I've had 9 regens in 5000 miles and have never had any smells while they were happening.Drivingmad said:I think I had one today - fan on, smell. At 400 miles.
You wont get a light for a regen at around 500 miles. The light only comes on if the car does not complete several normal regen attempts.vexorg said:Just over 500miles now, will keep an eye out for the light![]()
This is what the manual says.vexorg said:Drivingmad said:Is it harmful to stop in the middle of a regen?
I thought the book said the light would flash during regen, and there is a warning of serious engine damage if you stop during regen.
So the light only comes on when the normal regen cycle has failed on several attempts to clean the filter. This is usually due to doing a lot of stop/starting or very short journeys. It's only if you fail to act when the light comes on that you risk serious damage to the system.If
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No amount of normal driving will clean out the DPF filter. It only gets cleaned when the car starts a regeneration cycle.vexorg said:My wife is just back from the school run saying the fan was still running when it was switched off and smells 'warm'.
Odd as we done 200+ miles on the motorway on saturday at 60-70mph. I thought that would have been enough to clean it out.