CRDi Maintenance Questions & Other Discussions [Thread]

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This is a very good thread for us, crdi vehicle owners.

I've noticed that since the introduction of the biodiesel blended fuel, there has been a noticeable change in my ride,medyo di maganda effect, particularly with regard to noise , vibration and smell of the exhaust, as compared when i was still using pure diesel , which i buy from only one gas station. I switched to another brand a few months back and the noise and vibration significantly decreased. Last week, i drove to baguio and on my way back, i was forced to gas up with another diesel brand worth P500 since there was no gas station I know along the way with the brand i am currently using . Sa toll gate pa lang, ramdam mo na agad na lumakas ang vibration, so nagpakarga agad ako ng full tank pagdaan ko dun sa usual na gas station ko, hoping na ma dilute yung other diesel brand na ipinakarga ko. Just this afternoon, eto na naman yung vibration (madami pa yung pina full tank ko) at napansin ko din na may white smoke na kaunti na lumalabas dun sa exhaust pipe.
Try ko bukas na linisin yung air filter, or palitan na din although kapapalit lang nito, about 7K Km ago. By the way, my ride is a 3 1/2 tears old 2wd casa maintained tucson with almost 49K km reading, and i religiously follow the manual as regards its regular servicing. Hindi kaya dahil sa dirty fuel ito ?