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hi all, has anybody got some tips for short journeys ie 3 mile to work and back for the next 12 months, and trying to keep the dpf working propely and the engine free from carbon shite.
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You need to give it a good run once a month on a motorway or main road with the revs above 2000 rpm for ten minute's to regenerate the FAP / DPF pain in the butt it has to be done the other way to do it is called a forced burn you need engine to be up to temp park on your drive or the road get the revs 2000 rpm hold it there for ten minute's people may think you've gone mad but that's the way it work's .
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3000 rpm is the thick end of 80+mph in fifth gear. It'll be 2000 rpm as previously mentioned.
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Just run it on 4th gear @120km/h (75 mph) on the motorway for 30 minutes every now and then. It has worked for me. My daily commute is like you describe, 5km to work, the motor hardly reaches 80°C temperature. But then twice a year I do 2700km round trips where I am almost always above 2000rpm during 2 consecutive days...
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thanks a lot guys for the advice, I don't mind fast idling outside asda once a week while I wait for the other half, 15mins ok? when I put my foot down now and again you no hard exelerating in 2nd and then third I see a bit of black smoke come out the exhaust is that the carbon leaving the filter ?
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oh guys is the asda diesel the same as say bp or shell and is it worth putting an additive in the tank when I next fill up
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