2008 Peugeot 207 SW 1.6 HDi 93,000 miles

lindylootoo

I had an anti pollution warning a few weeks ago and was given advice to drive it for 15-20 minutes at 60 mph in 3rd gear with revs at 3500..................which is a bit difficult where I live as we don't have any motorways, but found a decent length of road and drove up and down four or five times. I was considering selling it, but the warning light hasn't come back on and I'm told a dpf filter clean shouldn't cost too much and also having timing belt changed, would sort it out with the potential of very many more years of reasonably trouble-free motoring. Is this information realistic? Any ideas how much I can expect to pay for a new timing belt..........and estimate of dpf clean? Do all garages carry out this work or do I need a specialist garage? If so, what should I search for when looking for a dpf clean? 

Goudy

I believe it's around a 3 hour job to change a timing belt on one of these and if they do the water pump at the same time (they should) you are looking at around £100 or so in parts plus the 3 hours or so labour.

The costs of a DPF clean depends on what they actually mean by cleaning.
It might mean to some adding an additive to the fuel for a few quid or the DPF is removed for a proper ash removal by a specialist and that can cost a few hundred pounds. 

The DPF traps soot which has large particles and burns that down to ash which has smaller particles, then stores that in the filter.
Eventually the filter naturally fills with ash as part of it's normal function and requires an ash removal or the filter replacing altogether.

I've had this engine in a 2010 Berlingo and I believe it also requires a special fluid as part of it's emissions sytem.
It's called Eolys fluid and helps the DPF regenerate by lowering the temps needed to burn the soot in the filter.
(don't confuse this Eolys with Ad Blue that more modern diesels than yours require, Ad Blue is used to reduce Nitrogen Oxides)

The stuff isn't too expensise, around £30 or so a litre, but the cars emission control setting needs a reset to let it know it's been refilled.
At your sort of mileage, it might be due a refill.

If you are thinking about specialists, I would recommend finding a diesel specialist for this work, though you might want to consider if a diesel is still worthwhile if you aren't doing the sort of mileage/trips that modern diesels require these days.

daveyjp

A DPF is a consumable.

At 93,000 it would make financial sesnde to replace it as the filter will be full of ash which is hard as concrete and won't be removed through cleaning,