dpf blocking

[WhydidIsellTD15]

I have had this TDI 6 for 2 years, in that time it has cost me over 3500 pounds to have the dpf cleaned.
I only do long journeys (hour plus) Tried over reving the engine and diesel cleaner like Red X etc,
but now I can only do 1800 miles before the warning light comes on and it@s back to garage to be
cleaned again!!!!! Is this just a fault with this van??

 

[BuilderJay]

Get it cut out mate.

 

[DXX]

I have had this TDI 6 for 2 years, in that time it has cost me over 3500 pounds to have the dpf cleaned.
I only do long journeys (hour plus) Tried over reving the engine and diesel cleaner like Red X etc,
but now I can only do 1800 miles before the warning light comes on and it@s back to garage to be
cleaned again!!!!! Is this just a fault with this van??

I’ve never priced up a new DPF but I’m fairly sure it’s cheaper than that, certainly in the long term.
It’s a filter with a finite life, renew it but first make sure that the engine not burning / consuming oil or over fuelling.
MOT failure in UK for missing or modified DPF.

 

[BuilderJay]

They cut the top so no one knows.
EGR delete too then the engine will last forever

 

[Lubrown]

I have had this TDI 6 for 2 years, in that time it has cost me over 3500 pounds to have the dpf cleaned.
I only do long journeys (hour plus) Tried over reving the engine and diesel cleaner like Red X etc,
but now I can only do 1800 miles before the warning light comes on and it@s back to garage to be
cleaned again!!!!! Is this just a fault with this van??

I’ve had my 2014 van 6 years now and never had an issue with the DPF. According to a sticker on the windscreen there is apparently a warning light that will indicate when the DPF wants a clean (and the sticker tells me a twenty minute drive at 1800 to 2500 revs will do that), but it’s never lit up.

Had the Golf (essentially the same engine) 12 years (from new) and again no DPF, EGR issues.

Regular servicing (10k miles or annually) and premium fuel, plus limit short journeys- no special treatment otherwise.

Thankfully neither of mine have AdBlue - I wonder if that’s the problem?

 

[Sasquatch]

Thereortically adblue should make no difference as its injected downstream, post-DPF. The DPF has long done its part before the gases then pass the adblue injector.

Dare we ask what engine variant the OP has...?