Passive Regen

Hi Demonwiz and welcome. You have just had your first regen. There are no warning lights until you have a couple of failed regens, Happy motoring. Edited by: Dilligaf

Hi Dilligaf,
Many thanks! I thought that would be the case, just the lack of warning lights fooled me. I will still take it for a good run on dual carriageway tonight anyway. Many Thanks.



Demonwiz

Thanks for your replies!,
I guess it's just a case of getting to know the car and the regen cycle (read that it's around the 500 mile mark, wasn't sure if it differed dependant upon driving conditions) and making sure it gets a good regen run when needed. Must admit I love the car already even with the fuel consumption, still better than the BMW 530D, I'mat ~33 mpg at the Mo. Was up to 38 when on a good run so no complaints











Demonwiz

kenny said:

came out of work tonite and when i started the car up it beeped at me and the regen light in the dash so drove the antara at 3000 + RPM from cupar to glenrothes light still on. on to kirkcaldy the light went off at lochgelly doing my head in . done 4500 miles since new this is the second regen think i need to get used to this regen thingy

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Aren't you the lucky one.Only 2 regens in 4500 miles, everyone else is getting them approx.every 500 miles.

HiMy Antara is booked in this afternoon because the regen light came on....Even though we had a couple of good runs from Bristol to London and Bristol to B'ham the week before.
It started using a whole lot more fuel too.
I talked to the technician at the garage where I got it, and he suggested bringing her in for a quick diag to make sure all is ok. Since booking her in, the light has gone out and the engine is running much smoother. But still taking her in for the quick diag just in case. They can have a look at the outside temp sensor while I'm there too as it says it 23deg at 11:00pm in the middle of December, and -9deg in the middle of summer They can also have a look at this so called pipe that a lot of Antara's are being called back for too.....
Will let you all know how she gets on. She's booked in for 2:00pm this afternoon


John

Had a chat with the tech at the garage when he told me my Antara was ok RE-GEN wise...He told me although I had those 2 big trips prior to the light coming on with the bleeps....He said the CAR decides when to go through the re-gen...It got nothing to do with how many milage etc you have done....It depends on the amount of carbon soot that has accumulated in the filter and the sensor in the filter tells the computer to kick in the re-gen. The way it was explained to me makes sense.
As for the fuel pipe recall....Mine was on the waiting list for the recall so I managed to jump to cue and it will be sorted when they install a new sensor for the outside temp thingy that says it 23 deg in the middle of winter ... Also got a full valet for free...Can't complain about that now can we

Sorry to jump in on the conversation peeps but got a really
Interesting piece of advice today regarding some testing done
With dpf burn off ... Rang a local tuning garage who have been
Around for 30yrs and he told me that the foot down in 4th/5th gear
Isn't the best way to get exhaust temp up!!!
According to there line tests putting the engine under load
As it's called will increase exhaust temp higher in a shorter time scale
This "load" is achived by selecting 6th at say 40mph then flooring
The accelerator causing the engine to have to work hard to achive the desired
Speed instead of a quick down shift increasing turbo boost and revs
I've not tested this theory yet but will be doing it at next oppotunity

Hope this helps