I was told to take it I think it must 10-15 miles there and back again by a LR technician and do about 60 miles per hour I had auto gear boxes so the car choose what to put it in .. rest of the time I was doing 5 miles town work country B roads and never had a problem
I was told the same by a land rover service manager, he told me to drop it down a gear on the motorway etc once a week ......Trust me some of them haven't a clue, i have attached a diagnostic tool and watched the DPF temperatures, they actually drop when using a lower gear as the engine is working less hard but at higher RPM... unless an active regen is taking place that is..... Truth is you could be pulling off a motorway after a 100 mile drive and the DPF could hit 100% full and have to regen when you are driving around town... this is why we were looking to fit an indicator like you can to a merc.... its in the threadI was told to take it I think it must 10-15 miles there and back again by a LR technician and do about 60 miles per hour I had auto gear boxes so the car choose what to put it in .. rest of the time I was doing 5 miles town work country B roads and never had a problem
ok if you want to fit something go ahead but I had one car for 3 years and apart for one service which was at 2 years nothing was wrong with the DPF now I admit a lot was wrong with the first one with cameras, boot etc but not DPF and as I potter to the shops and never go on long journeys it was fine.. 2nd one I had for 2 years and it was the same it was only with the 2nd one after that had a service that I was told to take it a run every month first one never got that luxury and was fine ... maybe I got lucky but with Landrover if something is going to go wrong it would have done on my first one as everything didI was told the same by a land rover service manager, he told me to drop it down a gear on the motorway etc once a week ......Trust me some of them haven't a clue, i have attached a diagnostic tool and watched the DPF temperatures, they actually drop when using a lower gear as the engine is working less hard but at higher RPM... unless an active regen is taking place that is..... Truth is you could be pulling off a motorway after a 100 mile drive and the DPF could hit 100% full and have to regen when you are driving around town... this is why we were looking to fit an indicator like you can to a merc.... its in the thread
my first was a MY16 and that was fine
I don't know about Mercs.
There aren't many DPF issues posted here (I've said this before). Most of the problems are oil dilution and early services.
This is exactly the issue, my wifes car was getting oil dilution changes at 2500 mile intervals most journeys for her are sub 10 miles so of course she was interrupting DPF regens!! they have since reprogrammed the dilution alert from 5% to 10% (on all cars) which doubles the distance... :
My point is that if you knew it was regenerating you would allow it to complete and not cause the Dilution issue,, a simple LED when a regen was on going has been implemented on many other manufacturers vehicles its not a JLR issue ...
It's connected but not the same.This is exactly the issue, my wifes car was getting oil dilution changes at 2500 mile intervals most journeys for her are sub 10 miles so of course she was interrupting DPF regens!! they have since reprogrammed the dilution alert from 5% to 10% (on all cars) which doubles the distance... :
Just for the record, an OBD2 reader cannot force a regen to my knowledge. Only JLR can do that at the shop. OBD2 only monitors via an app or at best serves as conduit via an app which might have basic functions like clearing error codes, service reset function, etc.
My icarsoft v2 can do forced regens if needed ......
No on my L538, pure sd 4 A
SWMBO and I have 2 bikes in the garage, an unrestricted Honda CB125T and a Yamaha SR500. Both hardly get looked at now as the roads around here are no fun any more and there are way too many idiots around.
