DPF ; Please Help!

[cilurnum]

People have been justifiably worried about DPFs, especially with many diesel engines that acquired DPFs over the past ten years, but really it's only going to be a problem in a modern car if you are doing nothing but low speed town traffic. If you get it out on a decent dual carriageway run at least once a week you should be fine.

Yes, be aware of the DPF and look after it but don't get too worried. If everyone had problems then we'd all be hearing about it because more diesels get sold these days.

 

[AndrewJB]

No the CR although the PDs with DPFs suffered too.

As said youve got that the wrong way round.

PD170 BMN engine suffers with DPF issues due to the engine not being designed to have a DPF (Basically the same block as the PD140 but with a different turbo, Siemens ECU instead of Bosch and different injectors)

The CR140 and 170 found in the MK2 didnt suffer much at all

 

[DeanC]

Everyone I know with mk2 leons and mk6 golfs has had issues and its all over the web. That and ice in the intercooler.

 

[dw911]

Imho like many things you read on the internet, people normally post things up on the net when they go wrong a "my dpf has never blocked" is not something people normally feel the urge to post
That said, there is no doubt that people are having issues and personally I think the problem is two fold, the dpf is an ill conceived solution to the problem like many of the systems to lower emissions and reduce soot etc they are half arsed and in time better solutions will come on stream
The other problem is the dealers, how many people here buying a diesel were asked how many miles they were going to be doing, are you just going to be driving it in the town or city?, or were advised that as they were only going to do town driving they may be better of with a petrol model?
The dealers either don't care, as a sales a sale or they have instructions from vag to play down any possible future dpf issues so its not mentioned that a petrol car may be more suited

Even the owners manual has very little about looking after the dpf and how many people here with diesels were advised how to stop it clogging up or even told about the dpf by their Seat dealer?

Just to add a bit of balance my 12 plate leon did 30k and I never gave the dpf a thought and I never once heard it doind a regen
My mk3 on the other hand, seems to regen all the time

 

[320i24v]

As said youve got that the wrong way round.

PD170 BMN engine suffers with DPF issues due to the engine not being designed to have a DPF (Basically the same block as the PD140 but with a different turbo, Siemens ECU instead of Bosch and different injectors)

The CR140 and 170 found in the MK2 didnt suffer much at all

I will try to look after it in the best ways possible this is why I am asking for your advices.
Unfortunately, I do not know the code of the engine (as mentioned by you in the above post). I have ordered the 2.0 TDI 184 BHP diesel engine. What code does this engine have?

Also, a friend of mine with a 2013 2.0 TDI 150 BHP Audi A3 just recorded 12.000 km today in the same city driving like I do and had no DPF issues to report.

 

[DeanC]

You and your friend have the new EA288 engine. It is completely new other than the bore linings and vw say they have paid particular attention to the DPF setup so time will tell. As others have said if you do the journeys that warrant having a diesel in the first place you should be fine.

 

[AndrewJB]

CUNA is the 184PS engine, CRBC 150PS

 

[marty_34]

Had mine for 5-6 months now doesnt regen half as much as the pd170 i had use too. My commutes changed now, im closer to home and do 7 miles each way but all dual carriageway, still not had any issues but i do 2-3 runs each week that are 40-50 miles so no doubt helps avoid dpf issues

 

[320i24v]

Thank you once again guys for all your help!
Will make sure to try and do a longer journey each week in order to take good care of the car and the DPF. But first, I gotta get the car.
Next week it will go into production so fingers crossed they will build me a peach and not a lemon.

 

[DeanC]

By all accounts the leons leaving now are much better put together. I wish the DPF had a manual setting - I do 3 x 200 mile motorway trips a week and mine seems to always give it a clean out when I pop to the shop.

 

[tony323ci]

Everyone I know with mk2 leons and mk6 golfs has had issues and its all over the web. That and ice in the intercooler.

Utter rubbish next to no one has had any issues with the dpf on a CR engine so long as you have a few decent long runs it will never give cause for concern

Admitedly I do lots long trips and in three years and 85000 miles I have never even known I had a dpf

Now the PD engine is another story it wasn't designed for a dpf and was bolted on as an afterthought because the emmission police said it had to have it

 

[DeanC]

Utter rubbish next to no one has had any issues with the dpf on a CR engine so long as you have a few decent long runs it will never give cause for concern

Admitedly I do lots long trips and in three years and 85000 miles I have never even known I had a dpf

Now the PD engine is another story it wasn't designed for a dpf and was bolted on as an afterthought because the emmission police said it had to have it

I'm not sure how people I know having their cars go back for dpf issues is utter rubbish..... My dealer even said he was hoping the mk3 was better. Like i and others have said all along, chances are you will be fine if you actually need a diesel. Bear in mind though the mk2 leon and mk6 golf were out right at the time when people bought a diesel even if they did 5k a year. Now you have decent petrol alternatives.

 

[cilurnum]

By all accounts the leons leaving now are much better put together.

Sounds like better software updates to me.

 

[Asce]

I'm not sure how people I know having their cars go back for dpf issues is utter rubbish..... My dealer even said he was hoping the mk3 was better. Like i and others have said all along, chances are you will be fine if you actually need a diesel. Bear in mind though the mk2 leon and mk6 golf were out right at the time when people bought a diesel even if they did 5k a year. Now you have decent petrol alternatives.

Sounds more like people buying a diesel just to drive around a town. If people are going to do that, then of course they will run into DPF issues as the engine gases wont get hot enough. Depends on what context the dealer you spoke regarding the mk3 was better, as more than likely not all the issues are DPF given how you have worded it.

The mk2 Leon came out about a year after the mk5 Golf. Both the facelift mk2 Leon and mk6 Golf came out around 2009. On the pre-fl the only engine that had a DPF was the PD170 in the FR.

At work we have 4 Chevy Orlando's and a Skoda Yeti. We have had more issues with the DPF's in the Chevy's due to being driven 99% in towns.

 

[gamer555]

CUNA is the 184PS engine, CRBC 150PS

my FR 184 is CUPA

 

[320i24v]

my FR 184 is CUPA

Excuse me for asking silly questions, but what is CUPA, etc.?
Is this the engine code? or what?

 

[smurf123]

i had the fr550 which i had no end of trouble with the dpf i done 80 miles motorway driving when i got home dpf light came on it was a common fault with the seat and the audi 1.9tdi but i believe they have got better the only thing is the dpf did not come under warrenty i know a lot of car manufactors now that do not cover them.this is one of the reasons i went for the fr180 petrol and also i dont do the milage to warrent diesel

 

[AndrewJB]

Excuse me for asking silly questions, but what is CUPA, etc.?
Is this the engine code? or what?

CUPA is the engine code

 

[320i24v]

CUPA is the engine code

Thank you! Now this starts to make some sense.