Qashqai 1.6 dci - scared of DPF filter

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derkaiser17
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Post by derkaiser17 »

Hi all!

This is my first post on this forum as I'm just buying a new car, and I found one Qashqai 1.6 dci 360. What I'm afraid of, is the DPF filter and all problems that come with it. Right now, I'm driving a petrol engine so I'm not familiar with DPF.

As I spend 80% of my drive in the city (a lot of traffic, around 17-20km drive from my home to my job), I'm pretty sure that I will have some troubles with DPF.

What are your opinions about it? Do you have any troubles with it?

Thanks everyone in advance! :)

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I have the 1.6dci and last year only did 4k miles with the various lockdowns, touch wood had no problems so far, but I do regularly take the car for a longer drive 20-30 miles or so maybe once a fortnight
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Post by MikeGC »

Someone will correct me if I am wrong but...

If I remember correctly the J11 diesels have the DPF quite close to the engine. This keeps the DPF hot and less likely to block. Of course taking it on a good run every couple of weeks helps. When I was a member of the Juke forum the recommendation on there was to drive for 20 minutes at 2500rpm (although not straight forward if you have an auto box)
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Post by derkaiser17 »

Throughout the week, I would probably drive only from my home to work and vice versa, which is 17km in one direction, and that would be a city drive.

On the weekends, I usually take some longer drive, around 100km and that's usually on the highway.
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Post by duncho »

You won’t have DPF issues with 1.6dCi, it was very well designed, closer to engine, heat insulated, fumes pressure regulated etc. etc.

No worries at all, 1.6dCi is great motor.
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