Heads up - Article re DPF, EGR etc

[johnatg]

Just a quick heads up for those of you with diesels - Car Mechanics magazine this month (February 2018 issue) has an interesting article about DPFs - how they work, what goes wrong and how they can be cleaned etc. It also mentions EGRs etc (and Catalytic Converters for petrol engines) but the main focus is on DPFs

[Shahpor]

Does it mention not doing only short journeys?  Could save a lot of people some time and money if it does

[johnatg]

They do - but mention numerous other factors too. Now I have virtually zero knowledge of, and am certainly no fan of, modern diesels - I did run a Citroen BX19 diesel estate back in the mid 80s - that was a brilliant car for its time, but as it was a company lease I never got to grips with the mechanics. So anything I say here is pure hearsay from the article and I only raised the topic because of the frequent er..discussions  about the subject here.

The technical adviser for the article was the founder of DPF-Doctor, an organisation which is apparently establishing a nationwide chain of garages equipped to deal with the problems. They advise that frequent causes are people ignoring apparently minor warnings and malfunctions - general maintenance, really. But anyone with, or anticipating problems really should buy the mag (£4 for one off) and read the whole thing for yourselves! The front cover is emblazoned 'Troubleshooting Diesel Particle Filters'!