I'm also looking for someone reliable in the South West who can perform a DPF removal and delete. Does anyone have any experience in the Bristol region?

DPF removed, stage 0 remap from shark and a knackered EGR valve. Sailed through the MOT last month. Under very hard acceleration a bit smokier I would say!

Remove it, its an expensive ticking time bomb if you leave it on the car! Limp home mode when you're a long way from home will not be much fun....

hey,

 

was wondering if someone could help...

 

I have a skoda Octavia vrs 2012 and hve recently had a  2.5" stainless steel with just the one back box and twin 3" tips. fitted (custom exhaust)

 

if I was to get the DPF removed will it sound better cos at the mom its not really doing anything....

 

 

hey,

was wondering if someone could help...

I have a skoda Octavia vrs 2012 and hve recently had a 2.5" stainless steel with just the one back box and twin 3" tips. fitted (custom exhaust)

if I was to get the DPF removed will it sound better cos at the mom its not really doing anything....

What do you mean it's not doing anything?

You mean its not sounding any different?

 

Remember its a diesel!

It will have more of a hollow sound on idle but that's about it

De-DPF de-cat and you might get somewhere! 

 I know this is an old thread, however I wanted too comment on regards to informing your insurance

I never inform mine and my car has just recently been class as a total loss non fault. they don't even check stuff like that

but if you give them info then the goanna use it not to pay out...

 

its bit like everyone saying about not claim whiplash or what personally injury and that would bring the cost of insurance down.. my arse

insurance companies are a profitable business and like any business its all about the profit and they will get it regardless as they have us all to the law

that's why in my personal view we should have a non profit government run insurance company/ scheme

make no mistake insurance companies are not your friends and they would take your house and car if they could.

 

anyway dpf & rempa by shark performance was ok I did have few issues with a breather pipe that was never resolved but too be fair

my car was a taxi and had done over 30k in since the remap and was well better but it did make a strange smell from the back

and it would kick out black clouds of dust mainly with foot down :-)

 

 

 

So did your insurance company notice the map and DPF delete or are you saying that they never even checked?

In a few words... You can't insure car without valid MOT, removed DPF is reason for cancellation of  MOT certificate! 

If you think Insurers never digging for a reason to NOT pay you, you are wrong! 

Mapped vehicles MUST have 'Modified Car Insurance' because you 'screwed-up' output of engine and it's not in a class range of vehicle what you Insure. 
For instance, you have Nissan Micra with 60BHP. After you got your Insurance you put a Fat Turbo Charger and Bigger Fuel Injectors + some Mapping... Now car has a 100BHP! Great! But is this car really insured? No! 

The point is an insurance company hasn't got time to go and check an ecu, they have accident repair company's do the check and make reports

they checked the engine it worked fine as far as there concern. the damaged was mainly body work.  hell I even had the rolling road print out and receipts for the work in my glove box.

so really if they had checked they would of found the information easily. I have just received a cheque for over £5k

 

if you put visual items on then yes of course inform your insurance company as that can seen and will be reported in the engineers report.

but do you think if I had informed the insurers that the car was modified they would of paid out I very much doubt it any excuse to save their profits.

too be fair I don't think they would have been too bothered I do pay over 4k a year for taxi insurance.  

 

and as for mot my car had to pass a stricter taxi test which it did no problem.