Hi all what are people's experience in doing all sorry trips in their diesels.
I've read that it's no good for them and it runs the diesel burn off thing.
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Hi all what are people's experience in doing all sorry trips in their diesels.
I've read that it's no good for them and it runs the diesel burn off thing.
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Originally Posted by crazyk
Yes you are correct. Diesels esp those with Diesel Particulate Filters prefer long freeway/highway drives to get it up to temperature to carry out a Passive regeneration. If you only travel in the suburbs, when the DPF fills up, the car will carry out an Active regen.
A 30min drive at 100km/h once a fortnight should keep your DPF happy.
Using a fuel additive with Cerium may help
Penrite Oil | ENVIRO+ DPF CLEANER
DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF) ANTI-CLOG | 2729 – LIQUI-MOLY Australia
Some light reading on DPF regens
Passive regeneration
How Diesel Particulate Filters Work
Last edited by Amalgam; 17-09-2017 at 09:59 PM.
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Cheers Amalgam
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