HEY EVERYONE,
I`VE GOT A A4 AVANT 2006 2.0 TDI 170 BHP MOTOR, AND THE OTHER DAY THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER LIGHT CAME ON, COMMON I KNOW, AND AUDI SUGGEST DRIVING AT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 RPM IN FOURTH GEAR TO GET THE EXHAUST GASSES HOT ENOUGH TO BURN OFF THE COKE BLOCKING THE DPF/CAT,
MY PROBLEM IS THAT I`M HEAVY FOOTED ANYWAY APART FROM WHEN THE MISSUS IS DRIVING WHICH ISN`T OFTEN, OR THE DOG IS IN THE BACK AGAIN ONCE A DAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINS,
NOW I HAVE THREE LIGHTS ON THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT, DPF AND THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT IS FLASHING, I`M THINKING STEAM CLEAN THE PARTICULATE FILTER AS THESE COST £700 PLUS, CLEANING UP THE EGR VALVE, AND I`VE ALREADY CHANGED THE DPF SENSOR,
THE CAR WON`T REV OVER 3000 RPM, I THOUGHT THIS WAS LIMP HOME MODE, BUT A independant AUDI SPECIALIST TOLD ME AUDI DON`T HAVE LIMP HOME MODE, AND THAT THE ECU CAME UP WITH A LOAD OF FAULTS AND HE WANTS TO START WITH THE CHEAPEST PART AND WORK HIS WAY UP, I`M THINKING HE IS STABBING IN THE DARK AND I`D BETTER LUBE UP BEFORE HE SHAFTS ME FROM BEHIND, A MATE TOLD ME THAT DPF SENSORS ARE COMMON AND SO ARE EXHAUST TEMP SENSORS,
SO DO I SOUND RIGHT OF MIND, WILL THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, AND ANY OTHER ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY recieved
I`VE GOT A A4 AVANT 2006 2.0 TDI 170 BHP MOTOR, AND THE OTHER DAY THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER LIGHT CAME ON, COMMON I KNOW, AND AUDI SUGGEST DRIVING AT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 RPM IN FOURTH GEAR TO GET THE EXHAUST GASSES HOT ENOUGH TO BURN OFF THE COKE BLOCKING THE DPF/CAT,
MY PROBLEM IS THAT I`M HEAVY FOOTED ANYWAY APART FROM WHEN THE MISSUS IS DRIVING WHICH ISN`T OFTEN, OR THE DOG IS IN THE BACK AGAIN ONCE A DAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINS,
NOW I HAVE THREE LIGHTS ON THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT, DPF AND THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT IS FLASHING, I`M THINKING STEAM CLEAN THE PARTICULATE FILTER AS THESE COST £700 PLUS, CLEANING UP THE EGR VALVE, AND I`VE ALREADY CHANGED THE DPF SENSOR,
THE CAR WON`T REV OVER 3000 RPM, I THOUGHT THIS WAS LIMP HOME MODE, BUT A independant AUDI SPECIALIST TOLD ME AUDI DON`T HAVE LIMP HOME MODE, AND THAT THE ECU CAME UP WITH A LOAD OF FAULTS AND HE WANTS TO START WITH THE CHEAPEST PART AND WORK HIS WAY UP, I`M THINKING HE IS STABBING IN THE DARK AND I`D BETTER LUBE UP BEFORE HE SHAFTS ME FROM BEHIND, A MATE TOLD ME THAT DPF SENSORS ARE COMMON AND SO ARE EXHAUST TEMP SENSORS,
SO DO I SOUND RIGHT OF MIND, WILL THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, AND ANY OTHER ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY recieved