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mr tickle · Jul 4th, 2022, 14:47

Governments made manufacturers put things on Diesel cars to reduce bad emmissions and Soot.

Volvo (and some other manufacturers) made a right Fcuk up of implementing this.
EGR's and inlet manifolds clogging up with oily sludge reducing MPG and failing at great expense to replace.
DPF's clogging up and needing replacing or cleaning, reducing MPG - and in many many cases causing the dreaded oil rise and inflicting misery on far too many people.
Volvo and others have very clearly chosen to Deny this is an issue or it may have taken them down.
I think it's shocking the way the industry have let people down on this issue!

My last D5 had the oil rise issue.
My current XC90 D5 had it. I was removing 1 litre of engine oil per WEEK to keep the levels down!

I know this is an unpopular opinion and I know I will get some criticism, but
I removed my DPF and had the DPR software delete done and at the same time had the EGR activation switched off. I also Had it remapped for more power and efficiency.
Runs great, significantly better MPG and no worry about my engine failing.
20k miles happy motoring.

Jul 4th, 2022, 14:47	#56
mr tickle Member Last Online: Yesterday 08:43 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cardiff	Governments made manufacturers put things on Diesel cars to reduce bad emmissions and Soot. Volvo (and some other manufacturers) made a right Fcuk up of implementing this. EGR's and inlet manifolds clogging up with oily sludge reducing MPG and failing at great expense to replace. DPF's clogging up and needing replacing or cleaning, reducing MPG - and in many many cases causing the dreaded oil rise and inflicting misery on far too many people. Volvo and others have very clearly chosen to Deny this is an issue or it may have taken them down. I think it's shocking the way the industry have let people down on this issue! My last D5 had the oil rise issue. My current XC90 D5 had it. I was removing 1 litre of engine oil per WEEK to keep the levels down! I know this is an unpopular opinion and I know I will get some criticism, but I removed my DPF and had the DPR software delete done and at the same time had the EGR activation switched off. I also Had it remapped for more power and efficiency. Runs great, significantly better MPG and no worry about my engine failing. 20k miles happy motoring. __________________ *Current Volvo:* XC90 D5 2014 120K miles. Running lovely on clean green Biodiesel *Previous volvo:* V70 D5 2009 - T5 convertible - V40 1.8 - 343GL - the one with the elastic band transmission!