Car trouble
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p.b
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I was just referring to the overall method of reducing particulates with a DPF and generally, every time emissions standards increase fuel economy suffers. However, I'd imagine squirting buffalo piss (urea / Adblue) into a red hot DPF filter would cool it a bit so that would then require a bit more fuel to get it back up to 600-ish degrees C. But that's just my guess, not something I know.
Wayne
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Wow! When you buy a car as good as a BMW you really don't expect to have problems with it. They aren't like they used to be are they, they are laptops with wheels on these days and like all PC's sometimes turning it off and back on can cure the problem..Or so it seems.Wayne your not alone. I won't go into the whole story as I'll probably develop arthritis. However after 4 visits to BMW following the engine management light coming on and my car halting to a stop on a very busy roundabout. I am now approx 4k lighter in the wallet and have driven 2 courtesy cars (which I'm told I was lucky to get) waited 4 weeks and spoken to BMW customer services 8 times my car is finally working as it should. Or at least that's what I think. I needed new injectors amongst other things. Apparently it is leaking oil around the gearbox? Apparently not a major fault.
Keeping your cool with the frenemy is always a good shout. Managed to get a kings suite at Hilton in Iceland, upgraded from a standard. Great timing as I was proposing to the Mrs
p.b
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BMW, VW, Vauxhall, Citroen, Ford all use the same modules and sensors and connectors from the same companies. What you hope to be buying is more sound proofing (yes), more features (yes), more power (usually) and better customer service... oh.
A friend of a friend owned a supercar club and the Lamborghini dealer tried to charge him £30 for petrol for a test drive - on a car without a clutch. As you move 'up' the automotive food-chain usually the customer service improves but always the rip-off become more brazen.
I'm sure the VW diagnostics would have been able to find the source of the warning light. 9 times out of 10 it's a sensor, and water in connectors is a real problem and frequently the culprit. Over years it's been known for water to travel 5-6 metres up a wire via capillary action so that water ends up in a module that's inside a car even though the leaky connector is outside under the bonnet. Given that tiny nick in a rubber seal in a connector can allow water in which can short circuit a sensor these things can happen to any car and wouldn't surprise me if it's VW policy to not explain such things whilst quietly replacing the faulty connector.
