what to do ?
- Thread starter grombo
- Start date
Surely it's not worth using a new van for journeys like that though, you won't get the enjoyment of driving it that you're paying through the nose fora van is quite handy for carrying a couple of hundred kg's of tools and a dog .... and one mile is defo under ten miles
I bought a diesel Volvo a couple of years ago (still have it now, but selling to pay for the conversion). I really didn't want to get a diesel at the time due to fears over DPFs and short journeys, but there were no larger used petrol cars around thanks to fleet preferences. About 3 weeks after buying it my work patterns changed and my dropped by about 2/3 . Most of my runs were short, with the longest being whatever I did with the family at weekends.
Despite my fears I have had no problems at all. The DPF light has come on twice and I've simply used that as an excuse to go for a drive. A short motorway run once a fortnight seems to be enough to keep it happy. Volvo is now going and the t6 is going to face similar issues. If it causes a problem I'll probably hack the DPF out, but I'm not hugely worried.
Despite my fears I have had no problems at all. The DPF light has come on twice and I've simply used that as an excuse to go for a drive. A short motorway run once a fortnight seems to be enough to keep it happy. Volvo is now going and the t6 is going to face similar issues. If it causes a problem I'll probably hack the DPF out, but I'm not hugely worried.
I think modern (from around 2010) diesels are horrific for short journeys; not just DPFs; also EGR systems that need to run hot. The fuss a T6 makes after a short trip with its hateful forced regeneration is enough to tell you they don't like short trips.
Our two petrol cars make no such complaints; just start them, drive them, stop them.
However I do think diesel suits a van quite well; and that petrol is looking as likely to get killed off as diesel.
Personally I like having the choice.
For one mile trips it would be my walking feet or a bicycle.
Our two petrol cars make no such complaints; just start them, drive them, stop them.
However I do think diesel suits a van quite well; and that petrol is looking as likely to get killed off as diesel.
Personally I like having the choice.
For one mile trips it would be my walking feet or a bicycle.
Help a dummy out here. What is the forced regen issue? I've seen a couple of references to it here, but I've done about 800 miles in my van (which did many many miles before I got it) and haven't experienced anything odd let alone hateful.
It's when you stop, the fan goes mad, it smells of oil and spews hot air out at you.
Happened to us once in Portugal in 40 degrees and heated our floor up; not useful.
Not all bad though; this engine is MUCH quieter than the T5.1 180 and it's significantly quicker. There's a weird power gap at about 2800 rpm but otherwise it pulls well.
A 'forced' regen can only be done with software (VCDS/dealers comp) -its only done if the normal regen dosn't work, pretty much a last resort sort of thing. Normaly called a sevice regen.
What polzeylad descrides is just a standard regen cycle, only the engine was switched off mid way through, as theirs no airflow to cool things down the fans run until the system cools down and you can then smell the burnt gases. If the drive was 10 mins longer you'd of never known it was doing one, the vehicles speed cools things down and only drivers behind get to smell anything.
What polzeylad descrides is just a standard regen cycle, only the engine was switched off mid way through, as theirs no airflow to cool things down the fans run until the system cools down and you can then smell the burnt gases. If the drive was 10 mins longer you'd of never known it was doing one, the vehicles speed cools things down and only drivers behind get to smell anything.
