Clean Diesel trucks for TC ... maybe not!
Not sure how, but I found this article in my news feed. The net is that although DPFs lower the emissions when the engine is running in a non-regen case, the diesels exceed limits as soon as the engi...
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Kayteg - Forscan or Torq will show the regen status. It is a specific PID from the power train module, saying regen active or inactive. It can also be inferred from EGT4, which will ramp up to about 1100 degrees, though is takes several minutes after the start or regen to get there. On mine it happens every 500 miles whether it needs it or not. I have recorded pretty much every one since the truck was new.
On the European article, it seemed pretty typical of newspaper reporting. Slapdash and misleading. Basically they say every 480 km the particulates in the exhaust exceed the limit by 32%. A regen lasts about 16 km, or 3% of the total miles. If you do the math that results in about 1% more particulate emissions over not doing the regen. Journalists aren't usually very good at math. On the other hand my 2015 F350 is FAR cleaner than my 1999 one was. No soot, even inside the tailpipe. It doesn't smell. There is never an embarrassing black cloud behind it (even during regen).
For engine maintenance and reliability these controls are undoubtably expensive and complex, but when working they do what is claimed.
On the European article, it seemed pretty typical of newspaper reporting. Slapdash and misleading. Basically they say every 480 km the particulates in the exhaust exceed the limit by 32%. A regen lasts about 16 km, or 3% of the total miles. If you do the math that results in about 1% more particulate emissions over not doing the regen. Journalists aren't usually very good at math. On the other hand my 2015 F350 is FAR cleaner than my 1999 one was. No soot, even inside the tailpipe. It doesn't smell. There is never an embarrassing black cloud behind it (even during regen).
For engine maintenance and reliability these controls are undoubtably expensive and complex, but when working they do what is claimed.
