Mutley2110

Hi Steve, thanks for the info. To be honest, I’m unable to notice a regeneration start as the car seems to drive the same at all times! and there’s times when I’m unable to continue driving for another 15 mins. I do drive my diesels fairly ‘hard’ as I tend to not change gears until around 2000rpm, and I presume this may be why I’ve never experienced this in my other diesels that are driven all day? When you mention’ a wealth of problems’ - if this persists, what could I be faced with? Would a new DPF resolve the problem? As I presume at 57k miles it’s still the original?? regards.

Hi, I’ve purchased an Audi A4 2.0 tdi Avant tech SE a few months ago. It’s a 2015 model with 57k miles. A week after picking it up at the dealer when I parked up the fan was running, I called the dealer and they sent a mechanic out who explained it was burning off the DPF and it does this regularly. I’ve driven diesels for 30 years and have never experienced this before. However, this is used as a ‘second car’ that 90% of the time only does about 5 miles per day and the remainder is runs of 100 miles +. MPG and performance is excellent. The dealership advised it is due to the low usage but I’m wondering if it’s true or if the DPF should have been replaced when I first noticed the problem. some weeks it’s happening after every journey. any advise would be greatly appreciated. regards.