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Hi All, I have a Mk 1 2013 XV (Crosstrek) and lately I have been struggling to get rid of the DPF light on the dash. Had two re-gens early on, fitted a new air-duct hose, passed a smoke test, had an oil and filter change and still the light won't turn off indefinitely. I had the DPF pressure tested a month ago, the soot content was too low for concern and the light went out until last week. It has now been pressure tested again and gave a 89mbar reading (50 being the point of concern), and there is fuel in my oil. A garage (Non Subaru DPF specialist) has quoted £420 to remove and clean the DPF but that doesn't solve why the filter backed up in a month and why there's fuel in my oil. I can only think my fuel injectors are busted or the turbo is gone. Has anyone else had this problem? what did you do? what do you recommend, do you think it is worth repairing and can I do it myself to save on labour charges? My dilemma is, without a DPF fault and purely based on mileage the car is only worth around 3.5k if not less. Over the last few months I've invested 1.5k on bearings, bushings, brakes, tires and rust treatment because when it works it's perfect for what I need... so do I sell and loose what I've invested to buy a similarly poor condition car if not worse or invest another grand to solve the DPF and pray that's the last of my issues for a while? Thank you!

Hi All, I have a Mk 1 2013 XV (Crosstrek) and lately I have been struggling to get rid of the DPF light on the dash. Had two re-gens early on, fitted a new air-duct hose, passed a smoke test, had an oil and filter change and still the light won't turn off indefinitely. I had the DPF pressure tested a month ago, the soot content was too low for concern and the light went out until last week. It has now been pressure tested again and gave a 89mbar reading (50 being the point of concern), and there is fuel in my oil. A garage (Non Subaru DPF specialist) has quoted £420 to remove and clean the DPF but that doesn't solve why the filter backed up in a month and why there's fuel in my oil. I can only think my fuel injectors are busted or the turbo is gone. Has anyone else had this problem? what did you do? what do you recommend, do you think it is worth repairing and can I do it myself to save on labour charges? My dilemma is, without a DPF fault and purely based on mileage the car is only worth around 3.5k if not less. Over the last few months I've invested 1.5k on bearings, bushings, brakes, tires and rust treatment because when it works it's perfect for what I need... so do I sell and loose what I've invested to buy a similarly poor condition car if not worse or invest another grand to solve the DPF and pray that's the last of my issues for a while? Thank you!

If anyone else was considering or wondered my findings. Baring in mind this is all calculus and estimated... The tyres I mentioned before are a pretty close match when changing from a 17inch to 15. If you are to select a tyre ratio higher or lower than 70 this throws the speedometer off too much.

Thank you!

Hi, I've had my XV coming up to 2 years now and decided to put some life back into it and add the same time upgrade. Aiming to give the car more off road capability, look badass but at the same time use as a daily and eventually road trips. first aim is to get new rims but someone mentioned to me, if I was to get a smaller rim it could throw off my speedometer when driving daily. I'm looking at 15" BLACK RHINO ARCHES (15x7, 15 positive offset & 5X100 bolt pattern) and adding 225/70R15 tyres. Not only cheaper but allows for more tire in the wheel arch. I'm not looking to lift it just yet. Stock rims and tyres are 17" XV Rims (17x7, 35 positive offset & 5x100 bolt pattern) with 225/55R17 tyres. Please could someone confirm where this would throw out my speedometer, if so any recommendations and anything else I might need to know? Also know any good places to buy the Rims I want? Cheapest I've found is £884 from LK Performance. Thank you!