Member Offer: My Esso Card

DPF and injector problems are due to how the car is used.

How the engine is designed, more like. Manufacturers need to constantly sell new vehicles.

Whilst DPF's can usually be purged of excess carbon with running at high revs for 20 mins or so until DPF warning light goes out (Better to do at least  long run every month at least of course with a diesel as several have previously posted).

However 'beware' of the more recent technology  deisels with EGR valves (Engine Gas Circulation Valves ) often more of an issue once they become clogged and blocked up. My VW. V.A.G. Group built car (a Skoda)  told needed  a replacement after only 20,000 miles and the main dealer quoted £1000  as if it was a regularly accepted thing nowadays .( I went to my motorhome mechanic and he did it for 30% less)  Even more important to give a newer deisel engined vehicle now  equiped with an EGR valve a good regular longer run.

Next car will be a petrol and not  (emmissions cheating company  V.A.G.)  not by choice another V.A.G. vehicle)

Where the DPF is placed makes a big difference as well, as if next to exhaust manifold it heats up quicker and hotter than one placed half way done the pipework

Am I missing something?, my DPF regen kicks in automatically. I’ve never forced a decarb ever🤔

Decent ones do, Rocky👍🏻😄

I suspect you do enough running to keep it working rather than stop/start commuter runs. 

Yes.. grief.

But then our little polo mostly does a round trip of 5 or 6 miles. It doesn't even get hot enough for the heater to start working. I would say it doesn't even move the temperature gauge but it doesn't have one. Nah DPF light comes on about every 5 or 6 weeks, thrash it for about 30 mins till it goes off. Very good for the environment I don't think. Previous polo didn't have a dpf, a much better car all round.

Yes my Fabia is basically a Polo (badged as a Skoda of course)

You are lucky then potentially financially if at the moment you have not the latest generation engine equiped with an EGR valve (in addition to the usual DPF unit ) The EGR valve once it is badly clogged has been found as not so easily burnt off in this way regards carbon build up due to shorter running usage.      Basically a gadget that was designed to  meet or even promised to 'exceed emmissions targets that ends up  becoming  a very expensive part to replace due to its location ' Some often now describe it as ' latest necessary engineering of the devil ' (unlike the somewhat easier  location of  the  DPF later in line of the exhaust system)  

As said beware of the rosy spectacled sales spiel from the salesman if looking at a later generation  'efficient ' Deisel car with a EGR valve if you intend to only mostly do short local trips.  Otherwise whatever you save on low taxation class  you will more than pay for for garage parts and labour costs. (A blocked EGR valve warning light on is an MOT failure)

I received the card but the website quoted on my introduction letter does not exist.

I have tried the phone number on the PUMP KING website and that too does not exist.

I can log in on that website but it does not accept registering my Esso card. 

I'm beginning to suspect I've been scammed to get my personal details as a hoax from the CAMC promotion.

Any help please?.

Try this website >   https://pump-king.co.uk/welcome

This phone no..  >    02039622335

e mail  >    customer.service@pump-king.co.uk 

Thanks Justus, that phone number seems permanently unobtainable and cuts out after a couple of engaged tones!