60,000 mile Mazda 5 Diesel - keep or sell?

philgr

Fix and keep the Mazda.

I had 192,000 miles on the factory DMF and clutch in a 2003 Ford Transit. Now remember that the transit is subject to far harsher use, with the clutch being at the business end of getting that moving when fully laden at a weight approaching nearly 2.8 tons and am sure that with sensible driving, that the Mazda should be fine for many years to come.

DPF wise, I'd stick a generic one in there IF it is faulty. Firstly, I'd do as the others have suggested and give it a series of good pastings on the by-pass/motorway by using lower gears than normal to keep the revs up.

Good luck

atrixblue.-MFR-.

harveybobbles wrote: »

One major issue to the OP with this lump on an engine is this:

Unburnt FUEL will end up in the SUMP!! Awful design, google it!

This will be your next issue if the car is only doing low miles.

I'd persoanally get rid and buy a petrol car.

if its regenerated properly and not ignored after certain amount of cycles it will be fine.


Mazda are not the only engine that will dump unpsent regen diesel back into the sump, VX Nissan Toyota Mistubishi's will do it too.

[Deleted User]

Feel much better this morning after sleeping on it. This is my plan:

Get the DPF replaced with a cheap one.
Keep the original DPF.
Ensure car gets good regular motorway runs.
No more supermarket diesel.
If/when the new cheap DPF dies, get original DPF properly cleaned then refitted (there are companies like ceramex that do thorough cleaning/ash removal of DPFs).

Slowly_does_it..

Before replacing the original DPF, I would vote stick it in 4th gear so the revs are up high ish, and do half an hour or so along a motorway.

If it works, and regens the original dpf to nice and clean, all is good. If it fails to clean the DPF, you are a tenner out of pocket.

I am not going to go into the V-Power talk, but I am sure my exhaust ran hotter when I ran that stuff - probably because the rev counter hardly came out of the red, but might be worth the extra fiver.

[Deleted User]

thanks, I have done that italian tune, absolutely blasted it for 30 minutes in the fast lane in 4th (and my car has 6 gears).

BeenThroughItAll

[quote=[Deleted User];65774752]Feel much better this morning after sleeping on it. This is my plan:

Get the DPF replaced with a cheap one.
Keep the original DPF.
Ensure car gets good regular motorway runs.
No more supermarket diesel.
If/when the new cheap DPF dies, get original DPF properly cleaned then refitted (there are companies like ceramex that do thorough cleaning/ash removal of DPFs).[/QUOTE]



I wouldn't worry about the supermarket diesel thing. As I said earlier, the two DPF-equipped cars I look after are run on whatever's cheapest, and current stats (checked last night and both original DPFs) are:


Saab 9-3 ----> 61,686mi ---> Permanent Saturation 37%
VW Passat 2.0TDI Bluemotion --->47,453 ---> Saturation 22%