Dozenspeed
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- May 1, 2012
It sucks trying to provide 1st class livery with the regen smell going in the presence of the customers.
Try removing your DPF and the smell of diesel will burn their eyes and choke their last breath, talk about classy...It sucks trying to provide 1st class livery with the regen smell going in the presence of the customers.
How do two senses come together like that? Is that the same as a triangular color?Yours has an odor? Our Passat doesn't smell like much of anything when the regen is occurring... just has a hot odor.
-J
You have 170k on the stock DPF or original DPF, EVER BEEN CLEANED? that's impressive if not, lot's of miles to not give the turbo a good choking, it might blow up if it backs up because of a full DPF...I'm saying I'm spoiled by "clean diesel" and it's fun to have one unbeknownst to the general public. And yes, the smell has become more prominant inside the car since about 170k mi. I wish to milk the DPF as long as I can, but fear this may force an earlier R+R than I was hoping for.
There is no need to "clean" it. Not until the calculated ash load gets above a certain set limit, which it is currently very far from. It get checked at every service.You have 170k on the stock DPF or original DPF, EVER BEEN CLEANED? that's impressive if not, lot's of miles to not give the turbo a good choking, it might blow up if it backs up because of a full DPF...
I figured it would be full by now at 170k...There is no need to "clean" it. Not until the calculated ash load gets above a certain set limit, which it is currently very far from. It get checked at every service.
I'm sure it still smells better than the falling apart oil burning Crown Vics around here.It sucks trying to provide 1st class livery with the regen smell going in the presence of the customers.
Nope. The DPFs generally have an ash load that is lock-step with mileage, so at 150k miles, you can expect around 15mL. There seems to be some confusion about what the actual MAXimum ash volume is, since Volkswagen has not been very forthcoming with that information. I've heard all kinds of figures, but given we've seen some with over some of these reported figures and still running alone nicely, we just don't know.I figured it would be full by now at 170k...
Great info to know, thanks...Nope. The DPFs generally have an ash load that is lock-step with mileage, so at 150k miles, you can expect around 15mL. There seems to be some confusion about what the actual MAXimum ash volume is, since Volkswagen has not been very forthcoming with that information. I've heard all kinds of figures, but given we've seen some with over some of these reported figures and still running alone nicely, we just don't know.
I check each and every DPF ash load on each and every CR car that comes through our shop. And I have yet to see one with a DTC set that says "DPF ash load full, replace DPF" like we see so often on the Cummins Rams.
Ha! Someone queue the Axel Foley theme music...Ha, yeah, like the dealers even know about that....
I changed a boatload of crap on a rental Passat, including turning off the DRLs. Let them stew on that one for a while.
The song you're thinking of is AxleF. BTW thanks! Now its going to be stuck in my head all day.
Just had a customer bring in their SportWagon - 394,007 miles and DPF is still on the car. I would have to dig through repair history for a while, but it does not appear to have been replaced.
Jason
Nope. The DPFs generally have an ash load that is lock-step with mileage, so at 150k miles, you can expect around 150mL.
Cheaper to get a bumper sticker "Warning: Emission controls may release EXTREMELY HOT exhaust gas at any time. Stay back a minimum of 6 feet in stop-and-go traffic to avoid melting your bumper."Because the guy behind you sitting inches from your tailpipe gets his front bumper cover melted and gets really pissed off.