TridentMonkey
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I’ve posted about this in the TDI subreddit already and have gotten some feedback. (I apologize if this is the wrong sub Chanel to post very new to this form)
Essentially my EGR and DPF have started to fail at 103k miles, I have a few speculations on why this has happened. One being my short tips and 3 letting people drive my car like it’s a M3. (When I told them it doesn’t work like that) Besides the point.
My two options I have came to are the following due to living in the great state of California.
(Driven about 20k miles since getting the car in March, 18,000 or so were highway)
Replace EGR and DPF and do a Stage 1-2 Malone tune, along with using DPF additives more since I live in the city now.(Along with buying a bike)
(Around 4500-5000)
Delete the car with a Rawtek/Darkside kit and do a stage 2 Malone tune (I don’t have any tools sinceI just moved or feel comfortable doing this so I would go to Colorado or Flagstaff)
Around (3500-4500)
My thought process right now is to sadly suck it up, go back to stock, put a tune on it and run additives more frequently and bike to work. Rather than try to dodge California emissions and the fines I might face when I do the delete.
If I do a delete do you have any suggestions or other modifications I should do like adding a CP4 prevention kit.
Essentially my EGR and DPF have started to fail at 103k miles, I have a few speculations on why this has happened. One being my short tips and 3 letting people drive my car like it’s a M3. (When I told them it doesn’t work like that) Besides the point.
My two options I have came to are the following due to living in the great state of California.
(Driven about 20k miles since getting the car in March, 18,000 or so were highway)
Replace EGR and DPF and do a Stage 1-2 Malone tune, along with using DPF additives more since I live in the city now.(Along with buying a bike)
(Around 4500-5000)
Delete the car with a Rawtek/Darkside kit and do a stage 2 Malone tune (I don’t have any tools sinceI just moved or feel comfortable doing this so I would go to Colorado or Flagstaff)
Around (3500-4500)
My thought process right now is to sadly suck it up, go back to stock, put a tune on it and run additives more frequently and bike to work. Rather than try to dodge California emissions and the fines I might face when I do the delete.
If I do a delete do you have any suggestions or other modifications I should do like adding a CP4 prevention kit.