Which product exactly?

 

Maybe ask Wurth what they mean and how to do it.

 

Hi thanks for the responses.
Here is the link to the product I was planning to use. There does seem to be a number of products which you inject straight into the dpf I just don’t know where it’s located and how to access it

 

you need to know y it is blocked,,find root cause,,fix it then clean it,,,what are your coolant temps ? stat/s could be goosed

 

Thanks.... I’ve done all of that. There was a faulty thermostat and glow plugs which have prevented a Regen for around 10,000 miles. It only does short distances which won’t have helped. All issues are resolved but it won’t regenerate because the pressures are too high.

 

The dpf is directly behind the turbo. You may be able to undo the fitting where it attaches to the turbo manifold and wiggle it back enough to get some access. To fully remove it is a bit of a job. You could also try removing one of the sensors and spray in from there, again not straight forward as they often seize in. The last option is to spray it down the pressure sensor pipe but first poke it through with some wire to check it’s not blocked. now you have sorted the reasons why it has not regenerated have you tried putting some additive in the tank and driving whilst someone clears the codes. This may just trigger the regen to start. It often takes a number of attempts at clearing the codes until it kicks in whilst driving at a constant 60 mph. if you log on to real and put in your last 7 digits of your chassis number you will be able to see where your dpf is.
good luck
Jim

 

Thanks Jim appreciated.

I think i can access the two sensors/pipes in the dpf - Whether I can undo them or not is another point as you suggested.

It looks like the first one (yellow arrow) is the temperature sensor and second the oxygen sensor (green)

Is it ok to spray the cleaner into one of these holes?

 

As they appear to be as far upstream as you can get you should be able to spray through them as long as they come out. The dpf is only held onto the manifold with a large circular clamp which has a spring on it. If you can undo that and move the dpf back slightly you will have a better chance of spraying. Unfortunately access is tight.
cheers
Jim

 

Thanks Jim, I ended up doing your trick with the clamp and managed to get access. Unfortunately the spray doesnt seem to have worked. I used "K2 Professional DPF Cleaner" but this hasnt reduced the pressure or soot content from what i can see on Carly. Perhaps I shouldnt have chosen a cheap product.

 

That’s a shame. Have you poked a wire down the metal pipe which the pressure sensor rubber pipe connects to. Sometimes it blocks in the dpf and doesn’t read the pressure properly. Worth a shot
cheers
jim

 

All sorted!!!!! Thanks for the help. I sprayed some more dpf cleaner in the dpf (between the turbo and dpf) and drove it for 2hours and eventually it did a regeneration. Jim, I couldn’t get the pressure or oxygen sensor off easily hence spraying it again as per your original suggestion.

i still don’t really know what the regeneration distance travelled is (see attachment) - I had thought it was the distance travelled between Regens but this cannot be correct as the time since Regen reset afterwards but this value hasn’t.

 

That’s great news you have managed to get it to trigger a regen. Hopefully it will do it regularly now and will be sorted. Not sure about the distance travelled either to be honest. Does it drive okay?
cheers
Jim

 

surely it means 185xxxxxx metres on that dpf

 

Ignite the distance traveled value, the app is not reading it right.

 

Which DPF cleaner did you use? I'm currently looking at getting it professionally cleaned but not sure if I should try this first?

Tia x

 

Hi tia,

i used this:

Pardon our interruption...

I disconnected the clamp andinserted it between the turbo and dpf - followed someone else’s good advice.
I then used Carly to force the system to do a regeneration.

 

sorry I mean I inserted the flexi tube from the dpf cleaner between the two item and sprayed in the direction of the dpf

 

Hi Alexdavies82,
I have BMW X3 E83 Diesel and I’ve the same issue and I would like to clean the DPF by myself. Can you tell me, where can I inject the spray, please?

 

He removed the V band clamp and pulled DPF away from turbo to insert the cleaner hose.

 

Jonnyroper,
Thank you so much!
I already bought the k2 liquid to clean the dpf from eBay. Soon the item comes, I’ll do the job and I will update soon as the job is completed.

 

Yes that was correct. It worked really well to be honest. Undoing the clamp and a fixing to a metal shield seemed to enable me to pry the dpf from the turbo and spray the product in.