I am surprised that you say”rust” because the outer case and pipes are stainless steel, so I presumed that the inners would also be made of stainless steel ?
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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I’ve just tested my new DPF, the pipes and DPF body are steel, the heat shields are stainless steel and the pipes that run across the top of the DPF are stainless steel.

Hi everyone, as promised here is a photo of my knackered DPF, Iam surprised any exhaust gas could get through that !

Have you sent the picture 2nd class post ??
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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How to I post a photo?, its in my gallery if you guys can see it?

[/img] Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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 Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Stan will probably help you better, but if you can see it in the small images below your text, then click on it and it will be added to your post.
Mike G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic56162...tty+affair

Well done Rob
Is the soot solid, set like concrete ?
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Mike, yes, hardened ash, I did try and scrap some off but no, it’s certainly not going anywhere.

jc132jc wrote:

Hi guys, just a quick update on my ongoing issue. After a lot of diagnostics and test runs, regens and so on I can confirm my problem is indeed a block DPF, but not with soot, hardened ash/rust deposits, so the honeycomb in the DPF is about 70 % blocked, as you can imagine it only takes a little soot to block it and cause problems, unless you continuously drive at 50mph.

So the great guys at my local garage are trying there best to clean/remove the ash/rust deposits, fingers crossed, but if they cannot then its a new DPF for me. OUCH

I don't think there is anything I could have done to prevent this just an age related issue.

Hi, they ended up cutting it out as and looking in with a camera, just make sure if you go down the route it’s cut in the correct places or you will end up with several joints in the exhaust.
Good luck