On 31 March 2012 01:15, Bob Blick wrote: > Is it possible to manually burn off the clogging? Maybe with an ad-hoc > blast furnace made with concrete blocks, hair dryer and charcoal > briquets? > Garages are doing manual regeneration sessions (not sure what does that mean but I thought it was only their computer attached to the ECU commanding it to doing this so). Otherwise you have to take the entire exhausting pipe down to physically do anything with the DPF (I have seen it at my mechanic). > Do you need to pass regular inspections? > The manual only said if DPF light is flashing on your dashboard then you need to go to the motorway to let the car do the automatic regeneration, and if you do not do that it might turn to continuous light which means you need to bring it to the mechanic to either manual regeneration or to replace the DPF (which is very very expensive). My light was never flashing, only came into continuous. When it does that the ECU goes to 'limbo mode', meaning that you can drive home at a limited speed but you need to bring your car to the mechanic asap. Tamas --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .