Answered by Honest John. Yes. There was some trouble but I think remapping has cured this. Still not good to repeat short runs from cold starts because that is asking too much of the DPF. That tyre size okay because the 60 profile still provides a decent cushion between the rims and the road. Tags: diesel particulate filter buying a used car dpf.
15 posts · Joined 2008. #1 · Mar 26, 2016. Hi Guys, Have previously owned three Civics, all great. In 2012 I purchased a CRV, all was good. Last year in April, just before the warranty ran out, I had a DPF warning light appear, my local garage said it was not covered, but advised me to give it a good long run. I did this and cleared the message. 2559 posts · Joined 2010. #2 · Jan 8, 2014 (Edited) Diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are attracting bad publicity because they can block up in particular conditions - BUT - those conditions are such that a diesel was the wrong engine to choose in the first place, ie a petrol would be better. DPFs need to get hot occasionally to burn off the A DPF was an option for the MK3, rare and expensive with little benefit. so not many about. Easy to tell by looking at the exhaust. After the turbo you get the CAT and then a flexi pipe to the middle box and another rear box. Some cars only have the CAT / Flexi / Rear box. DPF will be obvious if one was fitted.Follow these four simple actions: 1. Regularly drive your Toyota on highways at speeds of between 40-55mph for around 20-30 minutes. 2. Avoid spending unnecessary amounts of time with the engine idling. 3, Try to limit the frequency of short journeys where the engine is running for less than ten minutes. 4.
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