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I've never owned a diesel before, so this query is an expression of my total ignorance. Yesterday, I drove my D3 to Zürich and back, a distance of 92Km each way with 80Km on motorways. I was surprised, when I stopped at the village post office on the way back, that the car didn't. Moreover, it seemed to be running harder and noisier than usual - and when I got it into the garage, there was this smell, so strong that I actually checked to see whether the thing was on fire.
A bit of reading on this forum and the handbook indicated that this is the particle filter cleaning itself. I would have thought that a nice long run like the Zürich run (about 1 hour in each direction) would have allowed to do it en route, but plainly not. The car is new, with a mere 1800Km on the clock. Can anyone offer any guidance as to how often I'll be faced with this oddity? (I gather things return to normal when the process is finished). I don't do a lot of city driving, so not much stop-start motoring (Swizzieland has outstanding public transport, so I use that unless I absolutely have to drive in a city). I guess I wasn't expecting this to occur so soon.
A bit of reading on this forum and the handbook indicated that this is the particle filter cleaning itself. I would have thought that a nice long run like the Zürich run (about 1 hour in each direction) would have allowed to do it en route, but plainly not. The car is new, with a mere 1800Km on the clock. Can anyone offer any guidance as to how often I'll be faced with this oddity? (I gather things return to normal when the process is finished). I don't do a lot of city driving, so not much stop-start motoring (Swizzieland has outstanding public transport, so I use that unless I absolutely have to drive in a city). I guess I wasn't expecting this to occur so soon.
