Bit of diesel advice

[Varche]

I am looking for a car to have for maybe ten years here in Spain.

Quite fancy a Nissan Qashqai +2. around the 2011 - 2013 birthdate.

Anyway looking at Automatic but this being Spain most of the small pool available are diesel. They get quite a good review - six speed auto on the 2.0l diesel.

My concern is that I said I wouldn't ever have a diesel fitted with a DPF. So the question is anyone have an idea when these need replacing? Ditto when do the diesel fuel pumps go. Is it a product of age or mileage or both? Also how long is a piece of string ( joking)   

[Stargazer57N]

Hi Varche,
Dpf's only need replacing if they get majorly clogged as they should regenerate automatically when driving. That being said if there is a fault with the fuel or exhaust system they will not regen and this is what normally does them in. I would not advise having a diesel with a dpf if you're only doing short journeys or mainly town driving. The reason being that the dpf regen process when the exhaust is up to temp and when at a steady higher speed, so once again they'll choke up if you do a lot of urban driving.
As for the fuel pump if the vehicle is serviced regularly  they should last the life of the car, but not always. So you can add the string theory to that part of the question.

[tigers_gonads]

Is the DPF required for the MOT (or Spanish equivalent) or can they be removed ?

[serek]

use only genuine fuel filter other way you will have starting problems    tested on 5 different cars

[tunnie]

All depends on type of driving you do, I've invested in VCDS for my VW. (Tech2 for VW type thing)

I can see mine is doing its regen cycle just fine, having done one about 100 miles ago. It has 8g of "soot" since last one, an idle based regen kicks in at 30g and full regen at 40g in a driving cycle.

Done over 3k in it so far, it's performing fine as I keep checking it.

I do 25 miles each way to work, but over half is down M3 and M25 with constant 50mph+ speeds.

If you only do town runs, the DPF will never get hot enough to burn off the soot.

[Entwood]

All depends on type of driving you do, I've invested in VCDS for my VW. (Tech2 for VW type thing)

I can see mine is doing its regen cycle just fine, having done one about 100 miles ago. It has 8g of "soot" since last one, an idle based regen kicks in at 30g and full regen at 40g in a driving cycle.

Done over 3k in it so far, it's performing fine as I keep checking it.

I do 25 miles each way to work, but over half is down M3 and M25 with constant 50mph+ speeds.

If you only do town runs, the DPF will never get hot enough to burn off the soot.

So saving all the pedestrians from choking on the pollution a regen causes ... only trucks and boats should burn the devils fuel ... 

[tunnie]

Sorry, can't agree. I'm really enjoying diesel driving experience, so much torque. It suits my driving style, it's got enough go for me more than enough. Over 60mpg on run is great too 

[Entwood]

Sorry, can't agree. I'm really enjoying diesel driving experience, so much torque polluting the world and all its inhabitants. It suits my driving style, it's got enough go for me more than enough. Over 60mpg on run is great too 

Fixed it for you ..

[Doctor Gollum]

Varche, don't worry about the dpf... the one on Stemos blue fugly bus looks to be easily accessible 

[tunnie]

Sorry, can't agree. I'm really enjoying diesel driving experience, so much torque polluting the world and all its inhabitants. It suits my driving style, it's got enough go for me more than enough. Over 60mpg on run is great too 

Fixed it for you ..

Says person who drives a 3.2V6 which gets what 14mpg on gas, pulling a burger van. That's made out of huge amounts of plastic, don't think you should play the Eco card really. 

[Stargazer57N]

Is the DPF required for the MOT (or Spanish equivalent) or can they be removed ?

They are need for the UK MOT if they are fitted as standard and if removed the car will fail the emissions test.

[Stargazer57N]

[/quote]

Says person who drives a 3.2V6 which gets what 14mpg on gas, pulling a burger van. That's made out of huge amounts of plastic, don't think you should play the Eco card really. 
[/quote]    nicely said.

[Doctor Gollum]

All I will say is that it's just like fishing for mackerel in the Solent in August... how much you catch is limited only by the size of the bucket you use

Mr E has been a bit argumentative of late though

[Doctor Gollum]

To be fair, a fourteen year old car has been carbon neutral for years and the plastic house is probably almost all recycled and recyclable 

[tunnie]

Just saying a thirsty V6 and burger van is not exactly eco, so if you don't like diesel then go on performance, noise type, smell, engine note.

I don't think the exhaust emmisions matter, for me anyway.

If it was not for my miles, I would have gone petrol.