Hi all,
I have a 2010 VW Golf tdi manual
A few weeks back I experienced a few instances of lost power, i.e. not able to accelerate when hitting the pedal. I thought there might have been an issue with the fuel or filter so I used an additive and scheduled a service to have it diagnosed.
In the lead up to the appointment the lost power issues went away, but I got the DPF warning light along with check engine and coil light. Took it into the shop and they confirm that soot levels in dpf were too high and they could not instigate a regen. DPF replacement 2k. I certainly wasn't going to do that because I was planning on doing the buy back, but was hoping for a few more months (I'm moving abroad in November). The technician suggests I use liquid moly dpf cleaner. Once the stuff arrives I follow the instructions with the help of some youtube videos. Go to start the car and... crap.
I have power and am able to instigate a few slow cranks but the car won't fire. Following the suggestion of the technician I removed the Oxygen sensor from the DPF to trick it into firing, but that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Could I somehow be plugging up the exhaust with sooty crap and preventing the car from firing? At this point I don't need to fix the car so much as get it running so I can do the buyback. The Technician did suggest I could apply liquid Moly again, but I'm skeptical that would help.
Any help would be appreciated
I have a 2010 VW Golf tdi manual
A few weeks back I experienced a few instances of lost power, i.e. not able to accelerate when hitting the pedal. I thought there might have been an issue with the fuel or filter so I used an additive and scheduled a service to have it diagnosed.
In the lead up to the appointment the lost power issues went away, but I got the DPF warning light along with check engine and coil light. Took it into the shop and they confirm that soot levels in dpf were too high and they could not instigate a regen. DPF replacement 2k. I certainly wasn't going to do that because I was planning on doing the buy back, but was hoping for a few more months (I'm moving abroad in November). The technician suggests I use liquid moly dpf cleaner. Once the stuff arrives I follow the instructions with the help of some youtube videos. Go to start the car and... crap.
I have power and am able to instigate a few slow cranks but the car won't fire. Following the suggestion of the technician I removed the Oxygen sensor from the DPF to trick it into firing, but that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Could I somehow be plugging up the exhaust with sooty crap and preventing the car from firing? At this point I don't need to fix the car so much as get it running so I can do the buyback. The Technician did suggest I could apply liquid Moly again, but I'm skeptical that would help.
Any help would be appreciated