hi had 2 get engine and exhaust decoked on x3 2.0d is this a common problem as garage says it was , it cost a lot of dosh, as was big job.dont want this 2 happen again.cheers

It is, all diesels do it, a simple way of cutting it down to a minimum is making sure other components, like the EGR for example, are clean and are working as they should...

The EGR does exactly what it says - Exhaust Gas Recirculation, so you can imagine the rubbish that gets thrown back into the cylinders !!

EGR is a common thing to clean.

If your good with a spanner, have a go yourself, its pretty simple and will save you some dollar in the future.

As Gav says...

Garages/Dealers will charge you FIVE hours labour for a job that takes less than an hour !!

  On 1/18/2012 at 7:58 PM, Dabsy said:

As Gav says...

Garages/Dealers will charge you FIVE hours labour for a job that takes less than an hour !!

Dealers will always try and con anyone who knows nothing about cars (I would too TBF)

DeCoking your engine means a spray of carb cleaner and an old rag

I learnt this dealer trick the hard way a few years back

or a bottle of redex as the garage i used to take my taxi to the usles gits . n yes its a vaxhaull zafira but its a 190bhp sri remaped with induction kit n mental sport button lol u should see there faces when they say im runnin late can u put ur foot down :D :D :D :D

Lol - Bin the decal dude :huh:

cant it the company i work for lol wish i could