In this scenario, please let me know how a diesel would respond after a month or two of this.
2012-2015 Diesel (any Brand)
Trips are within 10 minutes from our home, and short! Trip to Shoppers drug mart, london drugs, up to see parents in hospital, see other parents in retirement home, trip to the lab, trip to best buy...etc...you get the idea!
After reading the Ford manual on diesels after downloading it, if I have this right it says that anywhere from 100 mi to 500mi it will have to go through a regeneration process, and it will take between 2 min up to 20 min to complete. The message comes across the cluster to do this, which we are not to ignore.
Under the scenario I have given, am I correct in saying since the truck never gets up to any load or speed, to any extent unless I am towing, which is when I go away...this truck is going to be wanting to do the regeneration really often, basically because of lack of use for a Diesel.
The monthly driving does not exceed 700 km or about 450 miles. These numbers change when towing on a holiday, but this scenario is real life day to day driving. This kind of use can't be good for 3/4 or 1 ton diesel - please confirm if I have this right or wrong?
Thank you
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