Hi All, Firstly I apologies in advance if I have posted this in the wrong section. I am new to this forum and would like some advice on my Mazda5.
I have a 2007 Mazda5 Sport Diesel since brand new in 2007. It's done 56k miles and regularly serviced. The issues I have is this: 4 months ago, the DPF light came on - read the manual/internet and ran the car on the motorway over 2000 rpm and cleared out the filter, the DPF light went off. Job Done -or so I thought, the light came back on after a few days and took it on the motorway and repeated the cycle. Eventually (after a couple of weeks) the light started flashing - which is serious - so took it to my local garage - he cleaned the filter out, put it back, and the light was still flashing - Ended up, I had to replace the DPF - Ouch, that hurt!!! Anyway, car is back on the road. Then after 2 months, the car started smoking blue smoke when I was taking off at traffic lights - this didn't happen every time nor any kind of pattern - just random blue smoke when taking off from a standing start. Took it to the garage and did an early full service, including replacing the fuel filter. Car is back on the road, and the smoking is still happening - although not all the time, it still does. This car is supposed to be a Turbo Diesel, but I never feel a kick that a Turbo is meant to give you. My question to you guys, is this: Should I be looking at replacing the turbo - if not then why do I get blue smoke at random times when taking off from a standing start.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
ps - didn't understand why the DPF went on me as I do 60 miles every day (round trip) on the motorway every day - doing approx 70-80 mph (2000-2200 rpm) But I'm hoping that is now sorted - the light no longer comes on anyway.
JAKK.