tharsus Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I am looking for another motor, probably a soft roader (xtrail, vitara etc) but I do not do many motorway miles and the more I read the more DPF horror stories and as most of the cars available are diesel makes me wonder. I have maybe £7000 to spend so its going to be a few years old, anything without a dpf? Or should I just buy petrol and put up with lower mileage etc cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisondan Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 My Freelander 2 has a DPF and like you I don't to too many motorway miles but when I do I make sure I give it a decent boot for 30 minutes, dealer said once a month is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I had a freelander 2 2008 model with out a DPF fitted. unfortunatly the rest of the car was sheer pants. Was costing me an arm and leg in parts for it as it was forever going wrong. There are a few diesel 4x4s out there with out DPF fitted, you just got to look. To be honest, there is no way I would purchase any car that has a DPF fitted as they are more trouble then they are worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huds78 Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I had a 2009 ford focus with a DPF and most my driving is round town but being aware of the DPF we did at least one long journey a month and it still went at 70k miles. My mate has 2007 Golf GT tdi and does a lots of motorway miles as his family live 100 miles from us and the DPF still went at just under 100k and being a VW his cost twice mine ! I`m currently looking for a new vehicle and will not buy diesel for this reason which is a shame as most the cars I fancy are diesels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budice Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Before ruling out petrol cars and putting up with the DPF diesel, check out running costs, not fuel, but the costs of servicing and service parts, diesels generally higher in price due to the dirty nature of the fuel, also the price of suitable oil for a diesel is higher and higher again for the low ash/low saps oil required for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerob Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Run it into dpf is ******** then bypass it and tune the car up loads of frims off this service for less than 500 pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Dpf removal is am MOT failure now, how many miles per year do you do? is the extra mpg going to offset the additional purchace/running costs?its very easy to get focussed on mpg, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 My shogun has a dpf and the light has been on more frequently of late due to shortl journeys, put a bottle of wynns dpf cleaner through the tank which was £15 wasted, a friend is a manager at Honda and recommended some trade only wurth dpf cleaner in an aerosol (got some from flea bay) that goes directly into the dpf . Put it in yesterday and looked like the red arrows display team for 20 mins with all the smoke so hopefully it has done the trick (bit to early to tell) .. They aren't as scary as they once were now they have been about a bit, I was quoted £700 to remove the insides of the dpf and refit it but the first place I looked online offers new replacement units with a fitting kit for only £199 delivered compared to the 4 figure Sums they were a few years back, I wouldn't worry about having a dpf nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharsus Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Still a pretty mixed views there, changed my mind half a dozen times already! anything other than a Freelander not got a dpf in 07-08 reg? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0850 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 My Volvo D2 is generally pretty good but what I would say is avoid the cheap **** diesel like Morrisons etc. Cheaper fuel murdered my fuel filter and made my motor run like a bag of hammers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazbev Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 My work college has an X trail and has had endless problems with dpf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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