DPF Cleaning

I've heard some people remove them themselves and it's not that hard to do... Would save the labour on that part

 

Also from what kenworth told me they send it to cummins to do the cleaning. Maybe check with cummins directly as to what they charge

 

is the doc fine?

cleanable, replaceable?

in the dd15 its not, dunno aboot the isx

 

The DPF should only take 15-20 minutes for a good shop to take out.
If the truck has been a dream for the last year, the filter should be in good condition.
It should only be around 400 to have it cleaned. Another 120 for new gaskets.

Make sure they do an opacity test after cleaning to insure they got everything back together correctly.

Don't do a filter swap unless you own the replacement filter as you have no idea where it came from. It might have been an oil soaked filter from another truck that was cleaned and swapped with yours. It wont work the same.

Keep calling around, you can find a good shop for quite a bit cheaper.

 

Contact Global Heat Transfer in Edmonton at 780-448-3600 (50th Street and Eleniak Road). They now only sell them but clean them also. I recall 2 years ago it was about $300.00 for a total clean-up. I understand some of those filters run into $3,000. + to buy from Kenworth/Pete etc.

 

Sarabeara, do your new pete's have that dpf gauge that is supposed to tell how full it is? Does it actually work? When I had my 09 w9 with cat engine, I remember paying about 400-450 to have it cleaned at a cat shop ...