Hi Dave

That is a good point

Many workshops will have removed DPF's for customers and modified the software without knowing that this is actually illegal to do so (so the Government Statement points out)and could affect the customers insurance as the car has been modified from the original VM specification

"IF" the DPF MOT rules come into effect in February this could cause problems for some workshops as the customer is going to claim that this was done without knowing the full legal implications, "it was not explained at the time" and ask that the workshop puts it right, could be a few nasty confrontations with customers looming for some

I would think in the light of this looming MOT change all the trade associations such as Motor Codes, RMI, Trust My Garage etc should warn their members to stop the removal of DPF's as the associations could also be caught up in this mess

There will probably be some workshops that will have a clever "dodgy" work around to get it through a test, so lets hope the test for DPF's if 100% (if that's possible)

Customers also need educating that they need to have their vehicles serviced correctly (and regularly) with the right oils and not top up with cheap 10w40. If the DFP light comes on don't ignore it

Peter