Regen for 5th time today & failed

Needs to start by fixing exhaust leak(smoke under hood).

 

@Heavyd
@Goodysnap

 

I just cringe when I hear crap like this.

 

I think @Guntoter
Had pretty much the same motor.
Spent 10's of thounsands , Kw finally threw their hand up and said sorry we don't know what's wrong.

If I remember correctly he became part of a law suit ( class action)
Against KW/PACCAR.
Hasn't posted in a really long time.

 

He drove a Pete iirc.

 

Maybe he should try with a new DPF instead off cleaning the old one?

 

This sounds like a classic case of neglect of preventative maintenance that maybe even extends back before the current owner. You cant ignore the warnings however frequent. You have and active fault inhibiting regens or the regeneration process is not completing correctly, most likely for multiple reasons. Get the truck in to a qualified shop that knows the product. Explain your issues in detail is your best shot in getting the truck back in order. Even then it may take a few trips back to get all the bugs out. How deep will you have to go? Anybodies guess at this point.

 

Try an EGR Tuneup, may help. Sounds like sever carbon packing. Seriously neglected motor. You own one, better learn how to maintain it. A dealer will not do these things, and in most cases will have no answers, but they can install a new turbo for you.

 

Notice I said qualified SHOP.......? There are tons of parts replacers across our great country independents and dealers alike. Fact is alot of issues can been intermittent in nature. This causes confusion for most owners and drivers due to the fact that most times that same stupid light keeps coming on.......must be the same problem right? Wrong........only the person diagnosing knows the truth in the repair results. Just a shame when the truth is not relayed to the customer. A good shop will make their best effort at correcting the problem and a good customer will be understanding when things dont always go right in the process. It's a relationship with give and take from both sides. Only good relationships yield good results in the end for hard to find problems.