Hi there, new member Emma here with a query for those in the know...
6 months ago the catalyst on our 03 plate Ulysse was stolen and a whole new exhaust system was fitted through the insurance. Since then we've had nothing but problems with warnings about the particulate filter and the car going into limp mode. To cut a long story short the garage who did the work took the car in again and said the diesel additive was low and the catalyst needed to be regenerated. It's now with a main dealer who were meant to do the work at the start of this past week.
However, now we've been told that in order to do the work they need to put the car under a stress test which involves running it at 4000rpm for 10 minutes. The mechanic at the other garage agreed that he wouldn't be happy about doing that to his own car. Now does that sound like something that needs to be done for a catalyst regeneration? We've seen the emails from the original garage to the engineer at the insurance company and they've made it sound like a simple process. Apparently though the main dealer had to contact Italy to find out how to do it??!!
Can anyone talk me through what the real story could be and how exactly a catalyst regeneration is done so I can at least be informed
Thank you,
Emma
6 months ago the catalyst on our 03 plate Ulysse was stolen and a whole new exhaust system was fitted through the insurance. Since then we've had nothing but problems with warnings about the particulate filter and the car going into limp mode. To cut a long story short the garage who did the work took the car in again and said the diesel additive was low and the catalyst needed to be regenerated. It's now with a main dealer who were meant to do the work at the start of this past week.
However, now we've been told that in order to do the work they need to put the car under a stress test which involves running it at 4000rpm for 10 minutes. The mechanic at the other garage agreed that he wouldn't be happy about doing that to his own car. Now does that sound like something that needs to be done for a catalyst regeneration? We've seen the emails from the original garage to the engineer at the insurance company and they've made it sound like a simple process. Apparently though the main dealer had to contact Italy to find out how to do it??!!
Can anyone talk me through what the real story could be and how exactly a catalyst regeneration is done so I can at least be informed
Thank you,
Emma
