DPF's and how they regenerate have come a long way since the cars having to meet euro 4 emissions for 2008.

Like with most things, some owners will have no issues whilst others will. My car will be 7 years old in March having done 62k. No DPF issues and my car gets on a motorway just once, maybe twice a year. Most of my mileage is local.

 

DPF on my mondeo is still original and never given any issues. Ford's DPF system is one of the best there is, especially compared to rivals that have to use fluid or even worse, dump diesel into the engine oil (ahem vauxhall!)

Out of interest what engine was in your focus? I've not heard of it being a common problem before. My sister has a 2010 mk2 1.6 TDCi and the DPF in that has been fine too.

 

thanks for the replies

It was a 1.6tdci. At the time I found a couple of threads on the Ford Focus owners forum.

hope it’s okay to post the links.

mine went at 70,000 miles which seemed normal accord. It was followed by a turbo failure shortly after.

2008 Focus MK2.5 1.6 TDCI DPF Advice

I bought my 2008 Focus MK2.5 1.6 TDCI halfway through last year, around Christmas it threw a engine malfunction warning caused by the Eolys fluid being completely gone and the DPF was clogged. I gave the car to the dealer to fix under warranty, I think they just refilled the fluid and I don't kno...

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Dpf 1.6 Tdci Problem

Hi All, Just some advice if possible...... The Engine management light and the words ENGINE SYSTEMS FAULT has displayed on the dash which has activated the 'limp mode'. When plugged into a computer it shows as fault code P242F Diesel Particulate Filter Restriction Ash Accumulation. I have tried W...

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Thanks for that, I've just read apparently the focus does indeed use dpf fluid, the mondeo doesn't (hence I thought Ford doesn't use fluid with their DPFs).
Not sure about the kuga, one of the diesel kuga boys will know.

At least the turbo on the focus is a piece of cake to get to (it's right at the front of the engine), on the mondeo, it's a complete (expletive) to get to as it's buried right at the back of the engine. Had mine replaced earlier this year at 115k miles.
The turbo does go on the 1.6TDCis commonly due to carbon build up in the oil (it's well known for it that engine), so frequent oil changes are vital.

 

The bigger problem is with fuel vaporiser clogging up, which will not then allow a regen and will throw up a light.

 

Better to have to replace the vaporiser than have diesel dumped in the sump and risk blowing the engine due to rising oil level. Thing is with the active regeneration brought in by having the vaporiser, so long as the engine is hot it will quite happily regenerate at low speeds around the city.

 

Yeah definitely a much better system, but still problematic unfortunately.

 

Thanks for the replies.

For what the car is worth, the balloon payment is very low. I’m 50-50 on whether or not to keep it. Current mileage is only 18000.

 

The way car prices are at the moment, it’s probably wise to keep it.

 

Mine has done over 120K miles and is 8 years old. Original DPF but had to replace vaporiser once.

Bob

 

Yeah, we got 95k on eight year old, vaporiser changed and exhaust temperature sensor also.