Buying Golf with a Petrol Particle Filter
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Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a 12 month old Golf which ive just noticed has a particular filter (petrol). I don't do a lot of miles. Maybe 3k a year? I mainly drive round the city and occasionally once a month to my mums which is an hour away. Am I likely to have a lot of issues with this? Are all new petrols fitted with filters or just certain engines. Thank you.
To answer your question specifically, no, you shouldn’t really run into any issues like you would do with diesels fitted with DPFs. I believe GPFs were only introduced to help reduce emissions. I ran with one fitted from new for 2 years FYI. The only frustration was how quiet it made the exhaust!
We've had a couple of cars with GPFs and never had a hint of any issues.
I think you'll be fine. They're very different to DPFs.
The soot levels are an order of magnitude lower.
They only really soot up on cold start, not much in general driving.
They can regen as quickly as slowing down for a couple of roundabouts.
I think you'll be fine. They're very different to DPFs.
The soot levels are an order of magnitude lower.
They only really soot up on cold start, not much in general driving.
They can regen as quickly as slowing down for a couple of roundabouts.
Fredders82 said:
Thank you all for the replies. Heard some horror stories about the diesels.
I've never heard of anyone having issues with GPFs. The issue with DPF's is diesels take much longer to warm up and also need to be doing alot of motorway work and high miles to keep it cleaned out and burnt off the soot. So, if people are using them to potter around town, they get clogged, whereas petrols are fine for these shorter journeys, warm up much quicker and don't really give off the same crap at the other end. Anything they do leave in the filter will be burned off quickly. As said, being a petrolhead and liking exhaust noise, the main gripe from me is how much more muted it makes them 
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