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Glad to hear that you are open to change of style, occasionally we get people who insist on driving the car like a petrol and then complain about being slower in acceleration than petrol etc.A good guide to top end performance is the last number on the speedo, I'm happy if the car can do 75% of the top number.
Just checked at the dealership. The Oz i30 Tourer EX Czechoslovakia, is NOT fitted with a DPF. Only took 40 minutes to find out.The service dept advised me to use a C3 oil for Ruby's service. I had to correct them.
Short answer is, DPF = Diesel Particulate Filter.The exhaust is filtered as an anti pollution measure in Europe and other selected world zones. The filter becomes clogged periodically and enters a regeneration cycle where extra fuel is injected late in the combustion process and burns in the exhaust pipe to raise temperature and self clean the filter. This is a fully automated process, controlled by the ECU. The fuel used does not produce any power and is therefore considered wasted. This in turn, increases the Diesel fuel consumption overall, but does contribute to cleaner air. In Australia, we are not required to have a DPF on Diesel engines, yet.
Hello, first poster here, on our i30 CRDi tourer, there's a sticker on the engine cover which states a DPF filter is not fitted and gives the specific type of oil to use.
A few tourer's in Europe are having trouble with the roof rails twisting. Keep an eye on yours too.
Quote from: Phil №❶ on December 12, 2013, 07:09:19Just checked at the dealership. The Oz i30 Tourer EX Czechoslovakia, is NOT fitted with a DPF. Only took 40 minutes to find out.The service dept advised me to use a C3 oil for Ruby's service. I had to correct them. Hello, first poster here, on our i30 CRDi tourer, there's a sticker on the engine cover which states a DPF filter is not fitted and gives the specific type of oil to use. Having read about DPF filters before buying, since our car is mostly for urban driving, I probably would've gone for a petrol instead if a DPF was fitted. We got the diesel for the same price as the petrol model, so decided to go with it, and have planted an extra dozen trees in our garden to balance the scales FWIW, we're getting ~7.5L/100km, which I'm happy with since we live in the Adelaide hills so will never get the claimed economy. Currently only going by the computer and haven't done a proper brim-to-brim test yet as we've only just passed 2,000 km on the odometer.Given their historic rep, was a bit of leap of faith going with Hyundai, but so far so good, we love the car and happy with the decision. Only issue we've had was the fuel flap cover opened a couple of times by itself in the first month. Hasn't happened again so I've put it down to the release spring which unlocks it being too tight, but will warranty it if it happens again.
Quote from: si618 on February 04, 2014, 01:53:19Given their historic rep, was a bit of leap of faith going with Hyundai...Historic Rep? please explain? I've heard nothing but praise for the I30.....
Given their historic rep, was a bit of leap of faith going with Hyundai...