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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Belker on March 13, 2023, 06:30:35 am
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...... I fill the diesel every 5-7 days - I started doing it when it gets below 3/8ths of a tank rather than empty because I learnt that it requires 1/4 tank to activate DPF regeneration ......
I have been doing that the last few weeks and the DPF light which used to come on fer a few hours every weekend stopped coming on.
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BUT the DPF light came back on again last night, I checked the oil, over 3/4 full, but put another liter in anyway.
Thankfully the DPF light went off an hour later.
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Get a btl of Hyperburn and put in a bit every time you fill up.
It’s great tack
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Get a btl of Hyperburn and put in a bit every time you fill up.
It’s great tack
Thanks Jack, but realistically I reckon I'm only off-putting the problem.
Defo never buy another car with a Poxy Fookin DP Fookin F !
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Hyperburn will sort out your problem
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Did you not just get the Turbo redone on your car .Garage should of checked out the Exhaust system .What made the Turbo Blow in the first place.
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ken you can buy little diagnostic gadgets that connect to the OBD port. some of them have DPF information that will tell you the live soot level that's in the filter but you havta make sure your car is compatible with the gadget. they're brilliant so you can stay on top of the situation. Bring it on the motorway and you'll see the soot level in the filter dropping on the screen 13.8 grams, 13.5 grams, 12.8 grams etc. using dipetane at every fill up really helps the combustion process. i use it religiously but they've been out of it at Halfords the past two weeks. filling the tank up with just petrol you really notice the lack of oompf my car has.
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Petrol cars don’t have a DPF
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Petrol cars don’t have a DPF
Exactly, check what this guy says about Toyota Diesels.
Could you take the DPF out and get the car remapped?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt7YW1_49SQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt7YW1_49SQ)
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Petrol cars don’t have a DPF
yes but Dipetane also stops carbon build up and cleans the fuel system of diesel and petrol cars.
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Get a btl of Hyperburn and put in a bit every time you fill up.
It’s great tack
Thanks Jack, but realistically I reckon I'm only off-putting the problem.
Defo never buy another car with a Poxy Fookin DP Fookin F !
If you need any help picking an EV, I'll be glad to help O:-)
Sure if the timing is right, you could even buy mine. I paid €12k for mine new and I have to keep it for 3 years. Once the time is up, it might be worth €20k on the open market. I could be persuaded to sell it to you for maybe €18k (comrades rates). I'd only make 6k profit on my 3yr old EV but I can't be too greedy. But you'd have to promise to take care of it.
rofl
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It'd die of shock after a day of a Ken shift.
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...... I fill the diesel every 5-7 days - I started doing it when it gets below 3/8ths of a tank rather than empty because I learnt that it requires 1/4 tank to activate DPF regeneration ......
I have been doing that the last few weeks and the DPF light which used to come on fer a few hours every weekend stopped coming on.
Probably specific to VAGs. Another interesting bit of info I picked up... contrary to popular belief the Italian tune up is worse than useless for a VAG with a DPF... reason being, the exhaust needs to get up near 600C to effectively burn soot, that's what it does during "active regeneration", the Italian tune up won't get anywhere near. However, you can start an active regeneration any time choosing stationary or driving option with an OBD Eleven (or similar) device.
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I have been keeping the diesel at always over the quarter mark full with Circle K diesel and always keep the engine oil full fer the last few months and no DPF light on since last March.
But the Fookin thing came on again this Sunday afternoon with the diesel tank half full and the oil dipper reading at a fraction over 3/4 full, anyway I filled the diesel tank and oil and hoping fer the best. (passed NCT 2 weeks ago).
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Ken having owned Satins Wheelbarrow Emissions and DPF are haunting me .Low speed driving in city traffic is not good for Diesel motors they are designed for long trips 60 Km plus .You need to get heat into the system to activate the regeneration .I would recomend Liqui Moli Diesel Purge .I use it twice a year keeps everything clean from tank to injectors .If the fuel dosent burn clean you get emissions problems .Why are you using so much oil .Try putting a drop of petrol in with the Diesel and give it a long run out the Highway see if it will regenerate .OR forget about it .What was the reading for emissions on your NCT ,
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Thanks Jack.
And Thanks John M, but contrary to popular belief I do very little day time city work and mostly work by night with almost zero traffic and as I work the southern burbs with motorways and dual carrigeway I'm more often out the motorway than in town.
But with all that said I did about 5 hours work today which was mostly in town and with the air-con on, hopefully it will sort itself out during the week.
I'll get that NCT emmisions result fer ya in a mo, it's out in the car.
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If you are using a lot of oil it could be blowing by the pistons and clogging the filter .Topping it up with the same oil might not work .They do oil for high milers a bit more expensive but a tenner or a score extra might help solve the issue .Every now and then I treat the car to the better Fuel for a week or two .I think it burns better helps with emissions .I havent had any trouble with the Fluence unlike the Occi but I now treat the fuelsystem .Liqui Moli diesel Flush plus good fuel every now and then .If your Emissions at NCT were under 1.then it could be minor glitch that will clear itself .
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I don't do high mileage fer a Taxi, I'm mostly at about 750km a week.
It's not burning a lot of oil, actually never did, that spoofer DPF cleaner mechanic that once stated that it needed 6 litres of oil didn't turn out to be the best at telling the truth. As I found out after being 2.5k lighter in pocket ......
Fer emmissions I hope you mean Smoke on the NCT ?
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I told him months ago ...his engine is prematurely worn and will continually give problems....the engine is prematurely
Worn because of poor maintenance ....ie
prolonged oil change schedules, or wrong oil ( cheap shit from lidls or running with low oil level ....
His best option is to replace it with a brand new engine and turbo or scrap the car ...
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Hopefuly its only a glitch but Turbos dont usually go and all the oil use does sound like a bit of engine wear oil blowing past the pistons .Get it on the laptop get somebody different to do the diagnosis .Your normal Spanner Jockie is a bit like your Doctor makes his money from return visits not cures .
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Will remapping the dpf in the computer cause an nct fail? As in shutting it down or something whatever they do. Asking for a friend
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I think JohnM is suggesting getting any fault codes off the car's computer via a laptop & not remapping anything.
AFAIK, the NCT now check your car's computer for fault codes and if you've done any messing with it, it's just an advisory warning for now. If a year or two, it'll be a fail.
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Hopefuly its only a glitch but Turbos dont usually go and all the oil use does sound like a bit of engine wear oil blowing past the pistons .Get it on the laptop get somebody different to do the diagnosis .Your normal Spanner Jockie is a bit like your Doctor makes his money from return visits not cures .
I've never worked on cars johnny I'm only talkin from me own experience rebuilding diesel engines but as I said to Ken before .....I've never seen a turbo go where the underlying problem wasn't low oil pressure ....in all cases after being stripped down ....the big ends wer damaged ...
The only other problem that i was informed could cause one to go is back pressure from a blockage in the exhaust causing overheating ..but usually you get fair warning in that case ...a blocked air filter or restricted air inlet will just cause poor performance and black smoke but modern cars are wide to that wit computers an sensors
It could have been a temporary oil problem which has since been rectified but permanent damage may have been done ....but turbos don't go on a Toyota unless there was one of the oil issues I stated above ....a simple oil pressure test at the turbo and then at the engine mite reveal more ...
Because the turbo is at the end of the oil line and the turbo bearing/s are operating at extreme temperatures and velocity ....it doesn't take much for them to fail ...the oil is also coooling the turbo bearing/s... failure of a turbo is caused by low oil , old oil or wrong oil or just an engine that has too many miles ......
There is no point in adding bottles of shit to the diesel .. . The fact that ken is still having problems
Suggests he didn't get away with the initial
Oil deficiency/problem and possibly low oil pressure is a permanent condition in which case his turbo will go again ....
If the oil issue was bad enough it could have worn big ends which leads to permanent low oil pressure....which as you rightly pointed out also causes blue smoke coming from the combustion Chambers because of oil ring/ piston cylinder wear damage an dpf clogging up continuously......
Havin said all that I'm way out of touch and not up to date ......I've a phobia to spanners an dirt now for a number of yers
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OCCI lads forget they are boiling the oil for eight or nine hour shifts 7 days a week .It will degrade faster doing that sort of driving than covering the same mileage between recommended oil changes .I change it every 12000 Km .
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Will remapping the dpf in the computer cause an nct fail? As in shutting it down or something whatever they do. Asking for a friend
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OCCI lads forget they are boiling the oil for eight or nine hour shifts 7 days a week .It will degrade faster doing that sort of driving than covering the same mileage between recommended oil changes .I change it every 12000 Km .
Wen I used to work the taxi 1000 km a week before I got sense I changed it every 6 weeks ....I think anyone buyin a diesel nowadays needs ther head examined....
Ther bleedin antiques....
Very warm out int it ::sleep
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OCCI lads forget they are boiling the oil for eight or nine hour shifts 7 days a week .It will degrade faster doing that sort of driving than covering the same mileage between recommended oil changes .I change it every 12000 Km .
Wen I used to work the taxi 1000 km a week before I got sense I changed it every 6 weeks ....I think anyone buyin a diesel nowadays needs ther head examined....
Ther bleedin antiques....
Very warm out int it ::sleep
Lovely n warm Octy.....lovely breeze in our sun trap...tan is gettin topped up!!
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OCCI lads forget they are boiling the oil for eight or nine hour shifts 7 days a week .It will degrade faster doing that sort of driving than covering the same mileage between recommended oil changes .I change it every 12000 Km .
Wen I used to work the taxi 1000 km a week before I got sense I changed it every 6 weeks ....I think anyone buyin a diesel nowadays needs ther head examined....
Ther bleedin antiques....
Very warm out int it ::sleep
Lovely n warm Octy.....lovely breeze in our sun trap...tan is gettin topped up!!
Very warm hal.....I was in bed all day ....I did 5 hours yesterday an was sufferin
From burnt out ...19 degrees to a celt is an oven .......how did we survive yers ago without air con
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
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is the light still on?
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is the light still on?
It was when I parked up on Sunday evening, havent been out since.
I'll be on a long shift Tuesday night fer the 'Rod the Mod' concert and let ya know on Wed.
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ken wudje ever throw a bottle of dipetane in and gun the car for around half an hour in a loop up and down the motorway. it'll clean the dpf out of all the soot.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
If you need genuine Toyota parts let me know, as my cuz is in the parts dept. 20% off usually.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
I think I paid 700 or 800 for a brand new DPF a couple of years ago.
Next time I will just take it out and get the car remapped. why waste money putting in a new DPF??
I passed my NCT on emissions last week, first time in years. couldnt believe it.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
I think I paid 700 or 800 for a brand new DPF a couple of years ago.
Next time I will just take it out and get the car remapped. why waste money putting in a new DPF??
I passed my NCT on emissions last week, first time in years. couldnt believe it.
Be very careful doing that, I have heard differing reports of it failing and passing NCT with the DPF out.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
If you need genuine Toyota parts let me know, as my cuz is in the parts dept. 20% off usually.
Thanks SB, I'm only putting off the enevitable in reality, some day soon I will have to fork out the 2.5k to Toyota fer a new one.
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ken wudje ever throw a bottle of dipetane in and gun the car for around half an hour in a loop up and down the motorway. it'll clean the dpf out of all the soot.
I have tried that and most everything else aswell, keeps the light off fer a month or so and then it's back on again.
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is the light still on?
Yes, still on.
I did 8 hours last evening/night which were mostly city concert jobs around town, I thought the last job to Cobh and back might clear it but it didn't.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
I think I paid 700 or 800 for a brand new DPF a couple of years ago.
Next time I will just take it out and get the car remapped. why waste money putting in a new DPF??
I passed my NCT on emissions last week, first time in years. couldnt believe it.
Be very careful doing that, I have heard differing reports of it failing and passing NCT with the DPF out.
its done now 2 years, have passed 4 or 5 NCTs with the DPF out.
my mechanic said the NCT testers cant tell if its out or not.
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... I think I paid 700 or 800 for a brand new DPF a couple of years ago.
Next time I will just take it out and get the car remapped. why waste money putting in a new DPF??
I passed my NCT on emissions last week, first time in years. couldnt believe it.
Be very careful doing that, I have heard differing reports of it failing and passing NCT with the DPF out.
its done now 2 years, have passed 4 or 5 NCTs with the DPF out.
my mechanic said the NCT testers cant tell if its out or not.
I thought you said that you replaced your DPF fer 700 or 800 Euro with a new one a couple of years ago and next time you will take it out ??
And now your telling us that you took out the DPF 2 years ago ??
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... I think I paid 700 or 800 for a brand new DPF a couple of years ago.
Next time I will just take it out and get the car remapped. why waste money putting in a new DPF??
I passed my NCT on emissions last week, first time in years. couldnt believe it.
Be very careful doing that, I have heard differing reports of it failing and passing NCT with the DPF out.
its done now 2 years, have passed 4 or 5 NCTs with the DPF out.
my mechanic said the NCT testers cant tell if its out or not.
I thought you said that you replaced your DPF fer 700 or 800 Euro with a new one a couple of years ago and next time you will take it out ??
And now your telling us that you took out the DPF 2 years ago ??
I replaced the DPF 3 years ago but was advised to take it out 1 year later which I did.
next time I have DPF problems, it will be coming out, I wont bother buying a new one.
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... I told him months ago ... .. the engine is prematurely
Worn because of poor maintenance ....ie
prolonged oil change schedules, or wrong oil ( cheap shit from lidls or running with low oil level .... ..
I heard your pox opinion Octy the last time I posted about DPF problems with you accusing me of being too stupid to check my oil and too miserable to put proper oil in to the car but instead getting it cheaper from Lidl/Aldi because I was a skinflint, similar to what you now post.
Thanks to your absurd input and your side-kick Horse joining in to help the last time, that topic died a death and I never got the advice I required, so you might be so good as to keep your poxy beak out of this one and to use your own quote;
Now go and fuck off and don't contact me again
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is the light still on?
Yes, still on.
I did 8 hours last Tues evening/night which were mostly city concert jobs around town, I thought the last job to Cobh and back might clear it but it didn't.
DPF light went off last night after 4 hours of evening suburban driving, the tank was still half full but I topped it up anyway and the light went off an hour later.
I know I'm only delaying the inevitable 2.5k Toyota bill fer a new DPF, but the longer I can keep it going the more likely the next one will make it to license end in Feb 2027.
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Ken those DPF are Black Magic .They fill up with Soot and when they get congested they go on Fire a bit like Big Dommos Grannys Chimney in her Cottage beside the Flats near the Church .The Soot is burned as high temperture like a blast furnace and is turned into ash that is exhausted with other exhaust gasses and that is called regeneration .Driving in traffic or waiting with the engine running but not moving dosent burn off the shit in the Fuel and causes more soot than the system can deal with so the Dpf gets clogged .A good motorway run to get the heat up in the exhaust should regenerate it .Like you were advised use a drop of Dippataine or add some Parafin to the fuel to increase the heat in the exhaust to help it regenerate or treat it to the Higher Octaine fuel at every second or third fill .See if that solves the issue .You might be able to control it rather than replace it save a wedge .
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I have tried dipataine and a good few other things, they all work fer a month or so and then back to square 1.
I think I'll stick with the Wynn's DPF cleaning fluid next time it comes on and keep the tank over the 3/8th's mark as Rats suggested and the oil topped up to the fullest and hopefully that will keep it going a bit longer but as I said earlier I'm only delaying the inevitable 2.5k Toyota bill fer a new DPF, but the longer I can keep it going the more likely the next new DPF will make it to license end in Feb 2027.
IF I could get a new Avensis petrol hybrid automatic today then I would scrap the fookin thing.
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Why keep it until 2027 Belker?
Consider getting a credit union or a bank loan and move on to something else.You either move down a little bit in size to a Corolla or Prius or move up to a Camry.
Both will give better fuel economy and without the DPF problems might actually work out to pay for a a lot of the changeover costs.Everyone makes mistakes.By buying more DPFs yer just compounding the original mistake of going diesel.
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Just take the fuckin DPF out. ;D why pay 2,500 when you dont need to? crazy stuff.
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Why keep it until 2027 Belker?
Consider getting a credit union or a bank loan and move on to something else.You either move down a little bit in size to a Corolla or Prius or move up to a Camry.
Both will give better fuel economy and without the DPF problems might actually work out to pay for a a lot of the changeover costs.Everyone makes mistakes.By buying more DPFs yer just compounding the original mistake of going diesel.
I could afford either/or today but I don't much fancy either of them, the nua Corolla will prob win in the end, but I'll most likely hold on to the Avensis till 2027 as much as the Fookin DPF light annoys the shite outta me.
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Just take the fuckin DPF out. ;D why pay 2,500 when you dont need to? crazy stuff.
I have heard many differing reports of cars both passing and failing NCT with the DPF taken out.
I'm not willing to take that chance.
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Just get used to adding the dipthane regularly I suppose.
In ten years of Prius ownership the most I spend on any repair was 250 for a wheel bearing.The battery failures I fixed myself for cheap.2500 is a months wages after tax for a normal person.I wouldn't be even considering it.
Edit I actually paid a chap 350 to fix some rusted quarter panel from a previous owners botched repair.But that's the biggest repair.
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Just take the fuckin DPF out. ;D why pay 2,500 when you dont need to? crazy stuff.
I have heard many differing reports of cars both passing and failing NCT with the DPF taken out.
I'm not willing to take that chance.
Its worth a shot. no way would I spend 2,500 on a repair, most iv spent is 800 to 900 on a repair.
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Ken ...this is me last post to ya ....
I've put you on ignore list as you suggested ...something I havnt done to anyone before.... anyway ....it doesn't seem to be working unfortunately
This is the second thread that you have stared about yur dpf problem the first one started 8 months ago ...
http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=15221.0 (http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=15221.0)
You've bean gettin advice in some cases misguided but well meaning and lots of contributions and sympathy...
And now you've started another thread about yur dpf in March of this year
Recently you started a thread called " forum gone to shite " ....
Your opening salvo included this "poor me"
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Just the same as the DPF topic I started a few weeks ago asking fer assistance, all I got was a load of snipeing, stoopid comments (Ratcatcher excluded) and I never bothered posting the final results."
When infact you have gotten suggestions and advice now for almost 8 months .....
When you get advice that doesn't agree with you ...you completely ignore it .....the best advice you have gotten today is from
Merc who is mechanically savi and called you out immediately on yur first thread that it was oil maintenance related a fact that i as a qualified diesel mechanic totally concur wit and in all probability without seeing the results of testing of your car including oil sample lab results etc ..... permanent damage was done to the engine ....you response was predictable...and it didn't agree with yur narrative...
You also accused others of " Whinging" on multiple occasions....and in recent weeks you've progressed and escalated
To name calling everyone on here including watty ( which stunned me ) of being a mong ....
Your tirade of abuse also includes the words most insultingly the word liar ....which wer I come from wud warrant a very reactive dig to say the least ....
Fools , whingers , Snipers ....
And you've included everyone except Stephen and vandriver....
Wer in your world do you think thats ok to insult others for a number of weeks now ?
Others quite rightly just ignore you but
You've ruined at least 1 friendship you've had for years with these unwarranted, hostile and
Demeaning insults.....
Your " whinging " about yur car for 8 months now ....
Your livelihood depends on your taxi ....
You need to do as merc so rightly said ....
Scrap the heap of shite that you damaged with your poor or absent oil maintenance ....take ownership of your mistake and learn a lesson and move on ....
Get a new engine and turbo or as I would do scrap it and buy a new car being more economically sound ....
Or sell it cheap to that cunt in tallaght that shafted hal and give the cunt some karma.....but stop whinging about the ting ....
It's fuked and stop annoying everyone ...
They all have ther own problems...
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Over and out
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Over and out
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GOOD !
... Now go and fuck off and don't contact me again
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Why keep it until 2027 Belker?
Consider getting a credit union or a bank loan and move on to something else.You either move down a little bit in size to a Corolla or Prius or move up to a Camry.
Both will give better fuel economy and without the DPF problems might actually work out to pay for a a lot of the changeover costs.Everyone makes mistakes.By buying more DPFs yer just compounding the original mistake of going diesel.
I could afford either/or today but I don't much fancy either of them, the nua Corolla will prob win in the end, but I'll most likely hold on to the Avensis till 2027 as much as the Fookin DPF light annoys the shite outta me.
Buy an OBD11 reader. Plug it in and clear the codes. about €20 online.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1)
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Why keep it until 2027 Belker?
Consider getting a credit union or a bank loan and move on to something else.You either move down a little bit in size to a Corolla or Prius or move up to a Camry.
Both will give better fuel economy and without the DPF problems might actually work out to pay for a a lot of the changeover costs.Everyone makes mistakes.By buying more DPFs yer just compounding the original mistake of going diesel.
I could afford either/or today but I don't much fancy either of them, the nua Corolla will prob win in the end, but I'll most likely hold on to the Avensis till 2027 as much as the Fookin DPF light annoys the shite outta me.
Buy an OBD11 reader. Plug it in and clear the codes. about €20 online.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1)
once you clear the codes, how long until the DPF light comes on again?
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Buy an OBD11 reader. Plug it in and clear the codes. about €20 online.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL/ref=asc_df_B07CP632CL/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310513207083&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11609104071496356982&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-562525957854&psc=1)
You make it sound so simple SB.
Firstly I don't even know what OBD means ?
Secondly, I don't have an Android phone.
Thirdly, I have no idea where to plug it in to.
And Lastly if by some miracle I get it working,
I won't have a clue what the codes mean.
But Thanks fer the advice anyway ! ::cheers
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I had an old diesel that was hard to get through emissions,1 litre of Dipetane and Dublin to Portlaoise and back in 3rd at about 4 thousand revs worked every time.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
If you need genuine Toyota parts let me know, as my cuz is in the parts dept. 20% off usually.
in kilbarrack?...
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I had an old diesel that was hard to get through emissions,1 litre of Dipetane and Dublin to Portlaoise and back in 3rd at about 4 thousand revs worked every time.
Thanks Marky but I tried all that and much more, it works fer a month or so.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
If you need genuine Toyota parts let me know, as my cuz is in the parts dept. 20% off usually.
in kilbarrack?...
Clondalkin/Long Mile IIRC
Parts are couriered to Denis Mahony Kilbarrack.
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That Smoke number is low for a car with DPF problems just a few weeks after the test .Did your Spanner Jockey ever say what caused your Turbo to give problems ?you said your oil was 3/4 full thats a lot of lost oil it has to go somewhere it might be effecting your turbo and clogging the DPF .
I put half a litre of oil in it yesterday to top it up and haven't had to put oil in to it in about 4 weeks prior to that. The spanner jockey who did the DPF clean last year I don't trust at all, but he was charging 600 fer a full clean while Toyota were looking fer 2.5k fer a DPF replacement, I talked it all through with my own regular mechanic and he agreed it seemed the best option at the time.
If you need genuine Toyota parts let me know, as my cuz is in the parts dept. 20% off usually.
in kilbarrack?...
Clondalkin/Long Mile IIRC
Parts are couriered to Denis Mahony Kilbarrack.
A box o matches are bout 50 cents
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Maguire and Patterson
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Or a zippo.
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Them D4D engines were a load of horse shlit….Broke my heart and wallet!
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I'd a D4D avensis for 5 years. Never an ounce of trouble from the engine. The electric handbrake went once though. Thank fcuk I don't have one of them anymore, an electric handbrake that is.
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Them D4D engines were a load of horse shlit….Broke my heart and wallet!
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Them D4D engines were a load of horse shlit….Broke my heart and wallet!
(https://i.postimg.cc/J7T51Bxn/IMG-7682.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLHHDFWq)
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Lovely mornin
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Them D4D engines were a load of horse shlit….Broke my heart and wallet!
(https://i.postimg.cc/J7T51Bxn/IMG-7682.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLHHDFWq)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/0NHf4Z9d/CUNTY.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yJccgmgk)
Lovely mornin
2015.
Worst car I ever owned. It paid for the mechanics' family skiing holidays several years in a row.
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I had a 08 D4D fer 10 years (no DPF), best car I ever owned.
The D4D went pear-shaped when the poxy DPF filter was introduced,
I will never buy another diesel car.
If an Avensis petrol hybrid was available, I would gladly buy a new one today !
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I'd a D4D avensis for 5 years. Never an ounce of trouble from the engine. The electric handbrake went once though. Thank fcuk I don't have one of them anymore, an electric handbrake that is.
Knew a bloke who had one. Went into pick up a Chinese takeaway and when he came out the car was way down the road. Automatic handbrake went and of course Toyota said it couldn’t happen.
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Ken, the next best thing to avensis is corolla hybrid. The reviews are great. If you could buy avensis today why not buy corolla and be done and dusted with diesel.
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Notice that there are a few old Avensis, still on the road but they all seem to be petrol.
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Ken, the next best thing to avensis is corolla hybrid. The reviews are great. If you could buy avensis today why not buy corolla and be done and dusted with diesel.
I kinda agree MK, but I'm not too fond of the slightly smaller Corolla and also not too fond of the more expensive (too good fer a night-time Taxi) Camry and all it's many multiple nua buttons and sensors. Most likely I will go nua Corolla hybrid Automatic petrol when my current Avensis is out of date in 2027.
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the corolla is great but it's a low car.
cunts routinely hit their head gettin inta it.
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the corolla is great but it's a low car.
cunts routinely hit their head gettin inta it.
Maybe 'cos all your punters are high! 8)
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Silver is there a type of Prius Van .Saw a stranfe looking thing the other night with an identical Hybrid badge to the Prius bit boxy looking ?
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Silver is there a type of Prius Van .Saw a stranfe looking thing the other night with an identical Hybrid badge to the Prius bit boxy looking ?
Maybe a Honda.
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Silver is there a type of Prius Van .Saw a stranfe looking thing the other night with an identical Hybrid badge to the Prius bit boxy looking ?
I saw one of them last week in Cork too, I remember thinking that it looked very big fer a Prius.
It looked something like this;
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tw3qNVQB/2012-toyota-prius-verso-small-seven-seat-minivan-100327954-m.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Silver is there a type of Prius Van .Saw a stranfe looking thing the other night with an identical Hybrid badge to the Prius bit boxy looking ?
I saw one of them last week in Cork too, I remember thinking that it looked very big fer a Prius.
It looked something like this;
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tw3qNVQB/2012-toyota-prius-verso-small-seven-seat-minivan-100327954-m.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
That's a 7-seater Prius Alpha, or Prius C, whatever you're having yourself.