Modern trucks are an enigma !

[Stubby]

6 hours ago, Stihl123 said:

Just get the dpf stripped out and then mapped out so to speak 

Most decent people that offer remapping can sort it 

Adblue was just mapped out of mine too, no physical changes to the vehicle 

I have done this on my old truck ( 2 trucks back ) It was a filter of some kind imediately after the exhaust manifold . I removed it drilled it all out and replaced it . I also blanked off the EGR . It went a bit better but smelled like an old diesel but of course no electronic warnings on that old one . . If I did what you are suggesting above would it still pass an MOT ( in 3 years time ) and if there was no DPF would not the partials just block the CAT further down the line ? It already has a Tunit box and blue tooth power pedal that sharpens the throttle response and ups it from the stock 190HP to 237HP . 

[Ian C]

Personally I would go petrol if they were available, petrol is a bit cheaper and it gets rid of all the shite on a modern diesel  which when working really only mask a problem and at worst is a nightmare when they go wrong.

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Ian C said:

Personally I would go petrol if they were available, petrol is a bit cheaper and it gets rid of all the shite on a modern diesel  which when working really only mask a problem and at worst is a nightmare when they go wrong.

Cheaper yes, but less economical surely?

[nepia]

1 hour ago, Ian C said:

Personally I would go petrol if they were available, petrol is a bit cheaper and it gets rid of all the shite on a modern diesel  which when working really only mask a problem and at worst is a nightmare when they go wrong.

I see sense in that.  Diesel was all the rage when it was cheap grunt.  Then someone said 'ooh, that's a bit smelly'!

Downhill from there!

[nepia]

6 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Cheaper yes, but less economical surely?

Not when you take into account the cost of putting right a uniquely diesel fault!   I changed my last Nav because of one: the diagnosis for the recurring amber light was 'loss of fuel pressure'. No-one could keep the light out for more than a month despite changing several things at a cost of hundreds before I took the hint.

[coppice cutter]

The modern diesel vehicle is a consequence of people in power bringing in legislation relating to things which they have absolutely zero knowledge or understanding of.

 

I suspect E10 fuel similarly.

[Bolt]

12 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

The modern diesel vehicle is a consequence of people in power bringing in legislation relating to things which they have absolutely zero knowledge or understanding of.

 

I suspect E10 fuel similarly.

…and , ironically, diesel.

 

When I was a kid, almost everything ran on petrol other than lorrys (and tractors).

 

Then we were told petrol was bad (lead emissions) and we were persuaded to go down the diesel route.

 

Nice.  Still , I’m sure electric vehicles will be fine.

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, Bolt said:

 

 

Nice.  Still , I’m sure electric vehicles will be fine.

But with the increase in price of electricity that's coming they will be less economical than wet fuel when you consider charging them . 

[Bolt]

Was it 5 new nuke powerstations proposed the other day?

 

That’s a lotta baseload.  All that nighttime electric has to go somewhere!

[Bolt]

Actually, when they  started Hinckley C, the press wet themselves as to how high it would push up the cost of electric .  If I remember the scaremongering, it could add something like a couple of pence to the cost of a unit of electricity.

 

Wow.  Not so expensive now is it!

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by Bolt