Saxon
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- Nov 7, 2011
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- sprinter/2007/2.2 diesel
Hello, I'm new to the forum and hope someone can help. Two months ago I bought a 57 plate Sprinter. All was well for the first few hundred miles then, when setting out one day I noticed white smoke coming from the exhaust. This cleared once I was on the motorway and I drove a further 170 miles without incident. Once I had reached my destination I stopped for around two hours before driving again. The smoke was back, absolutely belching out!
AA were called, diagnosed DPF problems. Started driving home, High oil light came on. AA called again, the patrol wasn't happy with the smell from the exhaust and although the oil level wasn't high enough to cause damage he organised a recovery back to the dealership (van was still under warranty).
The dealership changed the entire exhaust system, swapping it with one of their other Sprinters.
I had the oil changed subsequent to this as I have read that fuel had mixed with the oil causing the high level. All was well until yesterday when the old problems began again.
The van is going back to the dealership again. I have one month left on the warranty.
I would really appreciate any advice, I think the van needs to go to a main dealer for diagnostics. As a footnote, the van has only been used on long motorway based journeys so regeneration can easily be achieved. Is this a case of engine re-mapping to accept a new exhaust system (when I bought the van the exhaust was much newer than the van, so could be history repeating itself).
AA were called, diagnosed DPF problems. Started driving home, High oil light came on. AA called again, the patrol wasn't happy with the smell from the exhaust and although the oil level wasn't high enough to cause damage he organised a recovery back to the dealership (van was still under warranty).
The dealership changed the entire exhaust system, swapping it with one of their other Sprinters.
I had the oil changed subsequent to this as I have read that fuel had mixed with the oil causing the high level. All was well until yesterday when the old problems began again.
The van is going back to the dealership again. I have one month left on the warranty.
I would really appreciate any advice, I think the van needs to go to a main dealer for diagnostics. As a footnote, the van has only been used on long motorway based journeys so regeneration can easily be achieved. Is this a case of engine re-mapping to accept a new exhaust system (when I bought the van the exhaust was much newer than the van, so could be history repeating itself).