Short drives are hell on the DPF. I make sure my Jetta takes at least a 1hr run a month, more would be better but thats the frequency I go into the office these days. If I start restoring my house in Maine it'll get a lot more miles on it.
-Curt On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 8:05:12 PM EST, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: The other day, I happened to stumble upon a site listing the emissions related problems pertaining to the Sprinter and OM642 Bluetec Diesels. It seems to be a cascading effect as oil vapors are reintroduced via the PCV into the intake eventually getting burned and exhausted to the DPF. Also, interrupting the regeneration causes fuel to dilute the oil causing another host of problems including timing chain failure as early as 80K miles. The fix was shorter oil change intervals, better oil with esthers in it, an oil filter (Donaldson?) that will filter down to 10 microns rather than the 30 micron capability of the factory filter. A catch can was also recommended. Although my Sprinter has only 2K miles on it, I certainly want to implement these fixes so that it will not become a money pit the moment the extended warranty is up. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter 12 passenger 144WB just under 2K miles, Low Mileage Lutgard 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard who will finally be done soon Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2021, at 4:42 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The car is pretty darn clean as it is. Probably the cleanest vehicle > currently sitting at okie acres at the moment. Just wait until the wife gets > ahold of it. Looking thru the records the PO (before Hoovie) JUST had the > air suspension compressor, air struts, and the timing chain replaced within > the last 1k miles. Upon looking at the car I do need to replace the bat wing > air intake thing on top of the engine due to the fact that its broken where > it connects to the turbo and not securely clamped down like it should be. > Also is missing the left air intake pipe that pulls air in from the grille to > the air cleaner on that side. I am also going to go ahead and do a full > service on it. It appears it may have had an oil change recently but I have > no idea what they used. I will probably also replace the pvc valve and > install a catch can of some sort. It seems the big problem with these is the > crappy oil they use in them to protect the dpf. I will use an actual > synthetic HDEO that is actually for diesels. With the catch can the oil > vapors should not make it to the dpf. > >> On 3/13/2021 6:07 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: >> I second that motion, you need to post a you.tube video of your purchase >> and then re-sale at $12k. Stuff some rags into place to temporarily soak >> up the oil, rub grease on the tires to make them shiny. >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 4:34 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Did he make a vid of the dumbest youtuber selling the GL from HL to some >>> dumber Okie? You should make one too, "I Bought the Cheapest POS GL in >>> the Country from Hoovie and Now I Really Regret It" >>> >>> --FT >>> >>> On 3/13/21 4:03 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>> Yes, I just left Hoovies place to look at that GL diesel he had that >>> YouTube video on a couple of weeks ago. He has shit piles of money in all >>> his cars, high dollar cars. GL was pretty nice, does leave a couple of >>> drops of oil overnight but nothing bad. I’m sure I will have to visit the >>> oil cooler down the road. Anyway he was asking $7k for the GL, I offered >>> $5k and he didn’t even blink and took it. Should have offered $4. I don’t >>> think he cares. He says his YouTube videos pays for all those cars. He owns >>> 18 of those Freddie’s frozen custard places and he says it’s pretty much on >>> auto pilot now days. 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