DPF

[a8tdi]

Am i likely to have any issues with a DPF if i only use my car about half a dozen times a week? Or are issues more likely when using the car for short journeys?
Thanks.

 

[fishyfish]

Yeah, it's mostly the length and style of your journeys that matters... DPFs tend to like longer runs in preference to short/stop-start journeys, as they need to get the exhaust up to high temperatures for 15 minutes or so in order to perform a regeneration cycle (i.e. burn off the collected soot).

Basically, you need to give it an Italian tune-up along the motorway every week to keep the DPF gods happy. Really makes a lot of sense from an environmental perspective, having to use a bunch of extra fuel in order to help save the planet from all those nasty particulates...

 

[a8tdi]

Thanks fishy fish..