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A lot of us have moved back to petrol and away from diesel, due to the complexity of the DPF filter that burns off soot via a burn cycle, and also requires adblue to the exhaust to reduce emissions and meet EU6 regulations. Many drivers including myself got fed up with the complexity of diesel's, even though they give better MPG than petrol, they were having far more problems with its complexity.
But now unfortunately within the next few years, newer petrol cars will have to have a GPF filter (gasoline particulate filter) to meet newer emission regulations, so we are back to having a filter that has to burn off soot.
At the moment our petrol Ecosports (pre-facelift and facelift models) just have a catalytic converter with a couple of 02 Lamda sensors, and that it, quite simple and less prone to problems and faults. But that will change with newer petrol cars.
More details of the GPF...
https://www.hypermiler.co.uk/emissions/the-gasoline-particulate-filter-faq
https://www.infineuminsight.com/articles/passenger-cars/gasoline-particulate-filters/
But now unfortunately within the next few years, newer petrol cars will have to have a GPF filter (gasoline particulate filter) to meet newer emission regulations, so we are back to having a filter that has to burn off soot.
At the moment our petrol Ecosports (pre-facelift and facelift models) just have a catalytic converter with a couple of 02 Lamda sensors, and that it, quite simple and less prone to problems and faults. But that will change with newer petrol cars.
More details of the GPF...
https://www.hypermiler.co.uk/emissions/the-gasoline-particulate-filter-faq
https://www.infineuminsight.com/articles/passenger-cars/gasoline-particulate-filters/