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Anyone managed to get this working on a facelift car? I've followed several guides and end up with a maxi dot message saying dynamic road sign error. And it doesn't work, from what I can't tell this is something to do with the road information from the sat nav not being available or being able to be read. I have the A5 camera and it's 3Q0 starting I have the Amundsen standard sat nav I think. Is it a Multimedia issue or something else? Any ideas?

Well it never changed the distance or time between regens but that may the cheap dongle I may try out a carista one next and see if I can get more info from a better dongle. Interestingly I had an expectation it would try to regen yesterday and it briefly said regen in on progress a couple of times. And sure enough this morning on the way home it started doing a regen. I drove for around 40 mins and it was still reporting it was doing a regen, which I thought is far too long. My average fuel for the trip was 48mpg as I got home so I assumed it had finished and the software is not as accurate as I hoped. Exhaust temps were down to around 400° by this time so I went home and parked up and no fan running, so I suggest it had completely next time I will watch the exhaust temp and see how long it stays at 600° plus for and then when it drops below 600° try parking up and see if the fan continues to run. Since it completed a regen coming back from Cov on Saturday every day I am getting mid 40's to high 40's mpg on my 9 mile commute to work, I know the weather is warmer and that does make the economy better a bit, but every day this week I've achieved mid to high 40's mpg even coming home at night getting similar figures, before I would have struggled to hot 40mpg a lot of the time. So again time will tell and especially when the weather drops colder as I notice a dramatic drop in fuel consumption in the cold weather and the same with stop start traffic it really seems to kill the mpg.

I meant to say in my post louder than 100% obviously, the volume can be adjusted somewhat in OBD11 or VCDS as you suggest. But I think the OP wants to make it much louder than even the 100% setting will allow. At least that is how I read it.

Possibly doable but won't be cheap and not simple. Will possibly need shocks and all associated parts, plus changing your gateway module I would think plus some coding done at the very least. That's just a guess off the top of my head though. But as with most things with enough money and knowledge and the right software it could be done. But the question is whether it is really worth the cost and effort if it can be done.

Can't say I can find anything relating to making it louder, changing the firmware for different sounds was the best I could find. Tbh it's a gimmick anyway, it doesn't do anything other than make some fake engine sound inside the car. Each to their own I guess but it's like people who have nosiy exhausts and make the car sound horrendous inside for effect. Waste of time in my opinion.

Average time and distance are still at zero so don't think that will change tbh, could be the Dongle I bought and better one night give more info, carista dongles should work I think and maybe allow more info but I'll see how it goes for now. I didn't want to spend much in case it didn't work so might try and carista one later one.

Just came back the this thread, adblue is nothing to do with a DPF, adblue is injected into the exhaust to turn the nitrous oxide into harmless (allegedly) nitrogen and water. So the 2 are fairly unrelated other than lowering emissions, both are just ways of making diesel's cleaner. Having adblue brings it's own issues like making sure the adblue is topped up, costs to add the adblue to that tank and also dosing injector issues if you use cheap adblue or it crystallizes. I would urge owners with the adblue system to use only decent quality adblue. Thankfully my VRS doesn't use adblue so I don't have to worry about it.

You also can clear and read basic error codes with it from the engine ECU, but I have my OBD 11 and also launch diagnostics for other stuff anyway.

I've also got average time between regens showing and average distance between regens. Bit showing 0 at the moment so not sure if they will populate over time as well or not but will keep updated if they do. It would be handy if they do populate as again would give an idea of how many miles between regents and also time based. Which also would help in predicting when it is doing one. I can't say I rarely ever notice regens in my Octavia compared to my old Focus I had some years back, that was so obvious when it did regens. Smoke billowing out the exhaust and very hesitant and stuff, but can hardly tell mine is doing them, usually the only reason I know is I park up and hear the fan running after turning off and ticking from exhaust and a slight smell, never smells like my old Focus did doing a regen.

So after some searching I have figure out a way to this with Android Auto. It is basic but does the job. You need Dashobd from google play (not available for IOS fans and car play as far as I know sorry) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecm.dashobd&hl=en_US An ELM 327 dongle that works, the cheap blue one I purchased from amazon would not work for 8 quid odd so I bought this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Android/dp/B07CP632CL?pd_rd_w=KqmGT&content-id=amzn1.sym.c8a5b9ab-9876-4c56-aa13-e746c73e193d&pf_rd_p=c8a5b9ab-9876-4c56-aa13-e746c73e193d&pf_rd_r=5BY3CMCNXASEJ2YZ1RV2&pd_rd_wg=BIqDJ&pd_rd_r=d9f276b9-8ede-4dcc-88e2-574d6ee7f89c&pd_rd_i=B07CP632CL&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_grid_rp_0_1_ec_pr_ppx_pop_dt_b_bia_item_i You can now run dashobd on your android phone and android auto screen like you used to be able to run Torque on android auto which at some point stopped working. Should be in the list for AA automatically or you may need to go to AA settings and edit the list and select it. No need to have a second device running with screen on to see real time data, I wanted to keep it on the screen in the car for ease of use and periodically checking to see if and when the car is doing a regen. Click on auto (car icon) on dashobd screen on phone and click the + button to go through the list of PID's until you find Particulate filter regen status, the message on screen will show not in progress or in progress when the car is doing a regen. If you buy the paid version you can create custom PID's but so far I have not got that far to see what can be done or not. https://postimg.cc/hQdGCNPN Literally all I wanted was something on the android auto screen that would show me the car is doing a regen and when it stops, as it happened I picked the dongle up set it up and straight away the car was stating to do a regen so I took it for a drive to let it complete, as if you don't it will keep trying and trying using more and more fuel trying to regen, so now I can see and work out how often and when its likely to do so and hopefully make sure they always complete where possible. Like I said its basic but does the job I want it to.

Indeed but knowing I can do one if I need to will save me a trip and cust to a dealer.

Charge limit for service regen is 40g Charge limit for field regen is 23.37g. I assume that is the minimum soot loading figures to be able to start either if those forced regens, or if above those figures a forced regen cannot be done.

Well doing some more research using VCDS instructions, it seems it is not always possible to do a forced regen, if the ash load is too high, or if the soot load is too low it also won't do a regen. My figures seem to be ok tbh even for mostly shortish trips so it must regen reasonably well most of the time. Ash load limit is 80g Oil ash mass is 25.2g Soot mass calculated 13.28g Soot mass measured 2.25g Oil ash volume 0.06 litres So I think on those figures last time I scanned the car it seems to be doing pretty well, it's now got a bit over 60k miles on it from memory. Reading about VCDS doing a forced regen also states ensuring that lights heated seats and windows are also turned on, which you had to do with Ford IDS now I've read that it reminded me, part of the forced regen prerequisites was putting the car under load to get it to regen. I ought try to try out the regen while driving function to see if I can force it to regen on a drive as well as that is also an option but I forgot what it's called something like service drive regen or something. It seems like a forced regen can only be done if the ECU figures allow it to be done, be nice to find some figures it needs to be at to do one. I also find it strange the manual mentions the dog light but turning my telly tale lights on it doesn't have one, and I've never seen any lights on dashboard associates with the dpf in just over a year of owning it. I know some cars did not have any dpf warning lights and would just flash the engine check light and or glow plugs light. Unless a message pops up in the maxi dot display of course with the dog symbol. It really is a shame that no manufacturer to my knowledge seemed to think, let's put a dpf light that comes on when it is doing a regen so you know it is for sure and can try to avoid interrupting it. I assume the ash load limit is the maximum ash limit of the filter?

I have emailed OBD11 and have replied from them they seem interested in resolving my issue. Telling me to find instructions for my vehicle to perform a DPF regen. Telling e to go onto their forum etc. All the things I have already done and to no avail it seems no one anywhere ehas done as DPF regen on a MK3 vrs diesel Octavia. It's cost me substantial money for the dongle and 2 years now of Vag ultimate and I won't be renewing it again I wish I had bought VCDS now. So a warning that once they have your money they seem interested in any issues you may come across. Poor service in my opinion.

OBD 11 is almost as good as VCDS in terms of functionality. It reads all ECU'S and does one click changes and long coding in much the same way as VCDS.

Long time after your original post but I agree early DPF equipped cars and especially ones like my Focus that used Eolys fluid to help regenerate the DPF were indeed problematic. However my parents have a 17 reg superb that does at best a few thousand miles a year on average all short journeys and have never had any dpf issues. I think once or twice the dpf light has come on and they have had to go for a drive to clear it. I have also had my Octavia VRS diesel 18 reg now for just over a year. My journey to work is 8.5 miles each way (A and B roads) and not once have I had the dpf light on in that year of owning it. My car rarely goes on a the motorway and when it does it never does a regen that I notice. I do understand about passive active and forced regens as I have delved into the DPF world since owning my focus then MG6 diesel and now this one. I think with newer cars they are less of a problem than they used to be and a lot of problems are usually down to another system like the egr or glow plugs or something else stopping the regen taking place. To do a regen the egr valve, glow plugs, timing and fuel injection are all changed/used to aid the exhaust to get up to temp to burn the soot off. Even newer petrol cars now have god's fitted to them and have to the same regeneration. A fact a lot of people seem to not now about or even think that a petrol now has a gpf. Of course I could well be proved wrong in everything I say but like I said I have done a fair amount of research into dpf's since my first car with a dpf. My focus was totally obvious when doing a regen, including white/grey smoke out the exhaust possibly because of the EOLYS fluid it used, but I have I think once so far notice what I would call a dpf regen with my Skoda, when I actually noticed visible smoke from the exhaust. As for the other things like a harsher engine note or hesitation I noticed that with my focus but never with my Octavia. Oh and my parents Superb has done less miles than my car. 17 reg 48k at last not on Feb, mine around 60k currently offhand. The other reason I think some people experience more problems is due to mileage. A dpf usually needs replacing around 100k to 120k miles due to the ash content left behind that cannot be burnt off. Just my thoughts anyway, not picking on your post but quoted it for context.

I've now emailed OBD 11 support to see if they can shed any light on this situation.

Still not even a single reply on OBD11 forum to my question. Forums really are useless without and dialogue from others, it's hard to understand why some ground exist when you don't even get any sorry can't help replies let alone a helpful reply. Beginning to wish I had gone down the VCDS route now tbh and not OBD11. Main reason I decided to go the route I did was ease of use and always having it on my phone and not having to use a laptop or a tablet to do stuff with the car.

Seems the OBD 11 forum is a waste of time. Posted 2 days ago asking for advice not a single reply. Seems the most dead forum I've ever seen.

Good idea I'll try the OBD 11 forum see if they can shed some light, if I find out I'll come back with what I find. Also updated to the latest version and is also full Vag pro subscription.

Has anyone managed to figure out how to do this on a MK3. I have the full pro VAG OBD11, I follow all the instructions on how to do a DPF regen while stationary and it will not work no matter how I try to do it. Change mode to EOL and enter security code etc, but the instructions say after the first time to turn the engine off but with the ignition still on and starts steps 3 to 5 again, but you cannot turn the engine off without turning the key to the off position which is what I think is stopping it from working as it breaks the connection with OBD11. I don't actually need to do one currently but want to know I can perform one if the need arises. I did DPF regens on my MG6 while I had it with Launch X431 (hooky version) no problem, I also did forced regens on my Focus when I had that with Ford IDS (hooky version) and they were so simple to force a regeneration. I have half a tank of fuel, have got the car well up to temperature etc etc, I followed every instructions online where other VAG owners have got it to work. Unless it will only work when the soot loading is above a certain amount? Any ideas?

I've used that lcode you suggested and done the basic settings as suggested. It does seem marginally better maybe but only by a tiny fraction if it is. I can't tell if the static cornering lights are even coming on though, is there any way to activate them under a test mode in OBD11 like there is with the main headlight led sections at all? It's also hard to tell if they are adjusting up or down while driving etc, not sure if the slight changes are just due to bumps in the road and or acceleration or deceleration. A run up the motorway as it was doing a regen when I pulled back up at home, so took it up the motorway and the headlights seem to reach a little further maybe but again hard to tell. Think next plan is to take it to a garage with beam tester and check the height and see if they can be adjusted up just a touch, I'd say even a tiny height adjustment would make the world of difference. Maybe it's just me and the way they work with micro adjustments but dark lanes without main beam are still troublesome. If I hadn't activated the auto main beam I'd be constantly changing between dipped and main which I never had to do all the time in my previous rapid with normal halogen bulbs.

Yeah I get the hate of the output from OBD11. I just like trying stuff to see what can or can't be changed and getting my head around how it all works tbh. I'll have a look at your suggestions when I get chance later hopefully. I thought the superb had a facelift around 2017 but it seems it was 2019, I could have sworn theirs had LED lights but maybe it is Xenon's, bit doesn't seem to have the slight delay on turning the lights on that Xenon's usually have. No LED modules in OBD11 on theirs so maybe your right. Light output is better than mine though and possibly just a finger yellower.

I assume the bit pattern led output menu is for the matrix lights as turning those led's on and off does nothing to my car. Seems odd to have an output test hat shows it is working but does nothing instead of saying function not activated or similar.

One other odd thing I was trying to find a test to light up the static cornering lights so I could check if they both were working but cant seem to find a way to test those like other lights in OBD11. I also was not able to turn on cornering fog lights with OBD11 either oddly.