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Re:Diesel cars produce more toxic emissions than trucks and ... by jordanb on Friday January 06, 2017 @09:45AM (#13336519)
How long does a DPF last? Replacing a catalytic converter is a rare maintenance item on a car. Most of the time they last the lifetime of the vehicle. In fact the only person I know who had to replace one had it stolen from under his car while he was parked on a city street.
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Re:Diesel cars produce more toxic emissions than trucks and ... by Sarki on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:00AM (#13336701)
It depends on many aspects (car usage, quality, etc.) I recently bought a used diesel car (10 years old, 150k KM), the DPF was almost dead. Needless to say that is wasn't a pleasant surprise... Edit: Also the DPF is not the catalytic converter, these are two different elements.
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Re:Diesel cars produce more toxic emissions than trucks and ... by gbil on Friday January 06, 2017 @09:51AM (#13336591)
It depends on many things, like car type, usage, maintenance (or lack of it) and for sure on what is the lifetime of a car? How many km/mi? For you it might be eg. 300k but have you checked the manufacturer's specs?
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Re:Diesel cars produce more toxic emissions than trucks and ... by hx87 on Friday January 06, 2017 @02:47PM (#13339550)
Anywhere from forever (towing heavy trailers on long-distance highway trips, urea injection to reduce NOx) to less than 10K (heavy pickup truck, no load, frequent short trips, exhaust gas recirculation to reduce NOx).
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