Gearheads wanted-diesel particulate filter (DPF)

[Holladay]

I have a 2010 VW TDI 6 spd stick Sportswagon 140k miles. Like a Jetta. An error indicator has started lighting up about the filter needs service.

I have done a little internet searches with a lot of different options. Replacement is quite expensive. They list all sorts of additives in the gas to help prevent the soot build up.

Supposedly it builds up when running short trips where the engine doesn't get a chance to heat up to burn off the soot. The car doesn't get driven a lot, but when it does, it is for longer trips.

One idea was to run the car at high rpm for ~10 min to burn it up.?

What are some thoughts?

Additive? Run high rpm?

[Holladay]

New diesels have a whole host of hidden expenses, in addition to the fuel usually being expensive as ****, it's not worth it unless you're hauling stuff.

Ya, I am coming to understand that. My wife is German. End discussion

BTW, she is too, thus the Outback question.

[Jewish Rabbi]

Originally Posted by Holladay

great point...

guess it is part of "doing business" on the good points of diesels and living with the bad.




Good god man, when can you not post a comment without any sexual innuendo. You do it constantly. I remember when I was 17 and had my first beer.

This thread was about DIESEL FILTERS for Christ sake, not licking ass.

Your juvenile sense of humor, to which you pride yourself, is, quite frankly embarrassing.

Yes, you get your chuckles with manly locker humor, but sometimes it gets stale and predictable.

Get out of your Mom's basement (of course that you did her last night).

I know what your response is going to be. I don't care.

I just lit the powder keg, this will be fun.

Do u want me to lick your ASS?

[Holladay]

Predictable.

Naw, you have hemorrhoid's and AIDS.

Hemorrhoids (HEM-uh-roids), also called piles, are swollen veins in your anus and lower rectum, similar to varicose veins. Hemorrhoids can develop inside the rectum (internal hemorrhoids) or under the skin around the anus (external hemorrhoids). Nearly three out of four adults will have hemorrhoids from time to time.

You picked the wrong dude. I am sure you know all about it with your mom though.

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