2012 Exeo 143 TDi... Dieselgate recall done... Revo or not?

[Pupp]

New to me; 57k... all seems fine but does seem to try to regen the DPF more than I expected (no lights yet - it gets good runs but often has higher idle and fans running on key off).

Like the idea of more torque and, if the regen was tamed a bit, the Revo route would be attractive....

[Belle427]

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

[SuperchargedVR6]

Do it. Diesel is on it's death knell, so may as well get some enjoyment from it whilst it lasts.

[daemon]

Belle427 said:

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

I'd be doing that too.

[thebraketester]

Belle427 said:

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

All very well until you take it for an MOT and it fails.

[daemon]

thebraketester said:

Belle427 said:

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

All very well until you take it for an MOT and it fails.

Ah, that old chestnut....

It wont. And there are no upcoming changes coming that will change that in the forseeable future.

[thebraketester]

daemon said:

thebraketester said:

Belle427 said:

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

All very well until you take it for an MOT and it fails.

Ah, that old chestnut....

It wont. And there are no upcoming changes coming that will change that in the forseeable future.

Yes it will... If a car that should have a DPF fails the visual "Is there a DPF there" test then it will fail.

If the MOT garage dont bother looking then that is a different matter....

My mate had a DPF delete on his 170CR octavia and it failed the MOT because the DPF was not present.

[daemon]

thebraketester said:

daemon said:

thebraketester said:

Belle427 said:

If the car is a keeper you could consider a dpf delete the same time as the remap, no more problems then apart from people moaning you shouldn't do it!

All very well until you take it for an MOT and it fails.

Ah, that old chestnut....

It wont. And there are no upcoming changes coming that will change that in the forseeable future.

Yes it will... If a car that should have a DPF fails the visual "Is there a DPF there" test then it will fail.

If the MOT garage dont bother looking then that is a different matter....

My mate had a DPF delete on his 170CR octavia and it failed the MOT because the DPF was not present.

Then your mate did it wrong - ANYONE who knows anything about a DPF delete knows you DONT REMOVE THE BOX.

Take it off, cut a whole in the top, gut out the DPF, put it back on, then code out the light. Job done.

If the DPF box is present, and not showing any signs of being tampered with (ie, the box was cut open on the top side) then thats as much as they can test for the presence of the DPF.

Edited by daemon on Monday 1st May 16:53

[Glasgowrob]

as above OP, gut the dpf from the top map the car and if your ever called out on it blame VW for doing it

[daemon]

Glasgowrob said:

as above OP, gut the dpf from the top map the car and if your ever called out on it blame VW for doing it

Hes bought it used with 57K miles on - whos to say it was him did it

[Belle427]

Is it possible the internals can be knocked out without resorting to cutting it open?

[daemon]

Belle427 said:

Is it possible the internals can be knocked out without resorting to cutting it open?

I'm not sure. I've only ever seen it done by cutting it open.

[alanyork]

Yes it can be drilled out, Did this with my transit.

[catso]

Glasgowrob said:

if your ever called out on it blame VW for doing it

[AJB88]

daemon said:

Then your mate did it wrong - ANYONE who knows anything about a DPF delete knows you DONT REMOVE THE BOX.

Take it off, cut a whole in the top, gut out the DPF, put it back on, then code out the light. Job done.

If the DPF box is present, and not showing any signs of being tampered with (ie, the box was cut open on the top side) then thats as much as they can test for the presence of the DPF.

Edited by daemon on Monday 1st May 16:53

I was one of the first to have a DPF delete done on my old PD170 Leon in 2008 and we just fitted a DPF delete pipe, If I was doing a DPF delete these days I would gut it like most people do now.

My old MK2 Golf TDI (MK3 Golf engine) has no cat and flies through every year. Might have something to do with it being an engine conversion though.

[Belle427]

It looks to be in a nightmare location on some vag engines though!

[daemon]

Belle427 said:

It looks to be in a nightmare location on some vag engines though!

Is that not the EGR valve?

Surely a DPF has to be on the exhaust?

[Belle427]

daemon said:

Is that not the EGR valve?

Surely a DPF has to be on the exhaust?

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/DPF-Adblue-FAQ-VW-Audi.htm

[daemon]

Belle427 said:

daemon said:

Is that not the EGR valve?

Surely a DPF has to be on the exhaust?

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/DPF-Adblue-FAQ-VW-Audi.htm

I'll take your word for it.