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I took my wife's 206 in for a check-over yesterday and spoke to one of the service personnel about these Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) .
I asked how long it would be before I had to have it cleaned if I only did a few journeys each week of about 2 miles there in the morning and the same coming home in the afternoon.
He replied that it would be about a month before the warning light came on and I started feeling the engine becoming a bit flat and clunky.
He reckons the DPF will spell the death of the diesel because of the limitations regarding short regular journeys.
They will do one clean foc but subsequent cleans will cost upwards of £80 a time. Regeneration will cost around £200+ and if you leave it too long then £500 should see a new DPF fitted!!
They offered to swap my current 2008 for the same spec 1.6 petrol 4 speed auto with me paying £4000 !!
Think we'll keep our 206 for local journeys and the 2008 for runs longer than 10 miles!
EU regulations to save emissions; but I'm still having to keep 2 cars running.
PS: ....oh, and the petrol version only does around 40 MPG whereas I'm getting around 65 MPG from my 2008 diesel.....in addition my RFL will be £150 for the petrol against my current £ZERO RFL.
Edited by: allan40alt
I asked how long it would be before I had to have it cleaned if I only did a few journeys each week of about 2 miles there in the morning and the same coming home in the afternoon.
He replied that it would be about a month before the warning light came on and I started feeling the engine becoming a bit flat and clunky.
He reckons the DPF will spell the death of the diesel because of the limitations regarding short regular journeys.
They will do one clean foc but subsequent cleans will cost upwards of £80 a time. Regeneration will cost around £200+ and if you leave it too long then £500 should see a new DPF fitted!!
They offered to swap my current 2008 for the same spec 1.6 petrol 4 speed auto with me paying £4000 !!
Think we'll keep our 206 for local journeys and the 2008 for runs longer than 10 miles!
EU regulations to save emissions; but I'm still having to keep 2 cars running.

PS: ....oh, and the petrol version only does around 40 MPG whereas I'm getting around 65 MPG from my 2008 diesel.....in addition my RFL will be £150 for the petrol against my current £ZERO RFL.
Edited by: allan40alt