012 VW T5 California - The Curse of a Diesal Particulate Filter 14 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  : Have VW recognised this problem and come up with some longer term solutions?  Is there an approved fuel additive I could use? What is the future for DPF are changes on the way?
• C4 Grand Picasso - Advice 15 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I am after a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, and have a budget of about £7500. It's going to do about 10,000 miles a year, mainly on short journeys and so reading about DPF's and other scary diesel problems, I'm heading over towards a 1.6 petrol engine. Are these reliable
• Renault Espace 2.2Dci / 20. Dci - Renault Espace 2.2Dci 2005 - 2007- any good ?? 4 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  Seen a few of these on sale, and seem very low price for the type of vehicle. I'm thinking of changing our Renault Grand Scenic for an Espace, but heard so many horror stories about the engines going bang, the later 2.0 version may be a better engine, but aren't they all saddled with DPFs so
• mazda 3 2.0 diesel - engineer experience needed 23 May 2012 (Forum)
  Hi Folks, I am contemplating buying a used 2007 Mazda 3 2.0 litre diesel from a trade garage. Having read so much about DPF issues etc i would welcome the company of an experienced engineer to advise if it is a good buy or not. Happy to pay a small fee for your troubles
• Vauxhall Astra - Which engine best for automatic transmission 16 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  Am looking at low mileage 07 or 08 plate Astras, around the £5k range.  Specifically want an automatic, but probably can't pay the premium for the diesel version, and only make short journey's anyway with very infrequent motorway miles, so a bit bothered about DPF issues
• Volkswagen Golf VI - Low mileage and a VW diesel 1 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Planning on buying a new VW Golf. Originally I had my mind set on a 1.2 TSI 105 BHP. Then the sales guy turned my head and I got interested in a 1.6 TDI. But I have heard with my low mileage (5,000 miles/year) there might be problems in a TDI with the filter (DPF) or flywheel (DMF
• Mazda Mazda 3 (2004 - 2009) - Diesel Engine Questions 29 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  After reading the about the Mazda 6 Diesel, does anyone know if the same engine is in the 3, both the 1.6 & 2.0 guise. Any info pertaining to the Mazda 3 2 or 1.6 diesel engine would be useful, i.e belt driven or chain, has it got dpf, does it use Eolsys (?spelling), does the enging have any known
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  Running in 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2Diesel R - In just 600 miles per Handbook? 4 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  With my previous car - a 2006 Kia Sorento CRDi XS purchased new, in the absence of advice form the Handbook I ran the engine in over 10k miles following...
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - New engine fitted, after a day engine light is on 24 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  back on. They sent an engineer to the house to check it over, he said it was the DPF clogged and he done what was needed now the light is off. The next day driving the car the light was back on again. They are now saying we need to replace the DPF system and EGL cooler costing £2500 saying
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  Honda CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC hesitation below 2000rpm 12 Apr 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I own 2014 Honda CR-V 1.6 diesel. Recently I've noticed it has an intermittent hesitation issue - most noticeably when cruising at light throttle in top...
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  My Peugeot's service bill is huge - is this reasonable? 2 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I took my 2005 Peugeot 307 HDI XI to the Peugeot main garage this morning for a service and MoT. It has covered just 39,000 miles and was serviced by a...
• SEAT Alhambra - Error code P2563 11 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  sensor circuit range/performance, can’t find this sensor and the fault is stopping the dpf regeneration- spent money on it don’t really want to spend much more- is it this sensor is it the actuator or something else?? Help please
• Why can’t the Japanese make a good diesel engine 19 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  the Yaris diesel with DPF breaking the tradition of peerless reliability. But at least Toyota accepted the criticism and arranged a generous claim arrangement. OK diesels are not popular in the US, Japan or Australia but it’s so unusual to level a complaint across all these Japanese
• Mazda 3 - Fuel economy worries 30 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  on all this and it only don 45k. The main reason I’m looking at Mazda is no turbo or dpf to concern myself about...but saying that are these gdi engines prone to carbon build up. Thanks for reading.
• Skoda superb - Oh and another thing..... 19 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  comutes(10-15) the rest of the time, is quiet and comfortable and has a large boot. I was thinking of petrol as i am concerned about dpf issues. Budget about £8,000. Your thoughts....(can include sell caravan!).
• Kia Rio @ 20000 miles - New Tyres 21 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Treated myself to 2 new front tyres before our predicted "bad winter" as tread down to less than 3mm, and the original fitting kumhos have developed cracks between the treads Car still as boringly efficient as ever. 45 mpg local and 50 on a run, with no dpf/egr etc. Bought tyres
• legality of 'chipping' an engine 1 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  I see that it cinsidered illegal to remove the DPF partly because do so interfers with the emissions. So why does not 'chipping' an engine fall into the same category, because I cannot believe that this action does not affect the emissions? Maybe this is considered a grey area? BTW, my Audi