dpf filter

[The Liffey Lip]

Citroen C5?

[SClass]

 I see you can get a DPF cleaning system in the auto shop.
 Works the same as the blue tech system.
Take the heap out on the motorway at night and floor it and clean the chimney.
That's the way to do it.

[weird al wankovitch]

When i knock my yoke off the fan still runs for a few minutes. As I'm new to diesels I didn't know why until I consulted me user manual. Supposedly it's the dpf regenerating. Do all diesels have this and does it actually work?

[Billy boy]

When i knock my yoke off the fan still runs for a few minutes. As I'm new to diesels I didn't know why until I consulted me user manual. Supposedly it's the dpf regenerating. Do all diesels have this and does it actually work?

my car does it and its a 14 skoda octavia. Hopefully it works. 3000000 k on and haven't a a problem yet.

[weird al wankovitch]

Grand. Long way to go before it hits that kinda kilometreage.

[john m]

After your shift when pulling away from the lights rev it up into the red in first that will blow away all the crap clean out the system.

[Shallowhal]

After your shift when pulling away from the lights rev it up into the red in first that will blow away all the crap clean out the system.

Probably take half the neighbourhood out aswell.....give it a go Al!!

[weird al wankovitch]

I think I'll give it a miss if its regenerating itself

[silverbullet]

After your shift when pulling away from the lights rev it up into the red in first that will blow away all the crap clean out the system.

Preferably with a Rickshaw behind you.

[C5]

Vikkis, I'm driving an 2011 Citroen C5  it just passed 300,000 kms working the streets of Galway, dpfs give a warning if your crawling around town and it needs cleaning out then ya need to give it a run at 80kph to start the regen as soon as possible for nearly 10 mins and if you ever heard fan the going when ya got out of the car that's it cooling itself down after the regen. change the oil 3k sooner if your city driving all the time and you wont have dpf problems. Im speaking from experience.

[Vikkiz]

I’ve only recently had my dpf removed and car remapped. Not once has any mechanic I’ve spoken to suggested that I should change the oil sooner than it’s due.
So in your experience it’s change the oil sooner. In mine I just removed it so it won’t cause me any issues

[Rat Catcher]

Did you have issues before getting it removed - issues with the DPF, that is.

[Vikkiz]

Did you have issues before getting it removed - issues with the DPF, that is.

Yes it got clogged up, apparently from not changing my oil every 6000miles, and nothing to do with driving at crappy speeds in the city, not getting the engine hot enough to burn off the carbon.

What I’d noticed was, when I started at 3am as normal, no problems. But if I started at 7:30am, I’d suffer with issues with it all day. When it actually happened I was stuck in schools traffic in Rathoath.

However, I had been having an underlying issue which has been sorted and th3 car is like brand new again. And no, I have no idea what the issue was but it’s sorted

[C5]

If ya changed your oil every 10,000 miles and drove it over 50 mph for 10 mins when you got the dpf nearly full warning ya wouldn't be having problems with it. Or else just get a petrol yoke. Nct rules changing soon to check for dpfs are where they should be. What kind of a car are ya driving anyway that doesn't give a warning.

[Rat Catcher]

I doubt you'd have to do it at 6,000 miles, Vz. I know your car is a UK import Skoda so it will either have a fixed service interval of 10,000 miles or a variable service interval. The identification plate/stickers tell you which applies. Either way, with the DPF models you must use the thinner oil i.e. 5W30 fully synthetic to VW504.00/VW 507.00 specification.

My Skoda (non DPF) is a variable interval model which means, provided you reset the service interval via the OBD interface - using a tool such as Ross Tech or OBD Eleven - you don't need to change the oil until the "service" display comes on. As I always change my oil at 20,000 kilo intervals the display has never come on. Well it did once because I deliberately neglected to reset it when I changed the oil just to see when (and check that) it kicks in, on that occasion it was at 28,xxx kilos which is pretty close to the maximum interval which is set at 30,000 kilos by default - used to be 50,000 kilos on the older engines that were never used with DPFs.