Posts Tagged ‘dpf’

Alfa Romeo DPF regeneration

Posted: 11th January 2022 by Wild Man in Cars,bikes, vehicles, Start, Technical stuff
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Sudden loss of power and black smoke from my diesel. WTF!? I connected scan tool and get dtcs. OK I will disconnect a MAF and buy new MAF some other day. Well I wasn’t that lucky, same issues. Time to use tow service again. After a while car didn’t even want to start, that was […]

DPF truth

Posted: 20th November 2017 by viljem_r in Cars,bikes, vehicles, Start
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  The truth has been spoken πŸ™‚  

  BMW m47 engine has 2 thermostats. One is main thermostat other is egr thermostat. Egr thermostat is easy to replace, main thermostat is a bit more work. If your temperature is not aprox 85-90 c in a few km then you have thermostat problem. Another indicator of bad thermostat isΒ  blocked dpf, high consumption, […]

Here is how simple you can clean “pain in the ass” DPF/FAP filter at home simple. You can call him money eater, engine destroyer, pain in the ass, shit.. πŸ™‚    

Engine suddenlly started losing perfomance, hesitating not running smoothly. I connected obd tester and found that DPF or FAP filter was jammed. I checked my options on a web and found out that the cheapest way is to try with cleaner in a can. All other options are professional and require spray guns and other […]