After much research and deliberation, I have finally decided to get my DPF removed and the Ecu remapped. I couldn't find any info on here about it, but it's a common modification on the the Alfa forums.
I had ordered a new DPF because mine was 69% clogged only 12 miles after a regen and the Ecu was trying to carry out a regen every 80 miles or so!! A cleaner had got the pressure readings down substantially but the clogging remained and I believe it to be the cause of my turbo problems. Hopefully this will be the end of my problems. For those who are interested the readings were:
before the cleaner: @800/2000/4000 revs 12/28/68
after the cleaner: 4/8/16 but with the clogging pretty much the same.
I had booked it in to have it cleaned, but general opinion is that it is only a short term fix. I just happened to ring a local tuning company (Celtic Tuning) that are very well respected and they now do DPF deleting on the Ecu. So after a chat with them and a couple of other people I am going to remove the innards and get the remap done next weekend. I will keep you informed on the outcome.
I had ordered a new DPF because mine was 69% clogged only 12 miles after a regen and the Ecu was trying to carry out a regen every 80 miles or so!! A cleaner had got the pressure readings down substantially but the clogging remained and I believe it to be the cause of my turbo problems. Hopefully this will be the end of my problems. For those who are interested the readings were:
before the cleaner: @800/2000/4000 revs 12/28/68
after the cleaner: 4/8/16 but with the clogging pretty much the same.
I had booked it in to have it cleaned, but general opinion is that it is only a short term fix. I just happened to ring a local tuning company (Celtic Tuning) that are very well respected and they now do DPF deleting on the Ecu. So after a chat with them and a couple of other people I am going to remove the innards and get the remap done next weekend. I will keep you informed on the outcome.