u/Big-Aardvark8842

My f20 started throwing a fuel temperature sensor short to ground code so I had a look at my DDE and it was swimming in diesel.

After £132 for a new line with the integrated sensor, a lot of electrical contact cleaner & blasting the harness and look with air, I also had to brush the DDE plug pins to get contamination from the diesel of the pins. I think I caught it pretty early so managed to save the DDE & wiring harness. Only light pooling on less than 1/4 of the harness plug.

All fixed and out of limp mode, but beware of this crap design flaw. The seal on the fuel temperature sensor fails and via capillary action starts to wake up the copper wiring back to the DDE allegedly there’s been a TSB and the part is now potted to prevent the diesel from going all the way back up the loom and drowning the DDE but it was some scary stuff.

Had a some time to do some mods over the weekend. I drilled my air box below the air filter to get some more induction sounds and deeper sound. For a free mod it’s okay but will probably do a cone filter and proper box in due time but for now it’s okay. You can hear the turbo surge but no whine with the air filter blocking the sound.

I did a stage 1 + DPF delete and this by far makes the car more usable for daily driving. Economy seems to be good but I need more time and a lighter right foot to check this out properly. I’ve gone from 114 bhp to 150 bhp and 270 nm to 330nm torque.

What I noticed the most is how much easier to overtake and takes out the constant downshifting when going up a hill or dropping down from 60 mph back to 70 mph.

It’s quick but not fast. It rips from 0-85mph but after that due to it being a 3 cylinder and 1.5 with a tiny turbo it hits its limitations. But for a daily car for commuting it’s much better.

I’d definitely recommend it. The dpf delete adds the turbo whilst without sounding like a tinny shitbox. Sounds purposeful but civilised.

Got a few more things in the pipeline but need more money first.

Ts goes so hard 😮‍💨

Thanks for the continued support and engagement! Glad we have a sub that can help each other out!