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- DPF Diesel particulate filter not regenerating? Try this free fix.
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Been through exactly the same struggle with my e87 120d. It's crazy how much knowledge and effort it takes just to keep DPF regenerating. It took me awhile to get it sorted and the same trick deleting dpf errors while driving on the highway worked for me as well. Also some fuel additives helped as a preventative measure. Glad it worked for you. It's also ironic that so much extra fuel was burned just trying to make emission system work.
Diesels are great, its all the crap they bolt to them to appease the tree huggers that ruin them.
Thanks for the advice. I tried it on mine and it worked. Kept deleting the fault code until the code stopped coming up. Managed to regen the dpf. Car now is smooth and eager to accelerate. I have the full power again. Cheers for that. Very good channel.
Top man. Well done for persevering with this issue and getting your DPF to regenerate.
Cheers mate
A couple of quick points:
1. You can clear fault codes in ISTA without turning off the ignition. What I do is go into the DDE controller and set up a few measured values such as regen status, exhaust temp etc because these are handy to monitor while attempting a regen. Exhaust temp has to be above 250C (IIRC) but once regen kicks in you'll see it climb to 500C or higher. There is a separate tab in the user interface in ISTA which lets you trigger operations such as clearing the fault memory. So I just go back and forwards between measured values and clearing codes. This is of course after requesting forced regen in ISTA service functions for the DPF.
2. One of the DPF fault codes will always come back unless you go through the DPF replacement process in ISTA. I don't know the code off the top of my head but it's the one related to the service life of the DPF and is either mileage dependent or dependent on predicted ash loading. In any case, this code does NOT prevent regen. The codes that prevent regen are the ones related to back pressure being too high as well as others like glow plugs that you already mentioned. The back pressure related fault code will keep coming back every time you exceed the maximum BP allowed for a given RPM and this is why continually clearing that code helps to maintain regen. What you need to do when driving is just squeeze the throttle pedal just enough to maintain the required minimum speed without creating too much back pressure.
HTH
Thank you for clarifying that this DPF service life code does not prevent DPF regens. This is the only code I have so I will attempt a regen this weekend.
I had this problem on my E90 320D also (the DPF error appeared on display) but the reason comes from EGR. The EGR was a model with one flap controlled by elecrovalve and that flap was blocked. The error was something like "flap in wrong position" or something like that.I change the EGR with one without flap and to "force" the DPF regeneration i use my phone connected to Carly (was easy and handy to erase the error quickly). After 2 hours driving on high way the DPF error didnt come again but i drove another 2 hours to be sure and now are almost 2 years and everything is perfect. Best regards from Romania and thank you for all your videos and information !
Cam acceasi problema o am eu acum. si ma gandesc sa anulez EGR
@@bemexy eu te-as sfatui sa nu le anulezi. Majorotatea care le-au anulat au inceput sa aibe probleme! Pe langa ca scoate fum,mai face si praf motorul si incepe sa consume ulei la greu. Mai bine schimbi cand e sa pice ceva (senzori,egr se poate curata iar daca ai cum am avut eu,dai 300-400 lei pe unu second fara clapeta si nu o sa mai ai probleme) si bineinteles sa iesi macar 1 data pe luna sau cel putin la 2 luni,la un drum mai lung sa mergi intins si iti garantez ca nu vei mai avea probleme
Very useful knowledge, thanks fella 👍
According to BMW service manual to start DPF regen, you need to make DPF errors 480A/245700 and 481A/245800 to be “currently not present“. This should happen after 45 minutes faster drive on highway. So, there is probably no point of constant deleting the stored faults during driving...
Can it be done if you dont have i drive showing you the faults? Im getting bad mpg. Even after a full service?
My vehicle stalls once a while. So I’m worried about taking it in highway for the risk of stalling. Thanks for your video though, it’s useful to know you’ve experienced this.
Thanks mate! Not a BMW , a Mercedes. But the clearing and just driving , and driving. Then the regen started. 🎉😊
Morning George,as we’ve spoke before I’ve got Carly,if I delete the fault codes before requesting a regen,will the fault codes come back as I’m driving,or is that just a characteristic of the equipment your using George????
hi i have a 16 plate insigna that is asking for a exhaust cleaning you must continue driving but also the engine warning light is on i have been told to drive it at high revs but its in limp mode will driving still clear the dpf and warning light on the dash thanks
Hi George can you use INPA with 2015 BMW 116D SPORT I have this error says check soon can’t seem to regenerate cheers
So how do you know when it has started doing a regen?
Hi i will drive in town my Honda Civic will it any problem on pdf?please answer thanks
I had a Nox sensor issue for a few months, nothing would fix it but the fault actually cleared on its own without any intervention. Is that even possible.?
Hi George have you tried Bimmerlink for DPF regen
I don't know if we've be incredibly lucky or what, but in 12 years of e60 ownership I've never seen this. I think the common demonitor with this is pll buying diesel cars that do very short journeys every day. Plus it gets hammered up and down to Dublin regularly at 80mph on the motorway. Good vid dude.
Cheers mate, yes you can’t own a diesel and only do short trips👍🏻
@@GeorgeAusters change thermostat every two years. This mechanical device is not connected to the computer so never throws a code so using scanner never finds this fault.
Very helpful video.
Which thermostat buddy?
Will try it tonight and let you know 🙌
Please do!
Hello, thanks for the video. Is it possible to have the opposite issue? Too frequent DPF regenerations because of a stuck reset interval or something? When I scan my DPF with an app I often observe one log that is always the same - 107k mileage and 64% full which is not normal. The car has more mileage and also it can not be 64% exactly every time. Sometimes I observe dynamic logs 320+ km and different %. So I think that this 107k mileage and 64% log is forcing the car to start often regenerations. Thanks!
I think I have seen a video of a guy cleaning it with hose after dismantling etc, only to find out that there is a software "error to force you to change dpf after 250 000 km ") and he used after cleaning Insta+ to fake "replacing it with new". Only than did error vanish. Have you solved this ?
Bimmer-Tool software has an option when requesting a DPF regen to clear codes automatically while doing a regen - no need to keep deleting the codes manually! The software is around £30 & runs on my mobile, connected to a VeePeak scan tool via Bluetooth.
Thanks for the useful info!
I have E90 lci 318d and i got dpf error message two weeks after chiptuning stage1 without dpf and egr off, because i want to have them. I am thinking about going to guys who clean it because i think it’s too clogged for regeneration. I never did this regeneration started with apps like Carly so i will consider that also. How do i know when bmw autoregenerate, i never noticed anything in two years driving?
Useful info from this video was also to have min 10l of fuel, i often drive on reserve….
Hi George I have a 320d e93 the dpf light came on the dash on mine for the first time 94000 miles iv had the car since it had 88000 I drove the car up to Aberdeen from liverpool it was while i was in Aberdeen the yellow warning light came on after driveing back home 100 miles short of liverpool the light went off but came on again 3 days later the next week I drove down to Stansted airport light went off after about 100 miles of driving on the motorway and so far has stayed off for about 8 weeks now 🤞🤞🤞
VERY GOOD. MY ONE COMMENT WOULD BE THAT IT IS IN FACT THE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMP BECAUSE IT IS THE HEAT IN THE EXHAUST THAT BURNS OFF THE PARTICULATES. REGARDLESS, IF YOU BRING THE VEHICLE UP TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND DRIVE FOR 20-40 MINUTES STEADILY AT APPROX 2500RPM THE EXHAUST WILL REACH THE HIGHER TEMPERATURES TO BURN OFF THAT CRAP. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS!
Do this with a 335d, mine stopped regeneration with 80g soot and 1g Ash. So share you issues
Thanks Bro, i Will try
All the best!
Thanks George for the tip
No worries
Just an update. I tried this on my son's e90 and it worked and I was able to do a forced regen. Happy days?? Not quite....., the same error mesage came back again 200km later.
I ended up removing the dpf filter and cleaning it with Wynns off car dpf cleaner. This took a couple of hours to clean plus washing out with a garden hose pipe and water. I refittted the dpf and reset the dpf, now the exhaust back pressure is extremely low on idle. Less than 1mbar. This indicates that the dpf is now clean and the car is driving fine.
So in summary, you must take note of the exhast back pressure readings. Before cleaning this was 26mbar on idle. In my case , following the procedure above of clearing the 048A code and doing the forced regen was not enough.
Can you do a forced Regen like VCDS
In here Finland we have freezing -20celsius and my DPF doesnt regenerate.
Hi mate. Greate videos!! Will my car regenerate dpf with cilinder 2 glow plug fault?
No
Guys I’m lost, my dpf light came on a few weeks ago because car wasn’t getting up to temp and couldn’t do a regen. Replaced main thermostat and EGR thermostat, car gets up to temp now. I have code 480A on scanner I’ve tried clearing the code constantly while driving but it always just keeps coming back. The strange thing to me is my car goes up to 94 degrees and it did run a little rough but after about 10 minutes it went back down to 90 and the car ran perfectly which makes me think it did a regen but I still keep getting the code, also I no longer get the dpf warning light now that I have the 480A code????
Morning George,I’ve had to buy a new dpf back pressure sensor (delphi),and I’ve bough a new beru gse108 glow plug controller,being fitted next week,regen should be a breeze then,I had all 6 Bosch duraterm glows fitted 3 weeks ago,and I had an oil change- Castrol magnatec 5w-30 c3 and Bosch filter change,so I think I’m in with a fighting chance now,cheers George “peace”.
Good luck Neil!
@@GeorgeAusters Thanks George,I find your videos very inspiring,cheers mate.
@@neilrobinson5115 did you fix the issue?
@@MrWebsteros yes thanks Duli,as these cars get older they are prone to problems,over engineered
Sorry George didn’t see your reply 👍
So diesel cars are for customers or car mechanic's?
Things appear to have changed. Back in the day when I worked on diesels the glow plugs only came for a very short time on cold start up. My diesel has glow a plug light. My start up process is turn on ignition. Glow plug light comes on & as soon as it goes out start the engine. Not starting for say a minute allows the plugs to cool & the engine becomes difficult to start. Much the same as trying to start the engine before the glow plug light has gone out. I don’t have a car with the filter. Why, I live about 5 miles from town. It’s a fifty limit between home & town. Anyone with a filter needs to spend about half an hour a month running up and down a dual carriageway at 60mph plus to keep their filter clean.
I think there is another easier solution, is to use ISTA in service function select ‘Replace’ DPF, this will trick the car into thinking it’s got a new DPF fitted and it will reset the counter in the ECU, this way you don’t get any error fault (DTC) codes, then take the car on a motorway for a full regeneration, hopefully there will no fault codes appearing up again and avoid the hassle of keep clearing fault codes for it regenerate.
That’s already been done as the life counter says 250,000km left
Do you use Carly? I have been thinking of getting one. So I can monitor my car and also some basic coding.
Carly is well worth getting though you just missed a great black Friday promotion on it!
I've just bought it 1 and a half weeks ago and still havnt got it yet and the shipping tracker still says the same things Ive got 4 more working days left hopefully I get it soon
Hi George just a quick confusing question, I manage to regenerate my dpf today and it went down from 79.81g soot all the way to 50g then turned car off to remove code then after starting the car again it says then the soot is still 79.81g it never done anything? Hope you can help me thank you
I had 45, regenerated to 3. Went to tank the car. Turned the engine on again and I had 45g back. Did you fixed it?
@Duli hi yes I have fixed the problem, took dpf off and remap.
well played
So question....
Yo have the dpf regenerated....just driving the truck really hard keep the revs really high....so that yhe temperature getvery very high and just keep it there for a while
Seriously is this true
Hi George could DPF make my car jerking whit the rpm jumps up and down when just steady driving 50km seems like the gear box is trying to shift up or down and it's just jerking
Possibly
Or your torque converter clutch is worn out.
That’s your EGR and inlet manifold
Ive never had a dpf issue with any of my deisel cars, my aunt had a fault come up and i told her to by a bottle of Redex DPF cleaner and go for a spin on the motorway. It worked for her first time and issue has never returned. Cheap £5 fix if you dont have any diagnostic equipment :)
Glad you got it sorted George 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
There is a warning in my handbook for my Volvo XC90 that if only driven for short journeys the DPF can be clogged. and need replacement.. It appears you need to do a mix of local and high speed runs
I bought a astra j 1.3 cdti light came 2 days after I bought it took it to national tyres 35 quid for a clean lasted 2 days light came on decided to investigate myself and found out that the dpf had fell apart and was blocking the exhaust in the middle pipe working fine now and lights gone off by itself
Hi, I’ve just been quoted by a specialist that if I need to replace my DPF then it will cost £2000. It’s extremely stressful as I need the car to travel to work. When buying INPA, do you just need the cable and you can plug into any laptop you have? Or do you need to buy additional things? Would massively appreciate if someone could help me out. :/
how did you know the dpf had started?
So this is the basic service a DPF cleaning mechanic will do. They will sit in the passenger seat and tell you to take the car on a motorway whilst hooking up an OBD scanner. Some charge up to £200 for the pleasure so good money saving advice!!
Glad to help man!
I thought the glow plug error was preventing the dpf regeneration on my 530d E61. Turns out they made no difference to the process. I had a faulty glow plug control module and it still regenerated once i changed the thermostat.
Thermostat is the main cause.
It's a mechanical device and needs regular replacing as it wears out (spring weakens) and it opens at well below 75°. So like the op says you need to clear all codes and have a good thermostat and clear codes as they arise. At some point the parameters of 75° coolant and 200° exhaust gas are met.
I have faulty module as 4 glow plug errors .. does that mean if coolant temp is ok I can force a regen even though I have glow plug errors. Will save me £200 if it’s true.
@@eddy45686 mine did it no problems. You can't force it but you can request one
@@b1gn3ll yes u can request in ISTAD or any decent scanner. BMW specialist told me glow plugs only needed during cold mornings and lot of cars have errors no issues. Dpf might not work but you can request force via ISTA he said with no issues .. so I’m not spending £200 to fix when we don’t go much below zero here.
Drive LPG. No particulates , no problems. 65-90 pens per liter of fuel🙂
Great. My glow plug controller and thermostat are fucked so I've got a big job on my hands 🙈
😅
So what you essentially did is hea5 up your cat to over 600°C to allow for the burn 🔥 off of the sud in the dpf. Kind of a chimney clean. I don't think it had anything to do with the reset of the error code.
🙌🏼❤️
Hi George good evening. New subscriber here. Thanks for the advice.
How do you clear this other kind of error? Whats the diagnosis for this?
290900 - AIR SYSTEM, AIR TO EGR MASS FLOW, PLAUSIBILITY MEASURED AIR MASS TOO HIGH
Thank you.
I would delete the EGR system
Simple solution : Dpf delete and remap problems solved
How's that a SIMPLE solution? Taking it to a garage, paying money , and having a car that you need a dodgy MOT on. Yeah that's well easy mate thanks for the advice!!! 🤔🤫
@@bradster6664since when has a car with no Dpf egr remap that’s working correctly failed an mot lol
Simple solution, look after your car and fix any issues that stop a regen happening and use a diesel engine as it’s intended…
@@Mac_F87 you can look after it like a baby but don’t drive it hard from time to time or use on short journeys it’s going to block fact
@@bravebrowser261 absolute rubbish, 99 % of the time there is an underlying issue.
Someone i know had their DPF explode and glowing pieces of it bounced down the dual carriageway 😂
Jeez
It's dialdag would do it?
Thinkdiag I meant
This sounds like a logic fault in the ECU firmware, it should be: if DPF needs regen error code is active, and DPF regen parameters are met, then allow it to regen.
The conspiracy theorist would say this has been designed to attract more service visits.
Where can you buy impa?
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Thanks George
My dpf can't regenerate because of a faulty Brake vacuum sensor. This prevents Start/stop from functioning which in turn prevents dpf regen .. so I've been told
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@george do you repair time chain for N57 pm me, please
Use shell fuel. And a dpf additive
What additive you suggest for the DPF? I have a 2008 X3 20d, 177 hp, 220,000 km. I "see" the limit at 250,000 km...
@@leiflillandt1488 most DPF additives are ok. You also get a Chemical Flush
@@paultraynorbsc627 esso supreme is good, but recommend fortes treatment
Can you do the same with Carly?
Gonna try this with my VW Jetta and see what happens.
Good luck
That's better! A bullshit convoluted fix though.
I can't wait for my MY 18.75 Mondeo to play EGR games with me...
This is how I did mine about x2 months ago. Fault code hasn't come back. Result..
Yep!
So you need a girlfriend in order to clear a DPF, that is not in the owners manual - Does her name need to be Tracy?
Glad you fixed it, interesting video . Glad you had all the diagnostic tools as well as a girlfriend to get the job done.
Yes lol!
I do hundreds of miles a week on motorway 40+ each way journeys and my dpf message came on.
what's the problem?
Maybe you are using the wrong oil. Try change to low ash oil (c4 preferably) if you weren’t already doing so
gotta hit that 10 minute mark huh
No all cars vary my mazda re gens after about 4 mins minimum 2000rpm at minimum 25mph you hear the exhaust go louder during the regen then goes back quiet/normal when complete and the mpg suddenly improves drastically
Mines gone wrong let's smoke on my car and stinks. also from outside looks like hte car is on fire.
Simple solution buy a diesel older than 2009 then you will have no problems like this, as on these newer cars the FPF is designed to destroy our cars quicker, this whole process is long winded and mechanics are laughing and making money off us.
Not really a free fix when you have to buy the diagnostic kit
What is the point in lying ? You made a video last time gutting your dpf
Lying? I gutted the DPF on my old 520d, not on this 320d.
First!
Congratulations!
Legend!
As ever very, very slow talking saying nothing! You haven't said how ya did any of what ya did! How ya got ya computer to talk to ya car etc. etc. this vid is just as bad as the other one, with a tile about getting rid of DPF but, not doing anything about getting rid o it!!!
Sorry Mark i'll try to talk faster in future
@@GeorgeAusters There are also people that appreciate when talking slow! Maybe one has to think/consider (!) what you are really saying, what does it really mean... All aren't quite familiar with "every" detail.
To much talking crap just get on with it
Okay
@@GeorgeAusters ... but, first you have to talk about the symptoms/background, what leads to the issue. Then there can be different solutions of the problems. Difficult to be too short. If you read most of the comments, you see, the problem can be solved in a couple of ways!
No one mentioned ista to me 3 different mechanics I took it to told me to take it for a long drive on motorway
Almost good start but then goes so-so dumb.