RE: [OT] : Has anyone had their DPF removed ?

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it definitely the DPF? My Peugeot 807 failed like this a few times,
but
the local (non Peugeot) mechanic was unable to see the error on his
machine=
.
There could be something triggering the fault. Peugeot crank out a generic
error message for many faults, so I guess other ECU's may do the same, so
I'd suggest getting the actual error codes and checking this.

I did consider having the DPF removed, but settled on getting rid of the
ca=
r
due to other non-trivial issues!

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Marcus Warrington
Sent: 24 October 2012 15:52
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Has anyone had their DPF removed ?

Sorry to be off topic but I know there are a couple of pistonheads on the
list.

My Ford Focus 1.6TDCI has just gone into "limp home" mode again
with blocke=
d
Diesel Particulate Filter  for the second time in 2 months. Last time Ford
did an active regeneration and charged me =A390 but its only lasted 2000
mi=
les
before blocking up again. I'm now thinking maybe the best bet would be to
rip the sodding out. I've had a quick Google around it looks like it costs
around =A3300-=A3400 to get it removed and the have the ECU remapped
accordingly.

Has anyone had this done ... is it a good or bad idea ? To be honest I just
want to get the car running again and if removing the DPF does this and
gives me another 6months to look around and make a decision on a new car
then I'll be happy.  MOT isn't due to next April so I'm not too worried if
the removal actually causes an MOT failure.

Marcus



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