An Interesting Problem - Page 2

mickhughes1 wrote on Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:18pm:

As a garage owner for 40 years I can confirm the above advice as exactly what I would do in the 1st instance. I would run engine at about 2000 to 2500 Rpm though unless it’s a high mileage tired old dog. 👍

PaulandJoyce wrote on Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:30pm:

Thanks Mick. Its done around 80k km, so only just nicely run in! I bought it in December 2017 with 28k on the clock (2012) and done two runs back to the UK without a hitch. It definitely prefers motorway cruising to pottering around town. Under normal circumstances, I give it a blast on the AP7 a...

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...t least once a fortnite, even if I'm not actually going anywhere, to blow the cobwebs away.

PaulandJoyce wrote on Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:18am:

Well, if anyone is interested - I got hold of Skoda (Grupo Rubio) and they could only give me an appointment for after the 5th May.

I printed out the relevant pages of the handbook in English and Spanish, highlighting the advice that I needed to drive the car at relatively high speed (but within the law - for the pedants among us) for at least 20 minutes. I photographed the dash with the engine running, showing the DPF light ...

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...on and the mileage and prepared both car and personal documents on the passenger seat.

I then drove from El Galan to the AP7 via San Miguel de Salinas and Vista Bella (because that has the longest, straightest roads) and then N on the AP7 to the Almoradi turn-off, where I did a 180 and headed home the same way. The warning light actually cleared shortly after I joined the AP7. 

On the way back I stopped at Pets World for dog biscuits and Mas y Mas for food. The only policeman I saw was doing his shopping in Mas y Mas. I'm sure had I not made the elaborate preparations, there would have been a roadblock at every junction!!!!

Anyway, car is back to normal and should be OK for another few weeks of short runs.