My daughter has a diesel 2.2 Mazda 6 2009. We thought these were good cars (her husband has had two but they are new company cars).
Anyway she has had the dreaded DPF light on for a while and when I was servicing it the other day I noticed a strange 'x' marking way up the dipstick. Her oil was low actually not high as it happened. Anyway after looking on the internet there are massive problems with these DPFs and the Mazda 6 is no exception. It seems that if the DPF gets 'dirty' the car overfuels to burn off the dirt and this leads to fuel bypassing the pistons and filling the sump!! When the level gets to the x mark change the oil! The mark is very high up the dipstick so the oil would be VERY diluted by then.
Anyway the reason for this Thread is to see if anyone has experience that could help me and also has anybody used anything like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Valvoline...le_Oils_Lubricants_Fluids&hash=item4d15e13d7c
I now suspect that the EGR is dirty/faulty.
Her daily commute includes lots of motorway driving so this dirt problem is unexpected.
I am amazed at how many 'known faults' major car manufacturers expect us to cope with.
Anyway she has had the dreaded DPF light on for a while and when I was servicing it the other day I noticed a strange 'x' marking way up the dipstick. Her oil was low actually not high as it happened. Anyway after looking on the internet there are massive problems with these DPFs and the Mazda 6 is no exception. It seems that if the DPF gets 'dirty' the car overfuels to burn off the dirt and this leads to fuel bypassing the pistons and filling the sump!! When the level gets to the x mark change the oil! The mark is very high up the dipstick so the oil would be VERY diluted by then.
Anyway the reason for this Thread is to see if anyone has experience that could help me and also has anybody used anything like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Valvoline...le_Oils_Lubricants_Fluids&hash=item4d15e13d7c
I now suspect that the EGR is dirty/faulty.
Her daily commute includes lots of motorway driving so this dirt problem is unexpected.
I am amazed at how many 'known faults' major car manufacturers expect us to cope with.
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