Dmax issues where do I stand?

[Johny Walker]

What about remapping.would that help

[Logjam]

If you set up a FB group I'd definitely sign up, it would help when confronting dealers that it is an issue and fairly widespread I would think.

 

 

Ditto

 

You see to me that oil is way to high.

 

Should be between the dots between the yellow tube guides i say could be a serious percentage of diesel there bet up to 40% above correct level so maybe 2.5-3 ltrs too much

 

Since problems with rising oil levels part of the manufacturer 'solution' was to provide modified dipsticks. There is now a X (not visible in the photo) at the two indentations, this identifies the highest level, at which point oil should be changed. Wouldn't recommend running it for too long after part draining as oil will become progressively more diluted. I get oil change kit delivered for £50, correct spec with filter & drain plug. Easy job to change & significant saving over dealer rates. Ours required three oil changes in the last 12 months.

[Stubby]

To me the whole thing is futile . You fit a DPF to an engine to trap pollutants from going into the atmosphere and then at a later date burn them out of the DPF and send them into the atmosphere . .......bonkers

[TIMON]

Woodworker,

 

 

 

We are in the same boat with ort 63 plate dmax.

 

Fobbed of by a dealer who must be getting sore from sitting on the fence and wanting £160 odd +VAT for an oil and filter change. This on a vehicle which has only covered 13,500 miles and on its third oil change!

 

Isuzu were equally un interested and wrote back to us with a very similar sounding email to what you got blaming driving style despite me pointing out lack of information on this in the handbook.

 

 

 

It makes me sick that dealers are punting out vehicles not fit for purpose and manufacturers not standing by their warranty or their product. I like the idea of sitting outside the forecourt with the truck sign written with the problems...I bet that would get a result!

 

 

 

Andy

 

 

It does! I know someone who did it.

Problem got resolved very quickly.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

No Worries - some people talk louder then others on here

 

My research on Subaru diesels indicated that Subaru work to a 10% oil dilution ratio. At this point if active regens are still occurring and this percentage has been reached the DPF light comes on, limp mode and a mandatory trip to the dealers... The ratio is based on counting the number of active regens so by implication they know exactly how much oil slips past the rings on each regen event.

 

That might explain the issues Subaru have had then. 10% is ridiculous, unacceptable. Ww's 20% is insane.

 

Isuzu put an injector into the DPF atleast as far back as 2006 I know that; on the Z30DT engine so why not in this particular application?

[GreenGui]

That might explain the issues Subaru have had then. 10% is ridiculous, unacceptable. Ww's 20% is insane.

 

Isuzu put an injector into the DPF atleast as far back as 2006 I know that; on the Z30DT engine so why not in this particular application?

 

Crazy isn't it. I'm on a Euro 4 without active regen The one that's also known for breaking its crank It is a lovely drivers engine though

 

Boiled down in Isuzu's case it has to come down to cost pure and simple. It always does doesn't it?

[openspaceman]

To me the whole thing is futile . You fit a DPF to an engine to trap pollutants from going into the atmosphere and then at a later date burn them out of the DPF and send them into the atmosphere . .......bonkers

 

Except the DPF traps the bits of soot and other partially burned hydrocarbons in the 2.5 to 10 micron sizes which if inhaled embed in the lungs as well as coat everything else with a fine layer. The partially burned compounds include known carcinogens.

 

When it regenerates it aims to reburn the sooty particles to carbon dioxide and water

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Except the DPF traps the bits of soot and other partially burned hydrocarbons in the 2.5 to 10 micron sizes which if inhaled embed in the lungs as well as coat everything else with a fine layer. The partially burned compounds include known carcinogens.

 

When it regenerates it aims to reburn the sooty particles to carbon dioxide and water

 

 

PM 10 most definitely does not lodge in the lungs. They do not go past the larynx. PM5 may or may not. PM3 and below does. Funny how SI chucks out loads of PM1 and UF but no one cares.

 

UHC and other VP compounds are loaded on the PM surface; the P itself is not UHC. Liquids don't turn into solids during pyrosynthesis.

[Stubby]

PM 10 most definitely does not lodge in the lungs. They do not go past the larynx. PM5 may or may not. PM3 and below does. Funny how SI chucks out loads of PM1 and UF but no one cares.

 

UHC and other VP compounds are loaded on the PM surface; the P itself is not UHC. Liquids don't turn into solids during pyrosynthesis.

 

Cheers Jon that's what I wanted to say but didn't know how !

[Woodworks]

If you set up a FB group I'd definitely sign up, it would help when confronting dealers that it is an issue and fairly widespread I would think.

 

Hi Andy

 

Share your problems here https://www.facebook.com/groups/322999041413588/

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