Just been reading on the Superb forum that the DPF (which cost at least around £400 - £500 for the part) has a maximum life of around 80,000 miles and also requires 4 litres of additive at £37 / litre all of which can only be changed / filled by a dealer.

Does anyone know for sure (preferably a VAG techie) if the DPF fitted on the 1.6CR has a similar limited life span and whether it uses this mystery additive (urea?).

Also I believe that the 1.6CR is still a cambelt design :S . Whats the service interval for this? Probably a £400-£500 job.

Because of doing 20k per year I want to buy a 1.6CR model but if its going to cost £1000+ in DPF/cambelt costs over 80,000 miles then I might as well go for the cheaper 1.4Tsi petrol. The 1.4Tsi may be much easier to service DIY long term.

The PD140 Mk1 Superb was the only model to get lumbered with an additive based DPF. See http://new.skoda-auto.com/Documents/EnvironmentTechDev/EnvironmentTechDevDPF.pdf. I wouldn't have any concerns at all over the DPF in the 1.6 CR.

Edited 30 December, 200916 yr by wega3k