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Hi,
I own a 1.6 tdi Sport A3. It's a 2011 plate and only done 45000 miles. Over the last month or so I've been having some issues with the engine that seem like they point towards a problem with the DPF but so far I've had no warning light for both that or the engine. Here is the problem:
I drive about half the time on dual carriageways and country roads, and the other half around town, so I wouldn't have thought that the car would need to be doing a DPF regeneration that frequently. However, nearly every single time I drive now, I have a noticeable loss of power, the engine feels rougher and 'lumpy' at low speeds/pulling off, and when idle, the revs sit at approximately 1000 rpm. It's definitely worse around town, not helped by stop-start traffic which I have to sit in every day. By the time I get home the revs are back to normal when I stop, but that's probably due to the country road driving at the end of my journey. Is it the DPF regenerating? And if it is, why is it doing it every time I drive despite giving it a good run? Also, a few times now I've noticed that after first starting the car, I have a rough idle where it can't seem to settle, it goes away after driving though. Does anyone have any idea what is causing these problems? It's becoming very frustrating now and stopping me from enjoying driving :/
I own a 1.6 tdi Sport A3. It's a 2011 plate and only done 45000 miles. Over the last month or so I've been having some issues with the engine that seem like they point towards a problem with the DPF but so far I've had no warning light for both that or the engine. Here is the problem:
I drive about half the time on dual carriageways and country roads, and the other half around town, so I wouldn't have thought that the car would need to be doing a DPF regeneration that frequently. However, nearly every single time I drive now, I have a noticeable loss of power, the engine feels rougher and 'lumpy' at low speeds/pulling off, and when idle, the revs sit at approximately 1000 rpm. It's definitely worse around town, not helped by stop-start traffic which I have to sit in every day. By the time I get home the revs are back to normal when I stop, but that's probably due to the country road driving at the end of my journey. Is it the DPF regenerating? And if it is, why is it doing it every time I drive despite giving it a good run? Also, a few times now I've noticed that after first starting the car, I have a rough idle where it can't seem to settle, it goes away after driving though. Does anyone have any idea what is causing these problems? It's becoming very frustrating now and stopping me from enjoying driving :/