Thunderball
New Member
Hi all,
I've had 12 months of hell trying to find fault with the dpf system.
As it stands, the vehicle will do about 300 miles, then either the engine symbol will show, or the 'drive at high engine speed' emissions message will show followed by white'ish smoke which will pour from the exhaust.
After spending over £2500, Electro Diesel have drawn a blank.
Mercedes also.
ED Initially installed a new "Walker' dpf(non merc). and then another 'uprated' Walker dpf, on Mercedes recommendation, saying that it's not good enough to work on their van.
All sensors have been replaced with gen parts.
Injectors have been bench tested and passed.
Turbo is ok.
Software hasn't been tinkered with and is up to date.
Associated wiring and connections checked.
I've been assured all avenues have been checked.
Merc say they will not take diagnosis any further until it has a gen merc dpf, which I get, but one I can't quite afford it and two, surely 2 different (albeit non merc)dpfs should work properly?
I recently had this van for sale, with a declaration about the dpf. The moment a potential buyer started asking questions, I couldn't cope with the guilt, so I pulled the ads.
This problem was passed on to me by an A hole commercial dealer, that knew about it but clearly lacked any moral conscience.
Unfortunately I'm stuck with it, so in a long winded way, I'm basically begging for help!
I will glady listen to any ideas or offers of advice. Thanks
I've had 12 months of hell trying to find fault with the dpf system.
As it stands, the vehicle will do about 300 miles, then either the engine symbol will show, or the 'drive at high engine speed' emissions message will show followed by white'ish smoke which will pour from the exhaust.
After spending over £2500, Electro Diesel have drawn a blank.
Mercedes also.
ED Initially installed a new "Walker' dpf(non merc). and then another 'uprated' Walker dpf, on Mercedes recommendation, saying that it's not good enough to work on their van.
All sensors have been replaced with gen parts.
Injectors have been bench tested and passed.
Turbo is ok.
Software hasn't been tinkered with and is up to date.
Associated wiring and connections checked.
I've been assured all avenues have been checked.
Merc say they will not take diagnosis any further until it has a gen merc dpf, which I get, but one I can't quite afford it and two, surely 2 different (albeit non merc)dpfs should work properly?
I recently had this van for sale, with a declaration about the dpf. The moment a potential buyer started asking questions, I couldn't cope with the guilt, so I pulled the ads.
This problem was passed on to me by an A hole commercial dealer, that knew about it but clearly lacked any moral conscience.
Unfortunately I'm stuck with it, so in a long winded way, I'm basically begging for help!
I will glady listen to any ideas or offers of advice. Thanks
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