My dpf is up the ****
Currently being towed the 300 kms home.
Van is a 2011 high line multivan
It has got just over 91000kms on the clock. I noticed this w.end on 2000km round trip that oil consumption was high, regen light came on, then all good, then on again, good again.
Not much can do in middle of nowhere so tried to get home, eventually went into limp, hence towing home

Have read some stuff about cleaning the dpf out with pressure washers etc which I am happy to tackle at home
I am thinking the oil consumption is a cause of this being so premature along with lots of short trips, we have weekly motorway drives of 20 mins or so too tho most of the year.
Obviously the oil consumption needs to be looked into.

A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to have my engine belt strip off and feed into the timing cover, ball up and get between timing belt and drive gear knocking timing out with drastic consequences. Which vw did fix even tho no longer under warranty.

My questions

Is my dpf much like others, in that I am able to remove and clean at home?

Do I bother going to dealer or not, am I better off cleaning the dpf then take to a vw garage to look into oil consumption?

Do I need to remortgage my house?