[Vacious]

Thanks... definitely worth a go!
Though I have another interesting lead - My Exhaust gas temperatures seems very strange - When the car is off, it always reads 104c, and generally stays around the 200c mark while driving which seems a bit low I think!?

Curious if this 104c when engine off is a common quirk, or a strong indication that my sensor is off.  Do these numbers seem unusual based on what you've seen from your car? (image attached)

[I30 GD]

Thanks... definitely worth a go!
Though I have another interesting lead - My Exhaust gas temperatures seems very strange - When the car is off, it always reads 104c, and generally stays around the 200c mark while driving which seems a bit low I think!?

Curious if this 104c when engine off is a common quirk, or a strong indication that my sensor is off.  Do these numbers seem unusual based on what you've seen from your car? (image attached)

Just checked mine, stone cold engine, engine off is 108 degrees, it will go up depending on speed and revs between 108 degrees and 300 degrees maybe a little more, I would say yours is normal, it will go up to high 500s to low 600s when regeneration takes place.

[Vacious]

Thanks! This is a relief...I read that removing these is very challenging at best.

I'm going to have a go at replacing the pressure sensor and see how things go from there.

[Vacious]

I replaced the pressure sensor - This certainly improved the readings :

Engine off went from 04hpa to 0hpa
Idle went from 28hpa to between 0hpa and 15hpa depending on whether measured before or after a regen.

However, this has unfortunately made zero difference to my regen intervals after about 700miles of driving.  The distance between Regen completions is still consistently between 110km-140km.

I was expecting some improvement after seeing the much improved pressure readings, I'm wondering if there's a way to register the new sensor in the ECU without going to a Kia dealer, as it appears like the ECU is not adapting to the new sensor.

I'll remove the dpf for a thorough clean in a month or so if things don't improve (seems unlikely that they will). 

[I30 GD]

I replaced the pressure sensor - This certainly improved the readings :

Engine off went from 04hpa to 0hpa
Idle went from 28hpa to between 0hpa and 15hpa depending on whether measured before or after a regen.

However, this has unfortunately made zero difference to my regen intervals after about 700miles of driving.  The distance between Regen completions is still consistently between 110km-140km.

I was expecting some improvement after seeing the much improved pressure readings, I'm wondering if there's a way to register the new sensor in the ECU without going to a Kia dealer, as it appears like the ECU is not adapting to the new sensor.

I'll remove the dpf for a thorough clean in a month or so if things don't improve (seems unlikely that they will).

Difficult one, the sensor seems to be fixed now, it will take a while for the engine to calibrate the sensor unless you can code it in.
I would try a battery disconnect first and do another tank of fuel, if that doesn't work maybe try an on car clean with a cleaning foam injected into the upstream pipe on the pressure sensor, I did this but not sure if it helped, as I said before, I also cleaned the intake, egr and throttle body at the same time so not sure what helped.








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