Diesel Particulate Filter

[h100vw]

I'll go out on a limb and promise it's not the ECU. VW Centre should have been able to force a regen. VCDS is as capable as the dealer tool in this instance, unless they didn't have time.

If the DPF is full you can't make it worse. Without a proper diagnosis though there's a risk of doing it harm if it isn't.


EDIT: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...elp-27504.html

Have a look here and see if there's someone in Canberra that can help you out. If there's no one there, send me a PM and I might have another avenue I can try, this will involve you having a windows laptop though.

Gavin

Damn. This got depressing pretty quick. Thank you for all your responses, guys. Very helpful.

Umai, I did take it into the VW Centre in Belconnen - he's the one that said I needed to take it to the dealership. I guess he was wrong about the cost of a new DPF. He was also booked out for 6 weeks. Similar time for the VW Centre in Tuggeranong. Lennock VW (dealership) is booked for a month. There's one more option that I'll explore. Failing that, I'm not sure what I can do but wait :/

I'll try not to drive it at all if it's going to do more damage. I guess I'll have to hope it's the ECU, as you guys mentioned.

ATPG - I'll send you a PM.