I know very little about diesels, hence my L200 has been dealer serviced from new...
Its a 2010 Raging Bull model with the 4D56T engine, question is does it have a Diesel Particulate Filter? where is it and what does it look like?
Is it worth having it removed?, I do about 10,000 a year in 15 - 20 mile trips, probably a 300 miler each month.
Its the second L200 I've had, and I do like it, nothing on the marlket I prefer, even the late 2010 on L200 is longer, so would like to keep it
at least another 2 years, hence my wonderings.
Cheers.
Pete.
2010 model diesel will have a DPF.
Removing them typically requires reprogramming the ECU to "delete" the DPF function otherwise the engine management will see a fault. You
may encounter MoT issues with it removed and I believe the MoT rules are tightening on this sort of modification.
Your driving pattern isn't ideal for a DPF as they need to get good and hot for a reasonable time to "regenerate". That said, a good
razz up the motorway once in a while should be adequate.
The 300 mile trip every month should take care of regeneration.
I wouldn't remove the DPF until/unless it fails.
My Mondeo goes into a regen about once every couple of months, and more in the winter
as my daily mileage is probably about 15 miles
On the Mondeo I know when its happening as the aircon fans come on, the car feels sluggish, almost as if the brakes are on,
and sometimes the engine light comes on, also it has a very odd smell from the exhaust
when it does happen, I take it down the motorway at 3.5k revs for about 10mins swing round at an exit, keeping the revs above 3k and drive home at 3k
plus,
by the time I am home, its as clean as a clean thing !
the whole DPF system, in my mind is a total waste of time, as I seem to have to burn more fuel, and kick all the shite out of the back albeit on a
motorway
One thing I have experienced is that if I use "good" fuel ie shell optimax Bp etc, I do not seem to have the above problems
if I use supermarket crap fuel, then I do,
Steve
Thanks guys, guess I'll just leave it alone and keep up the long runs as often as possible.
I had mine removed and the ecu reprogrammed.
All because living round here I dont use motorways (theres only 1 here)and 3 mile treck to work wrecks everything. My journeys are not long enough for
a regen and why should I just go for a run to get it going? Thats wasting my money!
Whats the point of having a filter that fills up then uses fuel to burn the soot off?
Just found out that check for a removed DPF is part of the MOT from Feb 2014.
Pretty annoyed about this - had mine removed from my Skoda VRS nearly a year ago, had been reassured from a few knowledgeable people that it was
highly unlikely to ever come in to the MOT test as it was only required in certain EU cities.
Link to GOV. announcement.
If the casing is still there, are they going to be able to spot that the DPF has been removed during an MOT?
Also consider that the dpf is normally there to deal with the consequences of running an egr system, so consider blanking that too if mpg optimisation is the only objective.
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Originally posted by SteveWalker
If the casing is still there, are they going to be able to spot that the DPF has been removed during an MOT?
So in reality these filters just move the pollution from one place to another, and in the meantime cost the motorist in order to do the long journeys to regen the filters, and increase emissions due to the unnecessary mileage.