Where is it? What does it look like?

[coupe-se]

All the talk of the not so mythical DPF has got me wondering what it looks like exactly and where it is located in the car?

Can anyone help?

 

[Geraldy212]

AS far as I can see from the diagrams I have, it sits directly after the turbo. After this, the exhaust pipes go under the car to the regular silencers etc. It has several temperature senders attached, plus the lamda probe, plus a connection to the exhaust gas recirculation system. So to take a look, pull off the top engine cover and look for the exhaust manifold and then the turbo. Directly after that should be the DPF box in all its glory. Good luck.

 

[h5djr]

Here is a page from the ETKA parts catalogue showing the exhaust for my A3 Sportback 2.0TDI-170 with the DPF.

exhaust+dpf

 

[coupe-se]

Nice one chaps ........ cheers!!!

Don't think I'll ever see it then.