TripleBee
I set off for holidays, when after a stop for a drink, the check engine light came on.
I have an ELM327 bluetooth scanner and the app Torque on my Android radio, so I could read out the fault code(s).
Back in 2013, I had to change my EGR cooler for another fault code. It was also on holidays and changed the EGR on the campsite in the Dordogne. Now, 180000km (112000mi) later, there is a similar problem. On the other hand, I had no power loss (what I did have in 2013) so could drive on.
Called the homebase and I could retrieve more information about the fault code. There is still (probably the same) TPI for this problem.
First it states that the EGR with index Q or BM? has to be replaced. But I already have a DK, so it should not be replaced. Then the engine needs a software update.
So it looks, in my case, I will only need a software update, but with a probably blocked EGR (180000km), I think I will have to, or clean the cooler, or have to replace the EGR again.
When the light was on, there was no EGR working cycle. I can tell by frequent light feelings that the engine suddenly looses a bit of power for half a second, and then picks up again.
With the light on, I didn't have that feeling. After I cleared the fault code, the EGR was working again, but much rougher than ever. The second day, the EGR wasn't working anymore again, but the light didn't come on.
For the next 2 weeks, the light stayed out, just untill the second day of returning home, when the light came on again. The EGR didn't work for those two weeks up until now.
Only downside is that the DPF didn't regenerate, so is also clogging up. I'm going to have the software update done and see if it helps. Then I can decide to either clean or replace the EGR.
I have an ELM327 bluetooth scanner and the app Torque on my Android radio, so I could read out the fault code(s).
Back in 2013, I had to change my EGR cooler for another fault code. It was also on holidays and changed the EGR on the campsite in the Dordogne. Now, 180000km (112000mi) later, there is a similar problem. On the other hand, I had no power loss (what I did have in 2013) so could drive on.
Called the homebase and I could retrieve more information about the fault code. There is still (probably the same) TPI for this problem.
First it states that the EGR with index Q or BM? has to be replaced. But I already have a DK, so it should not be replaced. Then the engine needs a software update.
So it looks, in my case, I will only need a software update, but with a probably blocked EGR (180000km), I think I will have to, or clean the cooler, or have to replace the EGR again.
When the light was on, there was no EGR working cycle. I can tell by frequent light feelings that the engine suddenly looses a bit of power for half a second, and then picks up again.
With the light on, I didn't have that feeling. After I cleared the fault code, the EGR was working again, but much rougher than ever. The second day, the EGR wasn't working anymore again, but the light didn't come on.
For the next 2 weeks, the light stayed out, just untill the second day of returning home, when the light came on again. The EGR didn't work for those two weeks up until now.
Only downside is that the DPF didn't regenerate, so is also clogging up. I'm going to have the software update done and see if it helps. Then I can decide to either clean or replace the EGR.
