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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: x21ekx on August 04, 2012, 07:48:18 pm

Title: Strong diesel smell
Post by: x21ekx on August 04, 2012, 07:48:18 pm

As above
I removed the dpf a couple of weeks ago and had a remap only thing is it stinks of diesel now,now if that's the norm ill just have to get used to it but there's sumik making me believe there's a problem please someone clear it up and just tell me I'm being paranoid  :laugh:

Title: Re: Strong diesel smell
Post by: PDT on August 04, 2012, 09:55:54 pm

Depends on the type of software used to delete the DPF. Some reconfigure the fuelling maps as well as various other parameters, the cheap 'patch' software often just deletes fault codes. Any visible smoke on startup/idle?

Title: Re: Strong diesel smell
Post by: x21ekx on August 04, 2012, 10:44:18 pm

Funny you should say but yeah both  on startup and idle?

Title: Re: Strong diesel smell
Post by: Andy on August 04, 2012, 11:12:55 pm

more about it on another post
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,47348.0.html

Title: Re: Strong diesel smell
Post by: x21ekx on August 04, 2012, 11:34:44 pm

Quote from: maxitrol on August 04, 2012, 11:12:55 pm

more about it on another post
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,47348.0.html

cheers for that buddy  :happy2:  really helpful little thread that looks like I need to have a chat with the bloke that remapped on Monday  see what he says I knew it wasn't me just being kok  :signLOL:
Won't be happy if I've got to shell out again to have it remapped somewhere else  :confused: