Monitoring DPF Cleaning on 2016 F450 KR

FishOnOne wrote:

NRALIFR wrote:
Thanks Troy. I was hoping for a more direct way of monitoring it. If there isn't using the trucks info display, would an add-on device give me more info? Would an Edge Insight tell me what I'm wanting?

:):)

Yes I believe some are using the Edge product to monitor there regens.

Also does your '16 have the upgraded info dispay feature that gives you a percent count down to when the truck will go into regen? If not your Ford dealer can perform a program upgrade to include it and that could also work to monitor when the regen process is complete.

Well, to be honest I'm not sure about my info display. I know the owners manual refers to it as a "Type 2" display. It looks like this:



While driving, the instant mileage displays as a green bar that rises and falls. The vertical scale is from 0-30 mpg. You can't get very precise information from it other than you are either getting "more" or "less" than your average mpg.

The "System Check" on this truck is under the Information icon, and is a two page screen that's continuously displaying several items, none of them having anything to do with exhaust filter cleaning.

This is page one:



And this is page two:



If there is some upgraded software that would enable this display to present more information, I'd like to try that before spending over $400 on an Edge Insight. What do I need to tell my service advisor at the dealership in order to get the info display upgraded? I have a feeling they aren't going to know what I'm talking about. I hate it when I get that "Deer in the headlights" look from them :B

greende wrote:
I use an Edge Insight and monitor grams of soot and EGT. On my Chevy, the EGT just after the 9th injector will go up over 950 degrees and a red "R" comes on when in regen. Check out Edge website.

Thanks David, that sounds like a great product. From looking at the Edge website, I think the Insight CTS2 - 84130 is what I would want, but the Edge website doesn't seem to support the 2016 F450SD, so I can't say for sure that any of their products would work on my truck. Seems like if it works on the 2016 F350SD then it would work on mine too, though.

:):)