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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
If there is nothing on its VIN that could indicate the presence of the DPF, you can get rid of it with some ECM reflashing to overcome the error codes.
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Unfortunately that idea is
not going to fly.
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Tests for diesel cars and lorries are to be tightened up to ensure vehicles have a critical exhaust filter if one had originally been fitted as standard, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.
Garages and testing stations will be required check for a diesel particulate filter (DPF) in the inspection of the exhaust system as part of the MOT test (or annual test for heavy vehicles) from February 2014.
The vehicle will automatically fail the MOT test if the filter had been fitted as standard but is found to be no longer present.
The filter works by trapping solid particulate matter from exhaust gases. This type of filter has been in use for more than 20 years and helps meet European emission standards, improving air quality and health standards.
Some firms offer services to remove the filter, claiming it will improve the economy. But it is an offence to drive a vehicle that has been modified this way, as it will no longer meet the emissions standards the car achieved when it was approved for sale in the UK.
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This also happened when cataclysmic converters were optional instead of mandatory - people had them taken off and then the car would fail its first MOT requiring much £s to refit them.
Luckily Hermann passed in June with his DPF so it must be working OK.