The other day coming out of California I had a sensor tell me that there was too much soot in the exhaust and then a few hundred miles later it went off and has not come back on. My Volvo has 380,000 miles on it and I know it is due to get the DPF filter cleaned out but I have talked with other people that say that that doesn’t work very often and you have to replace it anyway with a new one. So should I get a new one or get this one professionally baked and hope for the best? Should I even do anything at all since the light went back off? I just don’t wanna have to worry about it coming back on and possibly getting D rated in the middle of nowhere.
To bake the DPF or just get a new one?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midnightrider909, Aug 16, 2021.
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You're at 380k and you've never serviced it? That's bad. You should do it every 200k or so, about $500 if you pull it yourself and take it to someone, which is easy.
You may've killed yours already. Prepare thy wallet.Jarhed1964 Thanks this. -
How difficult are they to get a hold of right now? That would have a lot to do with the decision to me.
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I have a donaldson system installed at the shop I deal with, got a hell of a deal on it, the shop owner in exchange has to do any truck I sent to him for free. Up here I use a shop that has the same system.Jarhed1964 and Midnightrider909 Thank this. -
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DPF filter should be perfectly cleaned each time the engine make a Regen.
If not - system is not working as good as it should and need to be repaired.
Sensor(s), regen ingector, fuel system malfunction e.t.c.
I think that DPF filter cleaning without fixing the whole system is a fraud!
The filter replacement only will also not help...Jarhed1964, shatteredsquare and BoostedTeg Thank this.
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