FAP filter keeps getting blocked
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:04 pm
Since I've had my 06 reg Megane 1.9 dci from new, i've had problems with the FAP filter. After around 8 months I noticed when changing up a gear that I would lose power. Eventually there was a big puff of white smoke out of the back, and the car lost all oomph altogether. The Renault dealer said the FAP filter was blocked, and spent 3 days driving it around Berkshire at high revs to unblock it. OK it was under warranty, but I'm without my car for those days, and when i asked for a new filter they said they would try this first because a new one is worth £1000.
Well now a year later it's happening again. I never get the messages on my dash telling me that the FAP is regenerating, as the handbook tells me I should, but apparently the computer shows that it has been doing so.
Does anyone else have these problems?
By the way i do around 60 miles per day, a mixture of motorway and town driving (don't know if that would have any bearing on the problem).
Well now a year later it's happening again. I never get the messages on my dash telling me that the FAP is regenerating, as the handbook tells me I should, but apparently the computer shows that it has been doing so.
Does anyone else have these problems?
By the way i do around 60 miles per day, a mixture of motorway and town driving (don't know if that would have any bearing on the problem).