DPF replacement...$4000!...Anybody know a good exhaust mod place in Melbourne?

[ryder01]

Hey Greg,
No I wasnt saying I would try clean the DPF for use afterwards, I will still get the Delete done as I can only see this becoming a problem again. I meant more out of interest for people going forward who have the same issue and may want to know if it can be cleaned out.

Cheers

Ryan

[gldgti]

i wonder if you could just burn the soot out "on the bench" so to speak... using an acetaline torch to start it . Hmmm....

Who likes the idea of an acetaline injector post turbine?

(the "wink" indicates a joke....)

[Gregski]

Hey Guys,
Thanks for all the great replies. I think I'm going to go down the path of the the miltek And tune...Greg I'll pm you about your pipe.

Out of interest sake and for everybodies knowledge in future (which I'm sure will happen) I'll pull the old one off and try to clean myself and see what happens...spoke to an exhaust place near by yesterday and they said they had pulled some (not vw mind you) and did the soak and clean with a air comp/high pressure from the outlet side, so backward flow and it had worked on occation. I'll let you all know how it gets on.

Such a pitty...for a car I couldn't stop raving about how good it was to mates when I first drove it, ah well, I'm sure I'll grin even more with de-dpf and tune when the turbo kicks in.

Cheers and thanks for all the help.

Ryan
Ryan

Great post Ryan, I too will be up for one of these bad boys soon, with my 08 gt I'm just waiting for my warranty to expire.
Question: are u going to um..... "hi flow" the cat as well?
And this might be a question for the other boys too, can anyone with half a brain fit the milltek/ custom code chip, or do we need to ship our cars to the uk?

[h100vw]

Gregski, the chip is actually a flash for the ECU. No need to ship it to the UK. If you are looking to get a DPF pipe, It'd be good to know when you would be looking at? Sometime in 2011?

Gavin

[Gregski]

Sweet so when u say flash you means it's just a matter of plugging it in and off you go?

Mate how long will it take to arrive? I know the other boys waited 4+ months?

Cog you should have an auction for your pipe and chip mate, you might have a few hungry buyers!

[h100vw]

Sweet so when u say flash you means it's just a matter of plugging it in and off you go?

Mate how long will it take to arrive? I know the other boys waited 4+ months?

Cog you should have an auction for your pipe and chip mate, you might have a few hungry buyers!

The wait was due to the shipping. If you didn;t mind paying for airfreight, you can get one a lot sooner. I shipped some G60 arches the day before I moved to Australia. They arrived the following week. The problem with the DPF pipes is the length, they exceed the maximum length that most shippers will handle as they are 1.2 metres long when packed up.

The flash is just the same as for any other ECU from the last 10 years or so and is loaded via the OBD port.

Gavin

[Greg Roles]

Sorry Gregski, Ryan is in a jam with his car, so it would be a bit of bad form to capitalise! ( nice thought though ).

For the record, the "cat" IS the DPF cannister the delete pipe, well..... deletes! Once this header goes on, the major restriction is gone, just a resonator and the huge rear pancake muffler remains, and the rear pancake can be removed with little effect to noise.

Gav neads lead time for surface shipping, as it's a 10-12 week process fellas!

[STV4SYT]

Hey Guys,
Have recently bought a gt tdi 08' with 104,000ks...
DPF light has come on and stayed on after 1000k's...
Long story short, fully blocked, forced regen at VW didnt work, $4000 replacement! .

So I think I will have to go the DPF delete option...question is though, can anybody PM me an exhuast place in Melbourne that could take out the core of the DPF (to still look standard) before I get Custom Code tuning....

Thanks for the help!!

That is so close to the warranty expiration i would be pushing them to do it under warranty.


3 years 100,000km


your only concern might be if it hasnt been serviced at vw for the whole time.

Definitely if you were the original owner with a full vw service history at the same dealer they would be doing it without question.

[h100vw]

Ryan bought it second hand. That was the first thing I said, goodwill. Not having any of it......

Gavin

[silvershadow]

Ryan bought it second hand. That was the first thing I said, goodwill. Not having any of it......

Gavin

You can be certain the first reason for rejection would be the use of bio-diesel contrary to VW specifications - both you and the dealer cannot prove this is true or false so it becomes a "mexican stand-off". You would have to prove the DPF was faulty when the car was delivered.

No need to say who has the advantage in this situation.