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Idle change
« on: December 15, 2022, 12:22:40 pm »
My gt 170 changes from idling at .8 to just under 1k is this normal for it to Change like that?
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Re: Idle change
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2022, 01:05:12 pm »
My Scirocco does the same , usually when its doing or attempting to do a regen of the dpf.

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Re: Idle change
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2022, 01:28:43 pm »
My Scirocco does the same , usually when its doing or attempting to do a regen of the dpf.

That is what I thought at first but it just does it randomly now I have had the car 2-3 weeks and already done two regens I only did it once on my other that I had for 8 months
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Re: Idle change
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2022, 03:13:48 pm »
Frequent regens = more miles and/or more pedal to the floor action is required  :happy2:

I have to give the TDI a good ragging once a month as the missus dribbles along the road in it, so the EGTs never get hot enough to clean the DPF naturally.

Driving a diesel hard pays off in the long run as DPFs will then last forever.  Town only diesels need DPFs far more frequently because they get clogged up beyond hope!


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Re: Idle change
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2022, 03:33:23 pm »
Frequent regens = more miles and/or more pedal to the floor action is required  :happy2:

I have to give the TDI a good ragging once a month as the missus dribbles along the road in it, so the EGTs never get hot enough to clean the DPF naturally.

Driving a diesel hard pays off in the long run as DPFs will then last forever.  Town only diesels need DPFs far more frequently because they get clogged up beyond hope!
I do at least 400 miles a week and I assure you I don’t dribble them  :drool: the car is on 268k miles so I guess the person who had it before me cherished it, only info I have is it had a service 3 month ago
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Re: Idle change
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2022, 01:59:04 pm »
At that mileage it could be time for a new DPF! Impressive  :happy2:


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Re: Idle change
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2022, 02:03:38 pm »
At that mileage it could be time for a new DPF! Impressive  :happy2:

Time to chop the exhaust then  :jumpmove:
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