Mrrogers1
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2006
- Location
- Omaha NEEEBRASKA
- TDI
- 2011 Golf TDI 6MT, 2011 Jetta TDI DSG, 2015 Golf Sportwagen S TDI DSG
When at idle, the fans will be on full blast and you'll notice elevated rpms. Normal idle rpm should be around 830-850 and during regen it will be up over 1000. If your 1hr drive is a straight commute at hwy speeds on cruise control, you may feel a "slight" drop in power when the regen starts, almost like a flutter. Also, if you turn the car off, fans will keep going (sounds like car is going to take off in flight!) and car will smell quite hot and you may be able to feel the heat rolling out from under the car.Used a generic scan tool last night had two codes. 2544 which is for the EGT sensor I replaced...not sure why it hadn't cleared on its own. My friend cleared the code. The other code is 2463 which is for excessive soot. We started the car and let it run for a minute and 2544 didn't come back on but 2463 did. Now that the egt sensor code is cleared (at least for now), will the computer allow a regen?
Tomorrow, I have a 1 hour drive to work, and I'd like to take the car to see if it'll regen. Is there a way to tell if the car's doing a regen? It'd be nice if a dashboard light came on during a regen.
A light seems like SUCH an easy win for VW and I can't understand why it's not part of all the vehicles that it applies too. I use a Scangauge II to monitor EGT before and after DPF among other parameters (initially bought for boost gauge function back in 2006 for my last TDI).
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