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Davey Blueeyes 24th January 2018 06:08 PM

Could anyone enlighten me when DPFs were fitted to the 3.0 and 4.2 diesels please?
 
I have been worried about DPF problems but realise I'm not actually sure what model years were they actually fitted to?!

Thank you 8 Gods!

paulrstaylor 24th January 2018 06:54 PM

Think you will struggle to find a UK 4.2tdi that didn’t have one from new. I suspect you will find a few that may not any longer!

Not sure of the introduction date on the 3.0 tdi :Confused:

snapdragon 24th January 2018 08:39 PM

My 3.0tdi was one of the earliest. It was made december 2005 and registered feb 2006. It is LWB. They were fitted as standard to SWB a few months later but were a paid option before that. The emmissions sticker under the bonnet will say EU4+DPF
However, the car has 260,000 miles, 110,000 of those in the post-dpf era. I think they are quite cheap parts £a few hundred these days though.

clubadria 24th January 2018 08:39 PM

Mine's a 56 plate and it has them, When I first bought it the light came on, I was doing 100 mile a day. No problems since, the previous owner only a few thousand miles in the year he owned it. Maybe it had something to do with it ?

Not sure that a diesel is best for you living on the IOW,

Mine is the 4.2 tdi I was going to buy a s8 before I changed jobs so needed more economy, now back at old job so only 40 mile a day.
I didn't find this site until I bought mine, because I was looking for a r class to tow with.

Davey Blueeyes 25th January 2018 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clubadria (Post 137026)
Mine's a 56 plate and it has them, When I first bought it the light came on, I was doing 100 mile a day. No problems since, the previous owner only a few thousand miles in the year he owned it. Maybe it had something to do with it ?

Not sure that a diesel is best for you living on the IOW,

Mine is the 4.2 tdi I was going to buy a s8 before I changed jobs so needed more economy, now back at old job so only 40 mile a day.
I didn't find this site until I bought mine, because I was looking for a r class to tow with.

Yes my friend, I have pretty much come to the same conclusion myself. Plus I've had three diesels on the spin and I'm a bit bored of economy!

I was just wondering, there is so much said of DPFs yet I didn't even know when they were fitted!

jonnypym123 27th January 2018 08:20 PM

I have a september 2006 3.0 tdi swb confirmed with audi directly that no dpf was fitted however they had set them up to be adapted, was so relieved nasty eu regs and all that bumf :D


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