DEF Warning in F350
While on a trip a message popped up "def range 400 miles." When I got home the next day the message was down to 200 miles. I added DEF but the message remains. I'm down to 100 miles and worried that...
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Huntindog wrote:
He has no point. Degraded DEF will NOT perform the job for which it is intended. Nor will DEF that has been purposely contaminated such as someone pouring straight water, or peeing in the tank.
For these types of things, the EPA REQUIRES that the DEF system intiate a shut down sequence whenever the system has been compromised by poor quality DEF... They simply will not allow a DEF system to let the truck continue to run with a DEF system that is allowing the motor to pollute, due to bad DEF... This applies to ALL brands equally. So saying that it can't happen to my Ford (thump chest here) is a foolish statement.
Now let me ask you something since you seem to be the expert on DEF...does DEF switch from good to bad overnight or does it slowly degrade? Is it possible one manufacturer has a sensor that is more sensitive to a certain degree of degraded DEF than another?
Huntindog wrote:
Spoken by someone that doesn't live here.
And that has never stopped you from offering up your opinion either.
Huntindog wrote:
So saying that it can't happen to my Ford (thump chest here) is a foolish statement.
You like to talk of blue koolaid drinkers...I think the stranglehold the bow tie has on you is cutting off the blood to your head.
