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Is your engine sending smoke signals? Discover your car engine complaints hidden in the smoke. Does your car ignition greet you with an unusual cloud of smoke? If it does, it could be an indicator of the state of your engine. Below we lay out some of the characteristics of engine smoke- and the action […]

What can DPF Solutions do to enhance your car performance? 1. Engine Remapping Engine remapping (or ECU remapping) involves reprogramming the car’s computer. If that sounds a bit sci-fi, it isn’t as space age as it might seem- computers have been controlling some of the functions on car engines since the late 1970s. The ECU […]

Nobody wants to see the DPF warning light come on. The potential cost of a replacing a jammed filter can be enormous, even by car repair standards! However, blockages from the soot in smoke, as you might imagine, take a long time to build up. Taking steps early could prevent the situation developing from minor […]

A DPF filter can make all the difference to your car’s carbon output, however a fault or blockage in your filter can be a nightmare. These days all new cars are fitted with a DPF filter, and removing a filter from a car could cost it its MOT. However, there are ways to improve your […]

A dpf filter traps soot in the exhaust to prevent polluting black fumes from diesel engines entering the atmosphere. If your car has a dpf filter but there is black smoke leaving your exhaust, this is an obvious way to tell that your dpf filter is not working properly. This, however, will rarely occur if […]

Car remapping is a fantastic and cost effective way to improve the efficiency and performance of your vehicle. That said, however, it is imperative that you use a performance remapping specialist to avoid paying for a bad remap and ending up hampering the performance of your vehicle. Lots of car garages offer car remapping, but […]