Modern diesel vehicles are equipped with a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to protect the environment. Here's what the filter does and how to clean it.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the things you might not know about diesel engines is that based on the chemicals emitted during operation such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) ...

Modern diesel vehicles of all sizes are equipped with complex aftertreatment systems to reduce exhaust emissions. The diesel particulate filter (DPF) plays an important role in these systems by ...

Careful DPF maintenance will boost both your uptime and bottom line. When the diesel particulate filter was introduced with the change to 2007 engine technology, manufacturers were careful to explain ...

Diesel trucks are built tough and can last up to five years without issue. However, I've worked on trucks — both professionally and in my garage — for a decade, and I've seen how long they can last ...

We’re just now beginning to accept that we have to do things differently from what we have always done in order to maintain our aftertreatment systems. We’ve had 14 years to figure it out, yet diesel ...

Diesel particulate filter (DPF) mufflers on on-highway trucks capture ash and soot generated during the diesel combustion cycle and continuously combust the soot, leaving the ash to be dealt with.

This story appears in the November/December 2010 issue of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to the Nov. 8 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Heavy-duty trucks ...

Emissions-reducing exhaust filters in aftertreatment systems, also known as diesel particulate filters, or DPFs, require periodic cleaning. Cleaning the exhaust filter, sometimes referred to as ...

In its performance tests, Paccar Parts found that the FSX diesel particulate filter cleaning machine got filters 9 percent cleaner than other machines. Participating Kenworth and Peterbilt dealers now ...

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