Just Bought A Vehicle? Get It Checked Out Before Any Warranty Expires! Diagnostic Consultation And Engine Carbon Clean - Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTI (2010 - 102,845 Miles) - F5 Engine Carbon & DPF Clean

Just bought a vehicle? Get it checked out before any warranty expires! Diagnostic Consultation and Engine Carbon Clean – Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTI (2010 – 102,845 miles)

Adrian @ F5ECC

⚠️ Just bought a vehicle? Get it checked out before any warranty expires! You never know what you are going to find

Here we have a Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTI (2010 – 102,845 miles) booked in for diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean.

The owner had recently purchased this from a garage and it came with 3 months warranty and with 2 weeks left on it we were booked to check it out and clean it up for the road ahead.

Initial visual inspection and an initial code read suggested all was good to proceed with no engine codes present so we connected up in readiness to perform the clean. The engine was relatively sweet sounding for the age and mileage.

Further inspecrion of the live data started to show that all was not what it seemed though

Scrolling down the live data we encountered the following:

1️⃣ DPF backpressure flatlined at 0 on one set of diagnostic equipment and flatlined at 5.51psi on the other. A. Normal value for a healthy DPF would be approx 0.15psi – but no code present.
2️⃣ Exhaust gas temperature sensor showing 32°F (0°C) – a typical sign of not working – but no code present.
3️⃣ Distance since last regeneration = 13,629 miles. If this were the case the car would no longer be running if the DPF were active – again no codes present for soot content or DPF regeneration duration, etc.
4️⃣ All other DPF statistics for average regeneration duration, mileage, etc. at zero. – again a clear indication of the DPF being removed.

At this point we informed the owner and asked them whether they wanted to proceed or not. They asked us to proceed with the clean anyway so we did and we documented our findings and provided the owner with it so they can contact the garage.

By the end of the clean it was quiet, smooth and responsive again and the owner can now sort out with the garage what they want to do next.

️ ‘Awesome, it’s responsive, fast, and seems better on fuel ‘

️ ‘Rang them, they got the email and he’s speaking to the mechanics tomorrow and will come back to me’

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Reviews For our Engine Carbon Cleaning Services

Mohammad Hossen

3 days ago

Fantastic service from Leon- what a knowledgeable gentleman who did a thorough check and diagnostic and advised accordingly on key issues. Car run beautifully following the carbon engine clean.

michael mcneive

6 days ago

I had a DPF clean which has worked perfectly and got my diesel Rav4 back into perfect driving condition. Steve, the technician was very friendly and talked me through the whole diagnosis and treatment.

6 days ago

Recently bought a Mazda cx5 diesel and wanted piece of mind the engine had been cleaned. I was getting at most 44mpg (best I had got) I am now getting 49mpg. Well worth it and great people. Thanks again !

1 week ago

Just had my car done by F5ECC. Adrian talked me though how the process works. This is the second Merc I have had done by him in 2020. C250cdi and now a C350e sport. Noticed straight away more mpg. The car felt a lot smoother on acceleration. I was quite shocked at how much quicker and responsive the car was when I put it in sport+. I highly recomend having this done. Alan Moore. 66 plate C350e 75000 miles.

1 week ago

Adrian was very friendly and professional, showed me everything he did and talked me through the process… Plus car feels great 10/10 would recommend

2 weeks ago

Adrian came out and did a carbon clean on my Mercedes CLA45. If you've purchased a used car that's done a good amount of miles then I would highly recommend getting this done. It made all the difference to mine. Throttle response is better the car feels better as it climbs through the gears. Adrian was here for about an hour, was happy to talk through the process and shared diagnostic info straight to my phone. Really helpful and knowledgeable. Owen Moore.

2 weeks ago

Had Adrian carbon cleaning my Audi 2021 A4 tdi .waited to see results over a period of time .car runs smoothly and accelerates with ease The car seems to get to 60 mpg very quickly and just goes up from there so impressed. Adrian Improved the 4 injectors performance but found no 3 slightly out of spec .Adrian went tho the cars diagnosis system very impressive I would highly recommend paul .thanks Adrian

3 weeks ago

I found this organisation on Google. It had great reviews and the service which I required which was a carbon clean. I found Adrian very helpful and knowledgeable. While he was carrying out the service he explained everything to me and how it works. The car feels better now with it being more responsive and quieter. I would recommend Adrian and his company to friends and family if they required his services. Thanks Adrian hopefully see you again sometime.

3 weeks ago

This was my first experience with F5 carbon and DPF clean. I was a little desperate as I had been let down twice by a larger franchise company. Mark the technician managed to fit me in at short notice, what a stroke of luck for me I found Mark to be an extremely knowledgeable and professional guy. After running the diagnostic and clearing a few issues he managed to get my DPF working properly and able to do the regeneration process on its own so only charged for the diagnostic even though I had booked for a full DPF cleaning. I cannot recommend F5 enough it's a real pleasure to deal with them. All round excellent service. Thank you guys.

2 months ago

Adrian is a lovely fella, explained the process, carried it out well, clearly done exactly what it needed to do as I blew a load of stuff out the back when I drove it after. Will definitely be coming back in the future.

2 months ago

Great job Car running a lot better Highly recommend

2 months ago

Steve arrived to give my Jaguar xfs an engine carbon clean. Presently on 107,000 miles. Explained the process and was obviously very knowledgeable about the process and expected outcomes. And he was a thoroughly nice chap. The V6 in the xfs is a quiet, smooth, powerful unit and I was not sure of what improvements I would get. Well, I’m impressed. The power delivery is smoother, the engine even quieter and 6 mpg better to boot. If you want to do one thing to maintain and improve your motor, then this is what you should do.

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