Just got a call from a friend who just limped into Coober Pedy with his 2.8 Prado. 5000km old. Back story is he towed his 2200 kg van up from Port Augusta today into a howling headwind. Car was using 22-24 l/100km at 80 kph in 4th gear. 100 km out of CP the DPF light came on and about 10 km out it went into limp mode with the DFP light flashing. Local mechanic says blocked DPF filter and says he has seen a few. Toyota says truck it back to Port Augusta for repair/ replace DPF. At least a week!!! Local mechanic will put a scan guage or similar on it tomorrow to see what is going on. The mechanic suggested a steady 30 min drive without the van to see if it cleared. It didn't. WTF? A 5000 km old 2.8 auto Prado which has spent its entire life out of the city where this problem could crop up.He is going to disconnect the battery overnight to see if that resets the computer so the DPF does its job tomorrow....hope hope...
Any similar stories out there? Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? A week stuck in scenic Coober Pedy is not something to look forward to!
Incidently he says that when it is towing it is using 15-20% more than his previous D4D did over its 4 year trouble free life [ also towing]. Has Toyota stuffed up the design with the DPF or is this a one off? Hmm
Any similar stories out there? Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? A week stuck in scenic Coober Pedy is not something to look forward to!
Incidently he says that when it is towing it is using 15-20% more than his previous D4D did over its 4 year trouble free life [ also towing]. Has Toyota stuffed up the design with the DPF or is this a one off? Hmm
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