Oh yeah, might help:

Saab 9-3 Z19DTH '05 plate
55K miles (so it's a baby in diesel terms)

 

1901 is a code we often see with damaged DPF pressure differential sensor pipes.
2279 is a pain but thankfully it comes to several issues, MAF, EGR or rare it can be linked to 1901
0900 is a strange one it refers to the clutch actuator.
Can you recheck that last one again.

 

Hi there, I'll admit that last one was a from memory guess...clearly I was massively out...

It's one of the old 01's I think, can't remember though. Many thanks for the post, it seems that it's DPF related then, perhaps the garage have neglected to check the state of the pipes leading to the DPF sensor.....

I would have guessed that they had but couldn't be sure, the way they operate nothing would surprise me...I'll mention it to them.

They are now staying with the DPF issue but they seem to be thinking it's a broken or severley blocked core, so they're going to swap it out for another item to see if that makes a difference....fingers crossed.

Do most/all of the symptoms above occur when those codes are being thrown or am I likely to still be encountering issues even after the DPF is sorted, any ideas?

 

The garage should be checking the live readings, it could all be down to a blocked core.

 

Ok, it's good to have a second opinion, thanks.

Based on this 9 month debacle I'm thinking of having a delete anyway, just want to be sure I'm not going to be spending out on a delete just to find that there's more afoot here.

Do you know of anywhere I might be able to get a knackered DPF (other than mine) that I can knock out the internals and use, so I can keep mine just in case it's actually ok?

 

Boost pressure regulator. ?

 

Not sure, it's in again this weekend so we'll see what they say, the garage are convinced it's the DPF, I'm sure they've checked the BPR and or changed it out for a second hand spare...but who knows, I'm not in there with them when they do this unfortunately.

I'll post up here if/when they ever find/correct the problem. But not overly optimistic.

Thanks for the info all.

 

Have they checked the saturation level of the DPF.

 

FYI all, saga concluded.

DPF was indeed at fault, perhaps a collapsed core or something but they have replaced the DPF and now there are no EML episodes, it boosts fine etc etc. So happy with that.

The early morning starting has become very difficult now though unfortunately, so I'm guessing it's triggered another issues somewhere, so I'll be having it back in again to get that sorted.

But thought I'd post the resolution anyway.

Is there anything I can check to see what might be causing the poor starting in the morning, before I hand the keys right back to them?

No smoke now just needs a lot of cranking and then struggles for a few seconds after catching, I also prime the ignition twice before I even attempt to start it, otherwise it would never start.....seems like fuel line priming issues to me?

 

Not sure what is the correct name of it but i think it is called ''Idling Valve'' (aka ''cold start air valve''), clean this valve and i think it will be fine