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Originally Posted by Lee '71
I think the only way is to take your car into either a main dealer or a Volvo specialist and get them to check it for you. No messing about with 8th digits or someone says this and someone says something else.
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Probably the best way tbh Lee but I was hoping to find out before purchase as I am in the market for a decent new-ish car and don't want to saddle myself with a future big bill hence my input on the subject.
As I may have mentioned in another post, I am looking at a 57plate SE facelift version tomorrow and was wanting to learn of the signs before making a decision.
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Originally Posted by Clan
They are wrong , i stand by what i said above !
They contradict themselves from post #3 above:
"Dear Mr PXXXX,
Thank you for your email and I apologise for the delay in responding to
you. I can confirm that your vehicle does not have a particulate filter.
This information is gleaned from the chassis number YV1MW7541A25*****.
75 is the engine variant and the following 4 shows that it is Euro 4
emissions which do not have the filter. I hope this is the information
you require, thank you for your contact with this office.
Yours sincerely
<-removed->
Customer Support Manager
Volvo Car UK Ltd"
and there IS a more robust system from 2009 model year , it has a particle filter which doesnt need any attention and NO EOLYS top up
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Originally Posted by Daim
BUT it is ONLY for the engines with a Powershift automatic!
All MMT6 D4204Ts with DPF have the Eloys stuff. Those with an MPS6-4 box (Powershift) don't and have the same system as the D3/D4/D5  |
Picking through the email that was sent could it be that the 8th digit has been mis-interpreted and it may actually be the 6&7th engine variant number that could be the indicator? 4 being the Euro 4 engine and the 6&7 being the engine variant
The reason I say this is we appear to have DPF's fitted to cars with a 8th digit of 4 and cars that don't?
There must be a consistant indicator in the VIN somewhere that denotes the correct variant and it makes sense that it would be the engine type?
According to Volvo it's digits 6&7 that denote the engine type and the 8th which denotes the emissions so even if it's a Euro 4 emissions the engine type could indicate the presence of the dreaded filter?
Just some opinions to throw into the discussion. I would like to place on record that I am not calling anyone else's opinion on the subject wrong 