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Sorry but since DPF removal is not allowed and the car would fail the MOT and probably the insurance would not be valid, this forum can not allow this topic to remain on the site. I have deleted the content of the original post. Once the OP has read this note I will delete the topic.

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Strange considering it was about removing the DPF warning system in the ECU there was no mention of the actual DPF removal of the filter in the exhaust system. Only the removal of the Filter from the Exhaust will constitute a fail for the mot. The ECU electrical isolation of the warning DPF system is not even detectable at the MOT station...how would they know you have disabled the ECU input unless you told them? Hey oh there yeah go.

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I think you should of been more up front and said it was removed because you didn't want to upset your sponsor ECU problem Need Help Call us Now, above on a banner... you little tinker...lol Come on admit it Paul? lol  Took me ages do that write up typing with only one finger.

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The moderators on the forum do this voluntarily and have nothing to do with any financial aspects or advertising. All the ads that come up on my pc seem to be generated by google monitoring the pc and providing ads that may be related to what you are looking at on the internet. So, the replies are nothing to do with sponsors.

 

If the dpf is physically still on the car but it has been disabled in the ecu, then will it continue to work and dose the eolys fluid using the fix you had posted, but just not give warning messages that it has blocked up ?

 

If not, then the dpf may appear to be still installed but it will not be working. It will eventually block up as you had noted but I have found on our diesel cars with a dpf the exhaust tail pipe is clean metal internally, on ones without a dpf it was covered in soot - so a quick check of the exhaust could indicate if the dpf is present/has been drilled through/does not work. If buying a diesel this check could save a potential owner some future bother/expense.

 

If you had posted this topic a couple of years ago there would have been no problems and your efforts in trying to help others are appreciated. There is a topic on dpf removal here http://www.citroen-owners-club.co.uk/citroen/topic/21018-dpf-heres-the-start-of-it/

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Imagine the cost to do that coastline and the risk? You know that OBD/CAN BUS is not uniform like it was meant to be. For example my Lexia wont work on a Ford or Vauxhall etc and visa versa for that fact. The MOT station would have to get all the different leads and interfaces, different software and train the staff to operate all the different emporiums software and also run the risk of heavy penalties/compensation should their engineer at the MOT station f..@*k up and fry your ECU and for what? Looking for the odd DPF dodger? I cant see it myself the cost and pitfalls far outweigh trying to nail the odd one or two DPF dodger's. Visual is the only way it will go with DPF under the car ...now if they can slap something up the exhaust like they do with the emissions test then maybe that's the way they will go but that wont ever read the ECU for deleted DPF FAP files. I take on board what you are both saying but even advice on how to change a wheel given on here taken or read the wrong way could lead to injury or failure at the MOT station should the person send it in on MOT day with only three wheel nuts on it instead of four. There is risk in everything in life and it is up to the individual to contemplate those risks and determine for himself or herself if those risks are to be acted upon...your only requirement is to end any advice no matter how simple that job is with a disclaimer. That way people are getting what they came to the site for and you keep the forum viable. I have loved all the information on here given by yourself coastline and Paul but how much more could we have had, had some advice not been removed for fear of repercussions or failed MOT's? Publish and be damned and Disclaimer...covers everything but makes the forum more interesting don't you think?

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And by the way I have seen wheels with only two wheel nuts on it so don't take that what I said above as exaggeration...honest two wheel nuts and I have witnessed a so called intelligent person trying to get a 5 gallon drum of oil down the oil dipstick port. And how many female drivers have you seen that indicate left and then go right....only joking there on the indicators to see if I could wind up our female members on here. But straight up on the wheel nuts and oil and they was male by the way.

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Originally I had intended to remove this topic but decided to leave it on since there are  interesting points being made. Also if other members wish to know how you can remove the dpf warning then this could be done by sending messages with a copy of your original post (click on the envelope icon at the top right to open messages).

 

There is a disclaimer in the General Discussion and Nonsense section http://www.citroen-owners-club.co.uk/citroen/topic/6882-disclaimer-please-read/

 

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