Online retailers slammed for advertising car DPF removal services

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Thousands of cars are estimated to be driving on UK roads with their diesel particulate filters removed

Websites and online retailers are being called on to ban advertisements offering services to remove diesel particulate filters (DPFs) from diesel cars, a service which causes pollution levels to rise exponentially.

Experts estimate thousands of cars in the UK are currently driving without their diesel particulate filter (DPF) thanks to services advertised on sites like Google, eBay and Gumtree offering to remove the filter for a fee. Garages exploit a legal loophole whereby driving a diesel car with its DPF removed is illegal, but the act of removing the filter is not.

Online retailers state the advertisements will not be banned because the act of removing a diesel particulate filter is not illegal. However, were the laws to change, the sites admitted the advertisements would be removed.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/95410/online-retailers-slammed-for-advertising-car-dpf-removal-services?ref=yfp

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Looks like they have the rights to remove DK if it keeps helping lads to remove DPF files.

[DOUGALMCD]

I would have thought that dpf removal wouldn't matter as the software on most vehicles from big manufacturers are dodgy to start with.

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I would have thought that dpf removal wouldn't matter as the software on most vehicles from big manufacturers are dodgy to start with.

If the poison gas going to kill humans then we have to give more to the society and help any means….

[PierreTheron]

Ok .
only logical question i have on this ..

How stupid is manufacturers ...

DPF needs to clean itself while driving . Where does this Soot go ???
Why collect it in DPF and then blow it out into the atmosphere again ?

Who was thinking when they Designed it .. Manufactures are putting eyeblind to every one.. So this is how i will take on a Court case ...

Does it get cleaned with every service ... No

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It doesn't get blown out to the atmosphere, it's supposed to be burnt at a high temperature during regeneration to produce only ash instead of soot.

http://www.jlmlubricants.com/en/how-diesel-particulate-filters-work

[PierreTheron]

Bull~~~~ m8

I did cleaning the other day by software activation on a new VW Golf .

We were covered in smoke for half hour ..
I was stupid . i should have taken a VIDEO off it ..

Even beginning of your animated video shows the bulges off smoke coming out m8 .

[ifred]

Cluster their advice is cool!

Use low ash engine oil ??????

This is the best one
100% Diesel Bio Fuel: Using these Bio Fuels can also contribute to extra soot build up loading in your DPF as the Bio Fuel may not burn as ‘clean’ (produce more particulates) as your regular Diesel fuel.

I thought bio diesel was clean but then I don't make cars

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How it's supposed to work and how it does work are usually two different things.

And we all know how clean VWs run.

Edited my previous post to take reality into account.

[ifred]

MHM have a lot of DPF in stock. I have it on a reliable informant that any motor serviced by MHM have the filters remove so they can perform the post service test properly.
Two wheeler around the curry shop corner and the 180 handbrake turn at the dead end, apparently with a DPF fitted most motors can't get the two wheels up in the air properly passing the curry house
so Vic's mate told me

[Meat-Head]

How do i keep missing stuff??

goverment uk are cracking down, i Tweeted autoexpress on this, they never replyed.

in prinvipal good idea, but reality, forget it.

dumling unburnt fuel down the exhayset how is that good for enviroment?

car carafe had one in, nithing fancy, road test, it cayght fure, burnt shell
customer lost their dead fly collection (front number plate) & everything

[gttuning]

Will never happen that removing dpf will be illegal.even when will happen peopel will still cut them out in some not registerd garage.

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[Meat-Head]

Had punter, took his own off & washed it out, contaminate warer suplly

[ifred]

Had punter, took his own off & washed it out, contaminate warer suplly

you could lend him water from you never ending supply water down the contamination

must be running out of water usage ideas?

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This whole scheme been a very costly one, if the world want to save the planet then our GOVT should help with the cost of a new replacement every 3 years, only got to raise the tax…