Diesel Particulate Filter

[x21ekx]

As above the DPF light has just come on!
can anyone help me?ive tried the whole driving it at over 37mph for 15 minutes it aint worked will it cause damage it i leave it? whats the best fix for the problems?
Cheers in advance

[Phil Miller]

Hi mate you need to have it plugged in and then re gen it, tbh a long thrash on the motorway should put it in to re gen but as the light is now on it will more than likely have to be done with VCDS (although ive never re gend one with VCDS)

[x21ekx]

cheers for the swift reply buddy
Whats VCDS??

[Phil Miller]

cheers for the swift reply buddy
Whats VCDS??

Fault code read and a lot more, if you own a VAG car then VCDS will become your best friend, it can code read, reprogram features, view live data, its close to main dealer diag tools

where abouts are you, there may be a member on here who is close by who can plug your car in

[JPC]

try doing about 60-65 mpg on the motorway in about 4th gear. basically you need the car's exhaust gases to be the hottest they can be. once they reach a certain temp..it will burn away the crap clogging the dpf.

In the 3 years I've had my golf, I've only seen the DPF light on once

[x21ekx]

cheers for the swift reply buddy
Whats VCDS??

Fault code read and a lot more, if you own a VAG car then VCDS will become your best friend, it can code read, reprogram features, view live data, its close to main dealer diag tools

where abouts are you, there may be a member on here who is close by who can plug your car in

im in not sosunny Scarborough 
is it expensive to have it plug in then?
cheers buddy

[Phil Miller]

A dealer will charge you about £60 to plug in, im sure there is a member near to you that will do it for beer tokens mate

[perky85]

As already said, you need to be doing motorway speed really to force a regen.

If this fails could be looking at new dpf, or dpf removal 

[x21ekx]

As already said, you need to be doing motorway speed really to force a regen.

If this fails could be looking at new dpf, or dpf removal 

not sound dim(and i know i will)
am i able to replace the DPF or remove it myself? whats it involve?
coz i can be doing without that flashing up every other day!

[Phil Miller]

As already said, you need to be doing motorway speed really to force a regen.

If this fails could be looking at new dpf, or dpf removal 

not sound dim(and i know i will)
am i able to replace the DPF or remove it myself? whats it involve?
coz i can be doing without that flashing up every other day!

You can remove them, ive never removed one completely, i have replaced them tho
A DPF is a silly idea tbh, but if you were to drive on say a motorway once a months that would do an auto re gen as the dpf will get to temp, im not sure where you could get a kit to remove it from my be darkside performance?

[perky85]

If you manage to get a full regeneration done, & you use the car to a point where the car can regenerate occasionally, you should be ok.

If you can't regen, you could replace the filter, don't know exactly how much, but I would imagine approx £900-£1000 genuine. Don't know if aftermarket are available.

OR

You could by a bypass pipe to replace the DPF. With this, you MUST have the DPF operation mapped out.

Where are you based?

[x21ekx]

If you manage to get a full regeneration done, & you use the car to a point where the car can regenerate occasionally, you should be ok.

If you can't regen, you could replace the filter, don't know exactly how much, but I would imagine approx £900-£1000 genuine. Don't know if aftermarket are available.

OR

You could by a bypass pipe to replace the DPF. With this, you MUST have the DPF operation mapped out.

Where are you based?

im in north yorkshire buddy SCARBOROUGH to be exact lol repacement isnt a option then @1k

[nadlad]

everything u need to know is here

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=222385.0

[Matto]

If you wanted to get rid of the DPF, Miltek do a delete pipe. Mine is in for DPF delete next month.

[x21ekx]

If you wanted to get rid of the DPF, Miltek do a delete pipe. Mine is in for DPF delete next month.

dare i be so rude as to ask how much thats costing? and are you having a re-map done at the same time?