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Dpf removal tips

Postby Silverfox1111 on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 5:56 +0000

G'day all.
Had the dpf turned off yesterday as part of a tune & will be replacing the dpf with a pipe during the week. Car is parked up now waiting for the pipe to arrive.
For those that have pulled the dpf themselves, do you have any tips on the easiest way to get it out? Have heard about disconnecting the steering rod gives room to pull it out from the top.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby ggreenie on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 9:19 +0000

Hi mate,

It’s meant to be pretty hard. I haven’t done t myself but my tuner said his crew hate doing hem cause they’re a royal PITA. If you needs tips you might want to reconsider doing it yourself...

Good luck either way.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby HK1837 on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:45 +0000

Make sure you keep everything to put it all back in as I've heard rumours they are going to be included in pink slip inspections at some stage. So once the car becomes of that age where it requires annual inspections it may become an issue.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Silverfox1111 on Mon, 08 Apr 2019 2:39 +0000

Got it out, but it was a real pain in the arse as suggested. Biggest problem was actually getting it out of the engine bay. Ended up disconnecting the steering shaft & undoing the drivers side engine mount & lifted the right side of the motor to give clearance.
Kept the dpf for the future just in case & have put a delete pipe in for now. Will be looking to get a clapted out dpf that i can gut then put in so at least it looks like it is standard.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Cardy59 on Mon, 08 Apr 2019 7:56 +0000

Let us know how much better it runs and your new fuel consumption once you get going. Cheers
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby grunf on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:15 +0000

Silverfox did you had to do any ECU changes?
One would think if you just take DPF out without reprograming ECU, the car would throw fault codes etc.

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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Godzilla73 on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:42 +0000

Silverfox1111 wrote:G'day all.
Had the dpf turned off yesterday as part of a tune


This might have sorted that out...
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Silverfox1111 on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 3:22 +0000

Yes, the dpf was effectively removed from the electronics as part of the tune.
I wasn't after a race car, just more power & torque for towing so the tuner only put in he's stage 1 tune. The car has more exhaust sound now & has improved the economy by about 1.5L/100 K on my mix of hilly highway & freeway. It also feels a lot livelier than before. When accelerating to get onto a freeway, it actually does accelerate now & not just make more noise.
I haven't put the camper on to test the towing yet but I'm pretty happy so far.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby grunf on Thu, 11 Apr 2019 6:18 +0000

Great, thank you both.

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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Bearcarter on Sun, 19 May 2019 8:33 +0000

I had my DPF removed a while ago now and was the best decision I have made. I also got a 3in exhaust, ECU remap and a torque convertor lockup kit. Towing my camper around the 2.2t mark and a loaded ute i average 12l per 100ks with it locked in 5th. The torque convertor lockup saves it from chopping and changing gears like its going out of fashion
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Bawsack on Fri, 31 May 2019 9:50 +0000

Just removed my 3 DPF's and it wasn't really that bad - no need to disconnect steering rods etc. Just a case of correctly rotating and lifting up to remove from engine bay. Got remap and custom 3" stainless too and its made a world of difference on the trucks performance. Will post some pics later once I refresh my memory on how to do it.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Cardy59 on Mon, 19 Aug 2019 7:59 +0000

Well after two DPF replacements and 100000k's of white clouds Ive had enough. Got the DPF removed last week. Manta 3in exhaust and custom ecu remap. From 127hp to 174hp and 318Nm to 478Nm. Also had to upgrade the clutch to a NPC. Runs like a dream now, wish I did it earlier.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby grunf on Tue, 20 Aug 2019 7:01 +0000

Good on you mate
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby TOYZX on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 9:41 +0000

Good mate of mine owns the local exhaust shop had a call from the epa yesterday hunting for info on customers and shops removing dpfs! Told him there is a huge investigation gpin on at the moment, business will be fined up to 100k per offence and maybe some time away, owners of the vehicles will be fined 5k min.

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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby hiluxxury on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:08 +0000

Interesting... it was only a matter of time.
I might be wrong.

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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Gipsy on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:14 +0000

True, only a matter of time. Problem is though, all this new technology has been forced through without getting it to work properly. It's not just Toyota who has this problem so why can't these manufacturers get real and make it work instead of using the poor old consumer as a crash test dummy! :shock: Imagine if the aircraft manufacturers tried their new technology on poor unsuspecting passengers! No wait, isn't that what they did with the new passenger aircraft that crash 3minutes after takeoff when the computer has a hissy-fit? :twisted:
I guess that's why we have lawyers and class-action.
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby jimO on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 2:23 +0000

hilux go boom no warranty
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby Cardy59 on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 7:55 +0000

Well I’m prepared to take that risk TOYZX. I was sick of constantly battling with Toyota about smoke and poor fuel economy, for them to tell me every time “we’ve done a regen it should be good now” I now get 1000ks instead of 750 from a tank with a sh#t load more power. Good luck finding me!
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby jimO on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 10:59 +0000

Cardy59 wrote:Well I’m prepared to take that risk TOYZX. I was sick of constantly battling with Toyota about smoke and poor fuel economy, for them to tell me every time “we’ve done a regen it should be good now” I now get 1000ks instead of 750 from a tank with a sh#t load more power. Good luck finding me!

probably find you on the side of the road in a cloud of smoke
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Re: Dpf removal tips

Postby HK1837 on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:58 +0000

I had heard rumours through the grapevine that the dpf will eventually become part of the annual pink slip inspection in NSW, so as these 2016 models get to 5 years old it'll start rearing its head I guess. They'll up the cost of a pink slip too to cover it! Not sure if this will just be a visual check or not but I guess that is all they could expect a mechanic to do. Unless the EPA themselves want to start checking them at rego time?
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