Yeah probably not might be a bad day if you tried. Part of me wants to just delete the emissions stuff all together but the legality of all of that makes it less appetizing.
I admittedly do not know much about these VW common rail engines. However on a VW Facebook group there is this theory going around that your exhaust should be spotless and if it isn't and there is any soot you have a cracked dpf. I understand the logic to a point but isn't that almost impossible? Seems like some soot/dirt debris etc is going to get in there. Anyway wanted your thoughts my car is a mk6 Jetta but this is apparently true for all dpf systems I took a picture of my exhaust and the "spot".
Yes, if regens aren't happening all the time, and you're not seeing smoke from the tailpipe (black normally but white when regen is active) leave it be. water vapour is normal of course, but thick white smoke isn't, and neither is visible black smoke.
Yes, if regens aren't happening all the time, and you're not seeing smoke from the tailpipe (black normally but white when regen is active) leave it be. water vapour is normal of course, but thick white smoke isn't, and neither is visible black smoke.
I can't comment on frequency, compare to other golfs of that era. Most importanty, you don't want a regen to restart a few miles after the last one, which happens with a bad dpf.
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