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Originally Posted by BanziBarn
I've never noticed mine doing a re-gen. Didn't notice my old Leon doing it either. 
We don't do a big mileage in the 330 which I know is bad for cars with a DPF - perhaps I'm storing up some trouble to come!
But to be honest, I hardly ever hear about problems with this component on the forum. Over on Seatcupranet almost every other post was about it! |
Yeap, the VW DPF's rely on temps being raised by normal driving - they are passive. They dont initiate a 'regen' as ours do and raise the temperture via the ecu.
I mate had a leon and he often had to take it for a 20 min mway drive to clear the DPF warning light. Burning that much fuel kinda defeats the point of owning a diesel.
quite a good article here and sounds like a common problem (not for BM owners luckily)
http://www.aa-academy.com/Training/L...er%20(DPF).asp