I've had my B8.5 for a couple months now and it's my first diesel car, yesterday I jumped out of the car only to be smacked in the face with a whoosh of hot air and I noticed the vehicle fan was still on even though the engine was off, I had only driven around 5 miles (doing shopping run) so I was surprised the engine was so hot.
Then it dawned on me, the car was attempting a regen, so I got the shopping in the house and quickly jumped back in the car and blasted off to the motorway, kept it between 2000 to 3000 rpm for about 15 miles, bought it back, parked up and got out, no heat anymore and the fan went off as soon as I turned off the engine. So I'm not sure if the regeneration happened / resumed and finished on the motorway or whether it just stopped and interrupted as soon as I shut the engine the first time?
Can anyone shed any light as I am keen to avoid a blocked DPF, it's just unfortunate timing for it to choose regeneration when I'm doing the weekly shopping . Did I do the right thing to take it on the motorway or was that unnecessary?
Then it dawned on me, the car was attempting a regen, so I got the shopping in the house and quickly jumped back in the car and blasted off to the motorway, kept it between 2000 to 3000 rpm for about 15 miles, bought it back, parked up and got out, no heat anymore and the fan went off as soon as I turned off the engine. So I'm not sure if the regeneration happened / resumed and finished on the motorway or whether it just stopped and interrupted as soon as I shut the engine the first time?
Can anyone shed any light as I am keen to avoid a blocked DPF, it's just unfortunate timing for it to choose regeneration when I'm doing the weekly shopping . Did I do the right thing to take it on the motorway or was that unnecessary?