dpf and dealer woes

[barrabbas]

just had to have the particulate filter renewed at 110,000 to get my car through an MOT. £765 thanks skoda! the service i received from freeborn skoda in southampton was quite shocking really. i booked my car in by phone for wednesday only to turn up and be told there was no booking made just some scrawling on a note pad. then arranged for it to be done on friday and to have a courtesy car. turned up friday and was told no courtesy car had been arranged. eventually was given a car that was filthy inside and stank. when i went to pick my car up in the afternoon had the pleasant surprise of finding it backed onto a concrete post. now to top it all off i've noticed that when i'm accelerating through the gears the cars making a strange noise between gear shifts. it's only noticable with the window open and sounds similar to the induction noise an aftermarket air filter makes.

[rotodiesel]

Diesel cars with first generation DPFs are not an economic proposition to run. DPF maintenance costs outweigh the diesel fuel saving.

It sounds as though the intake trunking has been incorrectly replaced. Who is the dealer?

rotodiesel.

[barrabbas]

the dealer is freeborn skoda in southampton. have now found out that the flexi pipe on the exhaust is blowing and i'm going to have to use them again as no exhaust centres want to do the job. kwikfit didn't even have an exhaust listed for my car. needless to say i'm not a very happy bunny at the moment.

[rotodiesel]

Go to an independent VAG specialist - don't give these clowns any more of your cash.

rotodiesel.

[skodanut]

I would try the vw repair center in gosport...brilliant mechanics who use genuine parts. They were the garage that replaced the engine on my 2.0 tdi when oil pump failed. They are always busy and they have a good number of clients who prefer to use them rather than a dealer. If you need any further details pm me.

[pdsuperb]

Just to confirm is the DPF the "cat" on a diesel? Seems to be a cloud over the matter, Does my superb have a dpf?

[Tech1e]

No the DPF isn't the cat on the Superb and no your car doesnt have a DPF.

Only the 2.0 BSS had a DPF on the Superb 1 and that was a wet system.

[pdsuperb]

No the DPF isn't the cat on the Superb and no your car doesnt have a DPF.

Only the 2.0 BSS had a DPF on the Superb 1 and that was a wet system.

Thanks for the info.

[barrabbas]

I would try the vw repair center in gosport...brilliant mechanics who use genuine parts. They were the garage that replaced the engine on my 2.0 tdi when oil pump failed. They are always busy and they have a good number of clients who prefer to use them rather than a dealer. If you need any further details pm me.

thanks for the recommendation but i don't really want to travel that far if i can help it. have booked car in with a vw specialist in totton called abtech. another £750 repair bill thanks to the price of a new catalytic converter!

[BXR770]

Recently had my dpf physically removed and deleted from the ecu - at 275.00 a cheaper option than skoda's prices and no need to worry about it again.

[barrabbas]

Recently had my dpf physically removed and deleted from the ecu - at 275.00 a cheaper option than skoda's prices and no need to worry about it again.

i did not know that was possible can you tell me more?

[Fred Bloggs]

Recently had my dpf physically removed and deleted from the ecu - at 275.00 a cheaper option than skoda's prices and no need to worry about it again.

What did the insurance company say when you told them you'd modified the car? Presumably passing an MOT is no problem if it isn't a smoky motor.

[sidewaze samm]

What did the insurance company say when you told them you'd modified the car? Presumably passing an MOT is no problem if it isn't a smoky motor.

wouldn't think an insurer would be interested - unless it was a modification to improve performance. And, like a re-map, how would it ever be identified - not the same as it used to be a few decades ago when SU carbs were swapped for twin Webers!

Edited 23 September, 2011 by sidewaze samm

[Fred Bloggs]

wouldn't think an insurer would be interested - unless it was a modification to improve performance. And, like a re-map, how would it ever be identified - not the same as it used to be a few decades ago when SU carbs were swapped for twin Webers!

Fair enough, however, insurers just ask "has the car been modified", to which you would have to answer "yes". I think many of the mainstream insurers decline you if you say "yes".

[skodanut]

I do miss the sound of air being gulped into the engine on my cortina mk111 GT back in the old days, chrome air fliter and oiled sponge to trap the finer particles!!

Progressed onto rover V8's and webbers were on that engine too, and even put the 4barrel hollys on it. That was the only rover 3500s i owned where you could see the fuel guage move downwards when one put the foot down. Mind you, petrol was much cheaper back then, like fill it up and buy 40 fags and still have change from £30 !!

[sidewaze samm]

I do miss the sound of air being gulped into the engine on my cortina mk111 GT back in the old days, chrome air fliter and oiled sponge to trap the finer particles!!

Progressed onto rover V8's and webbers were on that engine too, and even put the 4barrel hollys on it. That was the only rover 3500s i owned where you could see the fuel guage move downwards when one put the foot down. Mind you, petrol was much cheaper back then, like fill it up and buy 40 fags and still have change from £30 !!

I had a Mk3 Cortina too (hasn't everyone?)

- Not sure if it's my memory or not, but I can remember a gallon of 4-star tipping over a price watershed around 1981 - was it really the £1 mark? (That's about 22p per litre!)

[skodanut]

The good old days in my opinion...when one could actually afford to fill the tank up and do mechanical work on the engines!! Oh and they were pretty reliable too.Todays cars with informative warning lights i think worry people, and have taken the shine off motoring. I prefer to spend my time looking out of the window, rather than continuosly looking at the instrument panel for built in messages that scare the jeepers out of any motorist.

[bigjohn]

Fair enough, however, insurers just ask "has the car been modified", to which you would have to answer "yes". I think many of the mainstream insurers decline you if you say "yes".

YUP,

I always seem to spend ages sorting out my insurance as I have to declare that I've installed parking sensors!!!

[BXR770]

got my dpf removed by these guys www.mobileecu.com there is a faq on the site

as for insurance companies - dont get me started- in my opinion there is no need to tell them what they dont understand, and give them another excuse to rip me off further.In my case there is no warranty to worry about and the car is a taxi so by the time i'm finished with it the value will be next to nothing anyway.

Another point - i loved my 1.9 pd and it was super reliable but in my opinion the 2.0 tdi is a completely different and better drive especially with the extra power.

[rotodiesel]

DPF removal will very soon result in an automatic MOT failure. The smoke test is being modified to take account of the Euro XX state of the engine.

rotodiesel.

[dieselV6]

Are there any other changes than Special Notice 1-2011?

I am only aware of this:

Item 1: Diesel Smoke Limits from 01 July 2011

On 01 July 2011 the diesel smoke limit for vehicles first used on or after 01 July 2008 will be reduced to a maximum of 1.5m-¹. As advised in SN 3 – 2010 all diesel smoke meters require an update to test to the new limit on this date.

You are reminded to contact your equipment supplier to arrange for this update to be carried out if you have not already done so.

And this is passed easily by my old Octy 1.9TDI without catalyst (1.1m-1), not to mention DPF.

BTW, I did not really plan a decat, but the car decided to decat itself when exhaust pipe completely rusted through on a weld and split.

Edited 5 October, 2011 by dieselV6