Geländekraft
Active Member
For an out-of-plan/wty G350d or G350BT, what are the actual risks and downsides to spaying the cat, neutering it completely? Not the goldiloks in the photo, of course!
DPF + EGR + BLUETEC DELETE OM642 + SOFTWARE UPDATE
If you need to do the CAT ( if blocked) then do it, if not then leave it alone it makes no difference taking it out. (people who say otherwise just charge you for the job and then sell your CAT for a few thousand)
If ad blue is an issue do that as its not really needed in SA its just an emission thing for Europe.
DO NOT do an EGR delete it effects the gear changes.
There are gearbox failures due to it.
As for a remap. Do that at your own risk. ( there is corrupt software floating around that causes other issues,)
All the guys that do it just increase fuel and dont bother about anything else, it normally ends up with poor gear changes hot motors and more bills. Maybe not in the short term but def in the long.
And yes I speak from experience.
Best thing to do is change all oils , motor, TC box, auto box and diffs.
And then reset the Gearbox.
When you drain the auto box drain the Torque converter as well.
That alone will make your car feel like a new car.
Hope it helps.
If ad blue is an issue do that as its not really needed in SA its just an emission thing for Europe.
DO NOT do an EGR delete it effects the gear changes.
There are gearbox failures due to it.
As for a remap. Do that at your own risk. ( there is corrupt software floating around that causes other issues,)
All the guys that do it just increase fuel and dont bother about anything else, it normally ends up with poor gear changes hot motors and more bills. Maybe not in the short term but def in the long.
And yes I speak from experience.
Best thing to do is change all oils , motor, TC box, auto box and diffs.
And then reset the Gearbox.
When you drain the auto box drain the Torque converter as well.
That alone will make your car feel like a new car.
Hope it helps.
Geländekraft
Active Member
Thank you! I was considering that pristine white G350d I posted elsewhere, for one of my director level staff. He declined and meanwhile asked for a 2025 VW Amarok PanAmericana V6. This new car saves the company almost R400k. But that white G350d is like an earworm I can't get rid of. Too beautiful! That's the one I thought of neutering and spaying, just as it clocked up but 20-odd km per day, on average, over its entire lifetime.
And we all know OM642 dislikes that, and loves to be worked hard. I knew of a Sprinter 320d that did CPT-JOZI return twice a week, sitting at 155km/h. At 990 000km, it was still as new!
Geländekraft
Active Member
I know of 3 that ran main bearings due to being 'nursed.'. The risk is real.