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Jun 6th, 2024, 19:34 | #1 |
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2012 v60 D5 - DPF reading spike with temperature
Evening all, recently picked up a 12 plate v60 D5. Absolutely love the car but have an issue or two.
Something funky is going on with the DFP. Once up to operating temp the soot reading jumps up 11-18gand once it jumps past the threshold (22g?) it's starts to regen which isn't hugely problematic but it kills economy because it's regenerating 3x the normal amount. It also means once it starts it won't stop untill I'm sub 5g and cycle the ignition, all this which means frustratingly I've averaged 37mpg over 800 miles. Is this likely to be the DPF pressure sensor or is it something else. One thing I will add is that the spiking is throttle dependant. When off the throttle it will eventually drop back to the correct reading but as soon as I'm back on it it will start spiking again. It's not load dependant as even in 3rd at 70 it will drop when I've lifted off Example pictures Spinking with cruise control on https://ibb.co/tmpyTYQ After stopping https://ibb.co/72Pddfv |
Jun 6th, 2024, 22:03 | #2 |
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It all depends on driving style. There's a chance the previous owner(s) didn't do much motorway driving. The more cold starts and short drives the car has or had, the more soot that builds up and the more chance the DPF has of regenerating excessively to get rid of the soot.
It could be the DPF pressure sensor, which I don't think are particularly expensive. An easy way to test that is it should read zero when the ignition is on (no engine running). If it says anything else when the engine is off, then the sensor is bad. If there's no sensor issue or replacement makes no difference, it could be the DPF itself. What's the mileage on the car?
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Jun 6th, 2024, 22:21 | #4 |
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I would check the egr duty cycle to see if its operating within the specified parameters as it could be adding to you soot problem also check that the oil level is not too high. smell the oil to check for and diesel contamination the last thing you need is a diesel runaway when regening.
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Jun 6th, 2024, 23:47 | #5 |
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Thanks for the replies.
I don't think it's a true reflection of the weigh so it's not linked to driving style. It will show 0g before start and then after starting say for example 5g once Its been running for a while and gets warm it will start jumping to between 16-22g and if I pull over or lift off long enough it would drop back to 5.15g which I would expect to be correct. Only when there is throttle input does it start jumping around incorrectly after a few miles. The DPF temperature seems to be functioning correctly, read ambient before a start and get to around 200-250° before the spiking in soot weight. If the spike breaks the threshold then it goes to 570-600° I've not looked at/logged egr so I'll have a play with that and see if I can find anything. Was planning on tackling a strip and clean of it at some point soon anyway. Shows no codes via obd2 except for occasional interrupted regen if it jumps enough to trigger and I don't leave it for a minute before switching off the engine. From my head scratching could it be blockages in the pipes to the pressure sensor? As these pipes are metal they would be temperature sensitive (I'm clutching at straws here) The one thing I have done is clean the inlet pressure sensor as it was caked in soot and crap. Didn't do the learning reset thing so may do that. Can't imagine that's caused this |
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Further confusing information,
Drove on Thursday and soot reading was 8.5g did a little driving this morning and when I checked it was 24.8g from a cold start. Not spiking just straight to nearly 25g went for a drive and the regen did its thing I watched as the soot level dropped as expected until it hit zero and the regen stopped. I'm wondering if it's underreading the level at cold and the spikes while inconsistent are more accurate as there is no way I put an extra 17g in 6 miles. I'm now more lost than the start, is there any vacuum type lines to the dpf sensor what could be leaking maybe. Or do I just swap the thing out |
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Seeing a similar thing with my D3, horrible fuel consumption, sooty exhaust BUT EGR operation looks normal at around 19% jumping to 94% as the DOF temp approaches 400°C then dropping down below 300°C with a blast of exhaust gases. Looks fairly normal.
Prior to this I made the mistake of running the tank very low, as in 1 bar of pixel on the fuel gauge. Might have sucked some gunk into the injectors. What I have noticed is regen only got soot level down to 5g before stopping. It did a huge step down at the end from ~11g to 5g immediately prior to stopping. I suspect this is not completing the regen. So, I took it for an Italian tune-up on the autobahn, 120+mph run got the soot number down to 0g. I'm also running a Mathy treatment through over the next six ~50litre tanks. Includes tank, injector, EGR and DPF cleaners at various stages. At 65€, cheaper than a tank of diesel or 20 minutes in a main dealer. Might be snake oil, might work. We shall see, the fuel consumption has already dropped following the tank cleaner and blast.
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