SRI 150 XP - diesel filter cleaner floods sump

Johnboy3 · Dec 13, 2010

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Hello,

I have an 08 sri 150 xp, which has for the second time
dumped diesel into the oil. Last time about
4000 miles ago, they said it was due to engine manager relay, that they replaced under warranty & the
way that I drive! i.e. too much local
driving & not enough long distance driving.
This time the dealers have said "well it is a performance car &
not meant for short distance local driving. I am waiting for them to contact Vauxhall as I
am refusing to pay for the synthetic oil & filter change again. Has anyone else had this problem, the dealers
have said they have had about one per month with this type of problem.
JOHNBOY3

rick45 · Jan 20, 2011

your engine has tried to do a regen of the dpf but has not had chance to do the full regen because your speed has dropped whilst regen running, once regen interupted itwill keep pumping diesel in hence diesel in your oil,
you must take your car on a monthly thrash for about 20 minutes without dropping revs below 2000
i believe thats right ?.

theaceface · May 29, 2011

Found this in the Zafira owners handbook as well.....

The diesel pa rticle filter system filtersharmful soot pa rticles out of the exhaustgases.The system includ es a self-cleaningfunction at set intervals. The filter iscleaned by burning off the soot particles athigh temperature. This proc ess takes placeautomatically under set driving conditionsand may take up to 25 minutes. Fuelconsumption may be higher during thisperiod. The emission of smells and smokethus occurring is normal.Under certain driving conditions, e.g. shortdistances, the system cannot c lean itselfautomatically.When the control indicator! flashes, youshould continue driving and as soon as theroad and traffic conditions so permit,increase your speed to over 25 mph(40 km/h); cleaning of the diesel particlefilter will then commence. Cleaning takesplace most quick ly at high speed a ndunder load. The engine speed should notfall below 2000 rpm. The control indicatorwill go out as soon as cleaning is complete.We recommend that you do not turn off theignition during cleaning.

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