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UPDATE!! If you came to this page because of fault/trouble codes you retrieved from a diagnostic tool you may find our  iPhone/iPad  or  Android App   useful. Not only does it give you 'Fault Descriptions' but also gives you  Possible Causes!!   Check it out on the  App Store  or  Play Store!!  DPF  Your car is fitted with a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) and you have heard a lot of stories about expensive repair bills, regenerations and additives... So you look on the internet for how you keep your DPF healthy and how 'DPF Regeneration ' is performed!! Good news.... Its not all doom and gloom when it comes to your DPF Firstly, what is DPF regeneration? Well to best answer that, let's take a look at what the DPF actually does.... The DPF is a particulate filter, fitted to the exhaust system on diesel cars, it is designed to trap harmful particulates in the exhaust gases. Once the amount of trapped particles otherwise known

Injector Removal Can Get Complicated If you landed on this page because you saw this picture of Facebook and wondered if there was a story behind it..... Yes there is! If on the other hand your looking for information on ' Injector Removal' then your also in the right place! I'm going to preface this by saying that the article relates specifically to the Renault M9R engine. This engine is commonly fitted to Renault, Nissan and Vauxhall vans, however the theory can be applied to nearly every Diesel vehicle, on which Injector removal is proving to be tough. So here's the background.... The vehicle (a Vauxhall Vivaro) was brought to the workshop because the engine management light was indicating a fault, also the engine was misfiring. A quick code read revealed error code P0204, tests were carried out to ensure the wiring and ECU signal were not at fault and we quickly established that the number 4 injector was indeed faulty.  We had only just carried out