DPF issues in Barnston may be indicated by the engine light on your dashboard. A sluggish engine and decreased petrol mileage could also be signals that your diesel particle filter is not functioning as intended. It’s supposed to be self-cleaning. This particle filter is an expensive part to replace so you want to avoid that whenever possible. It’s designed to catch the toxic particles from your diesel engine and trap them to prevent them from being expelled through your exhaust system. When the filter reaches a predetermined level of soot, your engine heat goes up and the filter generates to burn off all the soot that was trapped. What’s left is harmless vapour which is then expelled through the exhaust.
The regeneration process is designed by the manufacturer to be automatic. As long as regeneration takes place every 300 miles or so in Barnston, DPF issues should not be a problem. The filter itself is designed and manufactured to last for about 100,000 miles. It’s been known to happen that the filter fails to regenerate. That’s when you would notice those warning signs of a sluggish engine and poor fuel efficiency. That’s when you need to contact us because the malfunction must be addressed and we can help you solve the problem. The first thing we will do is determine why the filter is not regenerating. There are only a few reasons that will prevent regeneration.
When you have DPF issues in Barnston with your diesel engine, it could be the result of using the wrong oil. That can interfere with proper regeneration. Now, if you have your car serviced with us, we will be using the correct oil. So we will attempt to manually regenerate the filter. This often works very well and thereafter the filter will regenerate on it’s own as it was designed to do. In the future, to help the filter along, we’ll recommend that you make a point to get out on the high speed motorways regularly and run the car at maximum allowed speed for twenty minutes or so. Contact Kic Garage if you notice a dash warning light associated with your DPF filter. We’ll troubleshoot it and get it functioning again.