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echo15 wrote:
That's a common fault on Pugs in general :twisted:

It's also bloody annoying. :sad:

If a fault light comes on then it's fair to assume there is a fault there. Not a light to remind you to boot it down the motorway for 15 minutes. :sad: :sad:

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I have a 2008 E7 and just recently have been getting an "Antipollution Fault" Warning on the dashboard.


is that the DPF?

if so, just rob a bank, a sprinter DPF costs £800
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wheelbearings fail on french/italian (PSA group) cars (citroen/pugs/fiats)

mine went at about 30,000

3 day job :shock:

wouldnt do it unless they had a new hub in the parts dept as the 100tonne press could crack the hub and tie up a workshop space for 3 week...
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wannabeeahack wrote:
JDBubbles wrote:
I have a 2008 E7 and just recently have been getting an "Antipollution Fault" Warning on the dashboard.


is that the DPF?

if so, just rob a bank, a sprinter DPF costs £800


Well the lights gone out now...........would this not be covered by warranty.

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JDBubbles wrote:
Well the lights gone out now...........would this not be covered by warranty.

It's cleansed itself of the dirt it has accumulated in the exhaust.

One has to wonder why it had to keep it and not burn off straight away.

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Exhaust manufacturers are now starting to make a replacement box for DPFs, or you can get a welding shop to open them up and remove the inners then weld it shut again like this
http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/145157 ... move%20dpf
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belius2 wrote:
has any one with a e7 had problems with the hubs as i have found out the knocking is the problem
more to the point don't buy an e7 from cab direct and steer clear of a [edited by admin] called peter facenna, a proper low life
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STEVE56
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lots of short runs dont give the exhaust time or energy to clear itself out, thus, when that pesky light comes on just floor it down the motorway for a couple of miles .
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iclark2006 wrote:
belius2 wrote:
has any one with a e7 had problems with the hubs as i have found out the knocking is the problem
more to the point don't buy an e7 from cab direct and steer clear of a [edited by admin] called peter facenna, a proper low life



Nothing new in that post that has not been said before - they are the Del boys of the modern world................scamming people and getting away with it :twisted:

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a particulate filter isnt covered by warranty, its a service item, like any filter

£800

there is something that can be added to fuel to burn the soot out, then it flies out the exhaust, just likje it would if there was no filter....

FFS, talk about going round in circles!

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when my anti roll bar started to knock my garage just unbolted it then put some spacers under the bush done it up tight 192000 miles still no knocks .No need to keep replacing the anti roll bar 2008 model .Give it a try worked for me
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perry wrote:
when my anti roll bar started to knock my garage just unbolted it then put some spacers under the bush done it up tight 192000 miles still no knocks .No need to keep replacing the anti roll bar 2008 model .Give it a try worked for me


christ, you found a proper british mechanic/fitter then?

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