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1.2 TSI 16 plate Ibiza fr 110 gpf filter

Catzeye83

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Hi, any help much appreciated, as the title suggests could anybody tell me if my seat Ibiza fr with the 110 bhp engine in it has a gpf filter on it? I moved away from a derv car because of the problems with a dpf filter!! When I've looked under the bonnet I can see a canister looking object on the exhaust just after the turbo! Hope it's not a gpf!! Any help much appreciated thanks
 

Crossthreaded

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That canister is probably "just" a Cat. I asked about this when I bought my 1.0 litre 95hp Ibiza back in 2016 because I though, being a DI engine it might have one but I was told it didn't. It has a canister just after the turbo exactly as you describe. Gasoline Particulate Filters are quite a new addition - what year is your car? I think the Tiguan and Up were the first to get them in 2016? I don't think the clogging up problem is anything like as serious an issue with the petrol engines anyway?
 
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Catzeye83

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Hiya m8, thanks for reply, it's a 16 plate car, it's just I know that canister is in exact same position as what my Octavia diesel is, hopefully is just a cat but when looking under the car it looks like it has a cat in the middle of the car also!! Two cats bit unusual I thought!!
 

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@Catzeye83; This is the original Volkswagen Group press release that announced the introduction of GPF‘s (OPF’s) across the VW / AudI Group (VAG).


Based on the content of that press release, I’d say that your car wont have a GPF fitted if it was registered in 2016.

The details in this Autocar article from 2016 are consistent with the VW Group press release, although that doesn’t come as a surprise as Autocar probably used the press release as a basis for their article! 🙂

 

KXL

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I think GPFs came in 2018. My end 2016 Ibiza EcoTSI didn't have one, as the tail pipes got soo sooty. My DPF V40, the tailpipes were always so clean! Not sure if that's related to GPF, but that was my experience.
 
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Catzeye83

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@Catzeye83; This is the original Volkswagen Group press release that announced the introduction of GPF‘s (OPF’s) across the VW / AudI Group (VAG).


Based on the content of that press release, I’d say that your car wont have a GPF fitted if it was registered in 2016.

The details in this Autocar article from 2016 are consistent with the VW Group press release, although that doesn’t come as a surprise as Autocar probably used the press release as a basis for their article! 🙂

Thanks a lot for this, clears things up for me👍🏻