Nodge68
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No. Mine doesn't. Mine is an H9 chassis number, so gets the stronger Gen4 Haldex, but no DPF as standard, so is the best year IMO.
Parts arrived to fix my hand brake stripped the old one's found the pivot connected to the cable completely seized soaked in Deep Creep they freed off greased with brake grease worked great lots of cursing fitting the springs and more fun with the retaining clips
Cleaned and greased the slide pins used rubber grease .fitted new pads assembled all together with new rotors
Tested hand brake now works perfect
Next job renew the flexible brake hoses Thanks to Nodge for the info used AF factors great price and delivery
Cleaned and greased the slide pins used rubber grease .fitted new pads assembled all together with new rotors
Tested hand brake now works perfect
Next job renew the flexible brake hoses Thanks to Nodge for the info used AF factors great price and delivery
jedi
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Is road tax cheap on the ones with a dpf?
Nodge68
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RFL is based on CO2 emissions, which the DPF doesn't change, so I imagine the RFL is the same.
Mine costs £320 PA to tax, which is just under £27 per month, and cheaper than my previous FL1 TD4.
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Nodge68
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I'm glad they were acceptable for you. I've been using them for years, and only ever had one issue, which was sorted by the next working day.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
In the uk dpf's were standard fit on MY11 onwards FL2's with diesel engines. Before that it was an option which I guess no one bothered with asvit was about £700. MY11 had a number of changes including the move to EU5 emissions.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Mine was 265 sovs last year and 275 this year. 185g/km
Hippo
Lord Hippo
What does it do that causes you trouble?I'm glad I don't have that can of worms to deal with, well not on Budy anyway. The wife's VW Eos always seems to want to regenerate it's DPF, at the most inopportune moments too.
My FL2 has a dpf. You only notice it if you stop after a regeneration and the exhaust is extra hot so you get louder and more frequent metal ticking as it cools. Other than that theres nothing noticeable when driving.
My hippo mainly does short distances of 1 or 3.5 miles. I have monitored mine since I got it. Watched it regenerate many times on diagnostic. If it can't complete a regen because I stop, it continues to fill untill the next time its full and needs a regen. Currently 110 attempts to regen and 50 of them have been a full regen. It will regen at 37mph to 70mph. Takes 9 minutes at 50mph constant.
I have tried blocking my dpf by keeping the speed low to fill it so it would go into limp mode with the dash warning. Switch ignition oft the on and it works again. Goes into limp again if the revs go above about 2k revs. Easy to do if yer not careful when pulling away accelerating. I then took it for a ride gently accelerating and it started to regen on an open road as speed increased . It was ok after regen.
If you travel at speed a lot the exhaust is hot enough to burn oft the soot itself so it never fills full. If the counter gets to 1204km without a full regen completing it will start a regen regardless of how full it is.
None FL2's at work have had a few problem with dpf's. One had a failed sensor and another had a snapped wire. Both cars newish. They shut down with errors. Not had any trouble with mine so far.
kernowsvenski
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Did the owu test (see the VCU thread), and drove it with the blummin SRS light on again. Thought that one had been miraculously fixed!
If the light stays on I can send you down that delphi, now I've eventually found the bloomin disk for it...
Rank Amatuer
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Discovered that a sudden increase in fuel consumption and a cherry red rear brake drum = a seized handbrake.
Leomas
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Ouch. Because they pull so well that could easily be missed for just long enough to be a real issueDiscovered that a sudden increase in fuel consumption and a cherry red rear brake drum = a seized handbrake.
Nodge68
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Discovered that a sudden increase in fuel consumption and a cherry red rear brake drum = a seized handbrake.
I had one that did that, so I replaced everything. Of course my locking issue was the rear diff.
The brakes are much better for being replaced, and the diff is quiet now too.
Rank Amatuer
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My diff & Haldex seem to have survived. No more whiney than usual, though it's hard to tell with these Event A/T tyres (Goodrich lookalikes) which are a bit noisy.
Drove from Cheshire to South Devon for work to start a project off
Stopped in Bath to pick up some D3 parts from the dedicated D3-5 forum member on the way back
Over 500 miles and £100+ in derv she went like a train and all thankfully event free ha ha
Stopped in Bath to pick up some D3 parts from the dedicated D3-5 forum member on the way back
Over 500 miles and £100+ in derv she went like a train and all thankfully event free ha ha
kernowsvenski
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Good man. Thanks Jay. I'll see how it goes for a day or two and fiddle with some of the connections first.
Nodge68
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And if you need help using the Delphi, then you pop round and try mine.
It seems to read most FL1 modules, including the ABS, TCM and EDC.
kernowsvenski
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To be fair, it's about time I called in and checked out this new fangled machine you've got now, and sort the mirror finally. We could save Jay the hassle of posting too.
