Audi A6 Particulate Filter Warning Light

How to reset regenerate clear your dpf warning light diesel particulate filter how it works and why the light may come on.

Audi a6 particulate filter warning light. Why is my dpf warning light on. If faulty this will send an incorrect message to the ecu instructing it light up your dash and place the vehicle in limp mode. Audi a6 particulate filter warning light. Well there could be two reasons for this on an audi.

Denoted by the engine management system warning light and not by the specific dpf warning light. Retroman oct 5 2017 11. At the very start of the trip the dpf light came on but an hour blasting the hell out of it seemed to work. Yeah remove the dpf filter.

The diesel particulate filter light turns on when the soot level from the diesel exhaust is high and your car is at risk of going into limp mode. This light can often illuminate if you use your audi for lots of short journey at low speed. 2008 audi a6 particle filter warning light 07 10 2012 11 10 am take it on a 30 minute drive in 4th at 60mph to allow it to clear. If a build up of soot occurs this can cause the light to illuminate.

It wouldn t clear and went into safe mode. The easy one to fix is to replace a sensor that calculates the air flow through the filter. If you do this once or twice a week it will let the filter regenerate. Tried this with no joy.

A warning light came up on the dash on saturday. A particulate filter removes soot from the exhaust which is then burnt off on longer drives. Not familiar with it i checked and it seems to be the particulate filter warning. Retroman audi a3 2010 sportback 2 0 tdi 170 cbbb engine 1 238 402 83.

Gazwould oct 5 2017 6. Jlm not only clean. The owners manual suggested driving at a motorway speed in 4th or 5th for 15 mins to clear the fault. The diesel particulate filter dpf is part of your exhaust and controls the soot that would otherwise be expelled from the system.

If the light appears it s recommended to do a journey between 10 30. It drove without problems for another 1000kms but once i started moving through slower traffic the warning light came on after an hour. Audi a8 quattro warning light is on inspection minneapolis minnesota. Audi a6 avant 2 7 tdi manual feb 2008 particulate filter warning light.

I m not sure how long i can go on trying to do longish runs to clear the fault without. Audi in split croatia said they couldn t find a fault. I read the manual which suggested running the car in fourth or fifth above 2000rpm for 15 minutes and the light should clear. It also states that driving for a n unspecified period of time could damage the.

How to clean the dpf filter.