Sunday, Aug 30, 2015 at 10:34
Our shopping trolley is a turbo diesel Kia Soul. I knew, in the back of my head, that it had a DPF but I didn't realize their role, and their pitfalls, until I educated myself about them.
The trigger was that the engine was remaining dirty black, whereas, when it was new the oil kept its honey colour.
As the article linked in the previous post from Slow one states, the worst thing you can do with a DPF is short, stop start runs. Like going to the shops and back (!).
So now I take it for a 20 minute run up and down the freeway once every fortnight and now that it's out of warranty, I do the oil changes myself and make sure I use low ash oil suitable for DPFs.
Geepeem, making sweeping statements like yours invites a swift response; it wasn't rude or personal, just
well deserved.
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