Another big disadvantage basically is, the customer who removes the DPF filter will pay for that someone had adjusted the vehicle and is no more with following the terms of such law of driving vehicles. If the vehicle has been fitted with a DPF as standard, so the filter must be in the vehicle. Unless there is no DPF filter, such a vehicle has The Diesel Brothers—a collective nickname for Discovery Channel’s truck-obsessed super polluter television show, David “Heavy D” Sparks, Joshua Stuart, Keaton Hoskins, and David “Diesel Dave” Kiley—have been ordered by a Utah judge to pay over $850,000 in fines for violation of the Clean Air jalopnik.com. Posted November 2, 2017. On 11/1/2017 at 12:59 PM, Arfur Dealy said: Its illegal to drive a car on the road with the DPF removed. You can sell it as scrap, unroadworthy and not fit for purpose. 100% correct. On 11/1/2017 at 3:53 PM, Mojo121 said: I thought the DPF check is a visual thing - many are just gutted. Admittedly, it's hard for an MoT test station to detect whether a DPF has been removed. Unscrupulous owners can easily remove the DPF assembly, and some garages even offer a DPF removal service. 9. Location. Midhurst, West Sussex. Car. Mercedes Sprinter. Im considering taking my '08 Mercedes Sprinter to an independent garage to have an 'invisible' delete and reprogram on the DPF for £400. I have taken my van to a Mercedes garage several times to try and figure out what has been the cause of thick white smoke which appears after every A truck engine delete is a kit that mechanics use to deactivate a diesel particulate filter (DPF) — a factory-installed device that traps soot, ash and other contaminants found in diesel exhaust. A DPF delete kit contains two components — an exhaust and a tuner. The exhaust physically replaces the existing DPF, while the tuner consists of The one closest to the rail doesn't even look accessible and it looks the worst as far as corrosion and heat. Are u pulling these before the pipe or with the pipe DPF/DOC on the ground.Truck has 18,000 miles. Any advice is appreciated. BTW any mechanic that can't tell components have been removed and reinstalled is new to a wrench. Never had any come back to the shop. 6.4's make power but it just seems like they blow up whenever they want.. 2005 F-350 Reg cab Fx4 - Deleted, updated, bullet proofed. TSD tuned. 18x10 moto metal 962's, 35x12.50 federal mt's, 2'' level, mbrp exhaust, ect, ect. Western Ultra Mount 8' Plow. Money maker/work horse. Removing the DPF will normally cause the engine management light to turn on, unless the car's ECU has been reprogrammed to ignore the DPF sensor. So if would need the DPF refitted as well as the ECU changes undone to be back to normal. All your base are belong to us. motorguy Posts: 22,406 Forumite. RlIgT.

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