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    yeah its an estate. fuel seems ok at around 250 to half a tank. althoigh the other i swore i filled it full. mrs did 30 miles and it 1/4 of a tank had gone. it smells like pure diesel inside sometimes if left idleing for a while. its bit of a pain to behonest. how much will pipe cost to replace dpf and then remap

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    ill give the dpf cleaner a try 17 quid is cheaper than new one lol. do i just pour into diesel

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    Quote Originally Posted by lee gsi View Post
    Is your car an estate as I am pretty sure only the Vectra estate had DPF's
    Not quite right Lee lots of hatches with them as well check the B piller label if it has a box with 0.5 in it then it has a DPF

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    any advice on what i should do, renew dpf or de pipe anda remap

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    I'd try the DPF cleaner, hot run, new fuel filter, another hot run, then see if your still getting problems before ripping it all out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carvaletingpro View Post
    any advice on what i should do, renew dpf or de pipe anda remap
    Connect it to OpCom and try forcing a dpf regen

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    Map it out mate then map the car done alot Plus a new dpf is twice as dear as mappin it out Very Esay to map out on a Vectra or siggy aswell did 2 in a hour

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    how do you map them out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulhb View Post
    Not quite right Lee lots of hatches with them as well check the B piller label if it has a box with 0.5 in it then it has a DPF
    The hatches have a DPF if its auto or 3.0 cdti

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    Quote Originally Posted by lee gsi View Post
    I must be one of the few who like them.

    Nothing worse than seeing a diesel smoking and killing my children.
    Does yours have one or not mate...?

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