The Mint Mobile DPF Cleaning, Hampshire
No dropping it in anywhere, no handing it over — call-out DPF cleaning is done at your place across in The Mint.
The van rolls up, the technician gets going, and the cleaning takes place right there. The diesel particulate filter is cleaned on the motor, a regeneration is performed, and when the technician packs up, the motor stays exactly where it should be. A couple of hours or thereabouts covers the whole thing, at figures from £299, fixed by phone first.
Mobile DPF cleaning across The Mint, step by step
All the mobile unit wants is somewhere to stand, and the motor needs a motor that'll tick over periodically.
Past that moment, it runs itself:
- Nothing gets started until we know what we're facing. A diagnostic scan reads the vehicle's ECU and comes back with the soot level by percentage and weight, and the sensor feeds, plugs and related hardware get tested at the same time.
- A cleaning agent goes in through the entry point on that vehicle and spreads inside the DPF, lifting the soot and ash a regeneration alone will never move.
- The DPF regeneration then clears what the clean has freed, either statically where the vehicle sits or on a monitored drive through The Mint if you would like to come along.
- Last comes a second scan. It verifies the change, puts the warning light out, and reports anything that's still outstanding.
Nothing about the numbers is taken on trust — the figures from the start and the finish both come by email.
Where does on-site DPF cleaning take place in The Mint?
Anywhere you can park it and walk away for the duration.
That takes in most of what people can offer:
- A front drive at a home address over in The Mint
- An office car park
- An unused corner of a yard
- A yard off Mint Road
- The Sainsbury's car park while you get on with something else
No hanging about with the vehicle, and no DPF coming off it while you are gone.
Clogged diesel particulate filters near The Mint, and the reason
Short cold stop-start trips are what a DPF manages worst, and a rural village like The Mint generates little else. The school run to Liss Junior School, the queue down Duckmead Lane at half eight, five minutes to Sainsbury's and home again, the run to Liss — none of it goes on long enough or climbs hot enough for the filter to complete a regeneration cycle, so unburnt soot that should burn away builds up instead.
Just under 15 miles to the Waterlooville Bypass and under 25 miles to Chichester from The Mint. Neither is much of a distance. Neither is on the way to anywhere most weeks, though, so the journey that would scour a filter never happens.
You'll almost certainly have picked up on something already. A hint of diesel inside, dark smoke when you accelerate, pull falling off, revs that won't climb, worse economy, and auto stop-start giving up without a word. That builds for a while before the light appears.
What will call-out DPF cleaning not fix?
A choked unit is what cleaning fixes. It is not the fix to all of it that throws the same light on a dashboard, and the scan is what distinguishes them ahead of anything being touched.
Cleaning will not cure:
- A sensor reporting a restriction that is not actually there
- An EGR valve jammed open
- Urea system problems
- Faulty plugs or injectors, so no regeneration ever completes
- Turbo failures pushing oil into the filter
Where the fault lies in one of those, you are told ahead of any cleaning beginning rather than after you have handed over the money for it.
Two others worth bearing in mind. Having the filter hollowed out is not a remedy — a vehicle without a serviceable DPF cannot pass its MOT and driving it is illegal. And a clean is sometimes described as DPF renewal: nothing is replaced, your existing DPF is treated in place and put back to work.
Try a sustained run before booking
A filter only just starting to clog will often come good without anyone going near it. under 15 miles sits between The Mint and the Waterlooville Bypass, and that is the journey to do, keeping the pace steady. The long route into Chichester serves too. Five minutes to Rake and home does not.
Cleaning where it stands becomes the obvious next move once the light is on and reduced power has set in, because a long run will no longer shift it.
What you will be charged for on-site DPF cleaning around The Mint
Call-out DPF treatment opens from £299. A call-out charge applies to any visit, taking in the call-out, the booking, the diagnostic and the guidance that comes with it.
What any particular job adds up to rests on the vehicle and on what the unit proves to need, so the price is settled over the phone rather than posted as a fixed rate. The Mint itself, across at Liss Forest, or the far side of the GU postcode area — where you live matters, and so does the car. Both are fixed before anyone leaves.
A 30-day warranty covers the work, aftercare covered. If the DPF warning light comes back within that term, an engineer returns to The Mint.
DPF cleaning for any vehicle around The Mint
The same on-site visit handles:
- Your vehicle
- Light commercials and panel vans
- HGVs and heavy vehicles
- Plant gear
- Agricultural plant
The DPF is cleaned in place on every one, at your address in The Mint rather than at a workshop of ours.
You will have to take the other route if the motor will not fire up at all: the DPF comes off, travels to our workshop by courier, and is treated within 24 hours of it arriving. We do not take off or refit units for both services.
The engineer was very happy and explained the whole process in plain English and performed the dpf clean expertly and efficiently would recommend them to anyone.
Excellent service came to my home address was polite and explained the process then got on with the job.
Really impressed with this! Very easy to arrange, really helpful chap called Andras who carried out the clean and diagnostics, and much much cheaper than replacing the filter so saved me a lot of money. Highly recommended.
Covering The Mint and the GU area
Our vans are along Duckmead Lane most weeks, so The Mint is rarely out of the way. The same trip covers Liss Forest and Liss, and the villages out past Rake and Hill Brow.
Ring anyway if you are further out across Hampshire. It's the local schedule that decides between today and tomorrow, not the distance — coverage itself extends UK-wide.
Everyday mobile DPF cleaning questions across The Mint
How long is the visit?
A badly loaded DPF takes longer because it needs a repeat pass, but around a couple of hours is normal.
Across The Mint, how much does mobile DPF cleaning cost?
On top of a price opening from £299, the visit, the diagnostic and the advice are covered by a call-out charge. You'll have the figure on the phone, because what you run and where you are both change it.
Do you drive to my home or my workplace?
Both, anywhere across The Mint or the wider Hampshire area. Nothing is detached. Wherever the car happens to be parked is where the cleaning takes place.
When can an engineer make it to The Mint?
What is already booked decides it, but next-day and same-day are routine. Phone 0303 330 1830 and we will tell you right away what is available across the GU postcode area.
Is the visit chargeable when cleaning does not proceed?
Whatever happens that charge applies, since it meets the call-out, the check and the steer. No charge is made for work that was not done.
The DPF dash light shows again — what then?
An engineer drives back to The Mint. Aftercare of that sort is what the 30-day warranty includes.
After the clean, how many months will it hold up?
That comes down to how the vehicle is run afterwards. Short runs round Liss Forest and back don't do much. A longer run out beyond Chichester, or down the Waterlooville Bypass, does far more.
The Mint call-out DPF cleaning: book a slot
Tell us what the vehicle is up to when you call 0303 330 1830. You will have a quote, and a time that works for you, ahead of anyone being sent out to The Mint. Beyond phone hours, email enquiries@dpf-fixer.co.uk and the same office deals with it in the morning.
You are hiring SafeContractor approved, ISO 9001 certified, ISO 14001 certified and SSIP Approved technicians, every one of them insured for public liability comprehensively.
As a trading name of DPF Fixer Ltd, Mobile DPF Cleaner operates under the company whose Trustpilot rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 1,989 reviews.