Hello everyone!

As a short-term owner of a Škoda Octavia vRS 2.0 TDi Mk-II CEGA, I am interested in how long routes you travel on average between individual regenerations of the dpf filter?

I own the car for 7 months. The original dpf filter was no longer in good condition, so I had it replaced by a SKODA repair shop. For the correct function of the dpf filter, I had the condition of the fuel system checked in another car repair shop, where malfunctioning injectors were detected - followed by replacing the injectors with new ones.Furthermore, in this car repair shop, the original software was loaded in front of the "diesel gate". Other minor shortcomings were revealed, such as unstable (fluctuating) pressure in the fuel system due to a poor DRV valve and fuel rail pressure regulator. The average distance traveled with this new dpf filter from one dpf regeneration to another dpf regeneration is approximately 350 km to 400 km (218 miles - 249 miles). The car runs in combined city / highway traffic. Is this distance between dpf regenerations OK? How far will you travel between the individual regenerations of the dpf filter?

I also have a diesel VRS with the CEGA engine. I had the EA189 software fix. 

 

My car is mostly used for city driving at present due to being on furlough. 

 

I get between 200 and 250 miles between the car doing an active regeneration (slightly raised rpm at idle, no dpf light on the dash)

 

I have ran the car on premium diesel ever since I've owned it. 

 

I think 200/250 for active regeneration is about right. 

same engine, remapped and no fix applied, average about 300-350 miles between regens 

CEGA is a very good engine. If you did have a dieselgate fix and want to remap, they'll get rid of the dieselgate for you. Heard of too many problems with that fix. However, if you have th fix and things don't work properly, SKODA invariably throw parts at it so you get a lot of new stuff where appropriate. The main thing is that despite what the dealer might say, you can always undo dieselgate software and do the remap if you want one. Has anyone here managed more than 205bhp on remap?

 

I had a failed plastic manifold. It is literally failed plastic which has no bearing surfaces in the flap control rod. So as these flaps open and close all the time, they just wear away the plastic. I was not able to solve the problem using the special fix bracket, but when I replaced the manifold, I was able to fix that bracket to avoid the problem every occuring. I also PTFE sprayed on the rotator rod where it rotates inside plastic bearers. Very silly to do this on such a good engine. Not only this but seems they don't want owners to solve the problems themselves, so they put actuator motor mounting screws in from the back so that once the manifold is mounted there's no way to remove or change the actuator motor (V120).  Fortunately these plastic flaps are not of a type that can detach and get ingested.

 

However, after doing the change I found I had codes which really need a VCDS session to analyse and resolve. Are there any members in South Devon who would be willing to help with that?