DPF Care

[Cousin]

127,000 in my 06 Multivan and all seems good so far.

(hope I didn't put the moz on me!!)



M

[goober]

Is the DPF covered by warranty? And under what circumstances? Max km's? etc etc

Given that I have an extended warranty up to 200,000km and 5 years can I assume it's not going to be my problem for that time?

(or is it a replaceable part)

No, its not a warranty item, VW have washed their hands on the DPF, we have had two go on the blink and the dealer said "its not covered" even though we produced receipts for the oil that we are using, the comment from the service tech was.......and wait for it.........."dont do city driving", like WTF its a van for courier work in the city, I then rang the selling dealer and told him of this and he said its something he hasnt heard of before. Thus I am wanting to update in Nov with another batch of Crafters........am now looking at other makes, and Benz seem to be in front as we speak.

[4wheels]

Is the DPF covered by warranty? And under what circumstances? Max km's? etc etc

Given that I have an extended warranty up to 200,000km and 5 years can I assume it's not going to be my problem for that time?

(or is it a replaceable part)

I've had a DPF replaced under warranty after a sensor failure. DPF couldn't be regenerated after the failed 'exhaust pressure sensor' was replaced. It was replaced as part of the warranty repair 'no questions asked' by John Oxley in Port Macquarie. I managed to get a copy of the warranty invoice (as I was away from home, and wanted to detail the work to my home dealer in case of any further problems). The cost listed for the DPF was $1584.80 (part only). Not cheap, but not $4700 either.

Brian Reed
2007 Trakkadu 4M 128Kw.

[TDI DSG]

I was considering a new Transporter recently and the DPF along with the new DSG reliability were real concerns for me as it would be a long term purchase (min several years)
Same thing with updating our MKV Golf - ours missed getting the DPF by a month from memory.

The odd thing to me is that the car selectively burns MORE fuel to create heat to burn off particles - is this better than a more efficient no DPF restriction in the exhaust and no overfuelling to heat it up ?
Normally for longevity you do all you can to lower EGT on a diesel.
Has anyone considered removing the DPF ?
I know it's probably not something you can legally do - but then neither are ecu reflashes and chips that add fuel for performnace gains, totaly changing the factory emissions.