RE: [OT] : Has anyone had their DPF removed ?

[Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alex

Thanks for the tip but I think it's definitely the DPF as the car has been
=
lacking power for a while and I have a Bluetooth ODBII adapter that I
bough=
t off eBay that I use with the "Torque"  app on my Android phone.
Its repor=
ting a specific DPF error about Soot Accumulation and another error about
r=
egeneration duration failure :(

The cars done 92,000 miles from new so it was going to happen at some
point=
and I suppose I should feel grateful that it didn't happen sooner, I think=
Ford recommend replacing them at 75,000 miles. Trouble is when you start r=
eading up on one problem and then learn about all the other potential
issue=
s like Dual mass flywheels and Turbos failures, sometimes ignorance is
blis=
s :)

Oh well, I'll continue ringing around for quotes on removing the DPF.

Marcus

From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of A=
lex Monaghan
Sent: 24 October 2012 17:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] : Has anyone had their DPF removed ?



Is it definitely the DPF? My Peugeot 807 failed like this a few times, but
the local (non Peugeot) mechanic was unable to see the error on his
machine=
.
There could be something triggering the fault. Peugeot crank out a generic
error message for many faults, so I guess other ECU's may do the same, so
I'd suggest getting the actual error codes and checking this.

I did consider having the DPF removed, but settled on getting rid of the
ca=
r
due to other non-trivial issues!

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Marcus Warrington
Sent: 24 October 2012 15:52
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Has anyone had their DPF removed ?

Sorry to be off topic but I know there are a couple of pistonheads on the
list.

My Ford Focus 1.6TDCI has just gone into "limp home" mode again
with blocke=
d
Diesel Particulate Filter for the second time in 2 months. Last time Ford
did an active regeneration and charged me =A390 but its only lasted 2000
mi=
les
before blocking up again. I'm now thinking maybe the best bet would be to
rip the sodding out. I've had a quick Google around it looks like it costs
around =A3300-=A3400 to get it removed and the have the ECU remapped
accordingly.

Has anyone had this done ... is it a good or bad idea ? To be honest I just
want to get the car running again and if removing the DPF does this and
gives me another 6months to look around and make a decision on a new car
then I'll be happy. MOT isn't due to next April so I'm not too worried if
the removal actually causes an MOT failure.

Marcus

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