Chances are your diesel has a particulate filter, or DPF. If your DPF light comes on, one of the first courses of action ...

Two critical elements that need to be checked out at 100,000 miles are the EGR valve and the DPF. Hasten says to run a computerized flow test on the DPF filter tol show if the filter in the exhaust ...

Photo 1. The DPF selected was the 180-lb, DPX Catalytic Soot Filter, designed by Engelhard and built by Fleetguard. Illustration 1. A DPF forces exhaust gas through semiporous material, where soot is ...

Aftertreatment system maintenance is proving to be more costly than tire maintenance, making it possibly the single most expensive maintenance item on today’s trucks. Parts costs are prohibitive, the ...

DPF additives are real thing right now as consumers run scared over the thought of their car’s DPF needing replacement. These additives use a catalyst that claims to help clean out the DPF and ...

The Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is an important part of modern diesel vehicles that many people don’t understand. The DPF’s main job is to catch harmful soot and ash from the exhaust stream before ...

In years gone by it was common to see a heavy black cloud of smoke trailing behind vehicles powered by diesel engines, but that's a thing of the past with today's clean diesel engines. One of the ways ...

A look at the 2023 marketplace for diesel particulate filters and related services from some of the most popular trucking industry suppliers. Caterpillar's diesel particulate filter group is designed ...

The new ClearSky diesel particulate filter (DPF) has been conditionally verified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for use with Carrier Transicold's ComfortPro auxiliary power unit (APU).

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. Some fleet ...