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mountainsam
Explorer
Aug 02, 2017

deisel regen

We purchased a 2017 Gemini 23TR with the Powerstroke 3.2 engine. I have put about 5000 miles on it since April. The engine runs great however, on a recent trip coming through Kansas I seemed to lose power. I got a "Regen"message on the info screen that said to keep driving. 30 minutes later nothing had imprioved so I pulled it over, idled for a few minutes and shut off the engine. When I started back up it went back to the same message but my power level was back. Within 10 minutes the message went off the screen. About 2 hours I went through the same thing. This time I shut down for a few minutes right after I got the message. The rest of the way back to California I got the message about every 200 - 300 miles but the screen just said keep driving and I never lost power again. Being a Cummins owner the past 15 years I never went through this. Is it normal for a Power Stroke? Other than that it ran flawlessly. I was wondering if I haadn't picked up some crappy fuel.
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  • mountainsam's avatar
    mountainsam
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2017
    Got the 23TR back today. Some of the computer needed rewriten. If this just involved a reboot type operation I do not know. But at this time it continues to run great and seems a bit quieter engine wise. I will have to see what happens in the future. The good side of this, now I have to plan a nice 3-4 day trip to test it out.

    Thanks for the replies. This is aways a great place to learn from the best.
  • mountainsam's avatar
    mountainsam
    Explorer
    Aug 09, 2017
    All you 3.2 Ford TD owners should take heed. I have mine at the Ford dealers now due to excessive regens. Appears the issue may be a little deeper. They are suspecting a turbo boost problem and Ford engineers are working on a solution. The engine runs fine but just goes through the regen too often and once lost power in the process. Whatever they have to do to correct the problem I will post when I get it back.
  • sch911's avatar
    sch911
    Explorer
    Aug 02, 2017
    Chances are good that the regen never completed successfully in the first place due to a fault condition, and it just kept trying again and again.
  • mountainsam's avatar
    mountainsam
    Explorer
    Aug 02, 2017
    ScottG wrote:
    That's way too many regens. Time to take it to the dealer - there may be some updates for it.



    I will be making an appointment tomorrow, Thanks
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Aug 02, 2017
    That's way too many regens. Time to take it to the dealer - there may be some updates for it.

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