Would you get it fixed?
My 2017 f350 seems to be running fine but it is only doing a dpf regeneration about every 800 km.... and I'm not even sure it is doing it then. My dpf % full screen has been staying at 0% for over 200...
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carringb wrote:
Hitch up your trailer and go pull some hills....
The DPF is for catching particulates, formed when combustion temps are relatively low. Empty driving, especially in town and in cold weather, will never raise the combustion temps enough for a full burn, hence the DPF has to work extra hard.
DEF is used to react with Nitrous Oxides, which are formed under high combustion temps. You want to keep your truck running at these higher temps, because 1) It's more efficient and 2) It's easier to add more DEF than it is to clear soot out of the DPF.
So again.... Drive it good and hard to get it cleared up initially. And then try to change your driving cycle. I'm guessing you must do lots of short trips or idling now. You might come out way ahead in fuel $ and future maintenance headaches if you picked up a smaller car for in-town use.
This advice would be for a truck that is performing very frequent regens do to soot build up, but the op truck is the opposite and is going the full 500 miles in which the truck will then go to a forced regen which is ideal.
