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Phaeton · Nov 17th, 2018, 16:53

Hi Folks,

Only had the car a couple of weeks & love it, but out today & it went into limp mode, no power & light on. Put my Bluetooth diagnostics on it & it came with P242F DPF fault. Using Torque took the car up the A1M held it in 4th on the 2800 rpm & the passenger reset the codes, the car would surge forward up to about 3400 then you could feel a hard cut & the revs dropped back to 2800. Covered about 30 miles doing this & now the engine light is off & the car is back to normal.

It's a 2010 C30 1.6D with only 34,000 miles on it, have I cured it or is it likely to come back, do they need an Italian tune up every now & again, I normally only drive at around 50 mph max commuting into town, but that's normally 40-50 minutes each was so I would have thought it would be up to temperature.

I read another post about cleaning the EGR out, is there an idiot guide anywhere?

Nov 17th, 2018, 16:53	#1
Phaeton Junior Member Last Online: May 13th, 2020 20:10 Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Carlton in Lindrick, Worksop	New C30 1.6D Owner DPF Issues Hi Folks, Only had the car a couple of weeks & love it, but out today & it went into limp mode, no power & light on. Put my Bluetooth diagnostics on it & it came with P242F DPF fault. Using Torque took the car up the A1M held it in 4th on the 2800 rpm & the passenger reset the codes, the car would surge forward up to about 3400 then you could feel a hard cut & the revs dropped back to 2800. Covered about 30 miles doing this & now the engine light is off & the car is back to normal. It's a 2010 C30 1.6D with only 34,000 miles on it, have I cured it or is it likely to come back, do they need an Italian tune up every now & again, I normally only drive at around 50 mph max commuting into town, but that's normally 40-50 minutes each was so I would have thought it would be up to temperature. I read another post about cleaning the EGR out, is there an idiot guide anywhere?