Vehicles with Diesel Particulate Filters

Posted by Ivan on Sep 20, 2015 in Oil Change Economics | 0 comments

In the year 2007 highway diesel vehicles in the United States where mandated by federal law to use DPF’s (diesel particulate filters) in the United States. Also, all off-road, heavy equipment & farm machinery in 2012 over a specified horsepower, (25 HP & above) was also mandated by Federal Law. During normal operation the DPF’s do a superb job in cleaning the exhaust contaminants (NOX) from diesel engines but they definitely will create some problems. One major problem is that the DPF’s may cause fuel dilution in the engine oil (especially in the Ford 6.7L). Some of the problems are excessive fuel consumption, excessive back pressure in the exhaust system which limits your performance which can cause your engine to shut down or go into limp mode when the DPF get plugged. All these issues may cause excessive engine wear in certain applications. Contact us to understand these issues and the difference in how they operate or read this article on DPF’s. Click here for a YouTube on diesel particulate fundamentals, far left video. Congress passed a law that made it is legal to remove DPF’s from all emergency vehicles. The main reason is so they will not shut off or go to limp mode during operations!! It is also illegal to remove from your highway vehicle.

AMSOIL manufactures specific oils for vehicles with DPF”s. Click Here!

To keep your fuel system operating like new and limit regeneration cycles by using AMSOIL fuel additive ADF & ACB.

AMSOIL manufactures top tier CK spec’d oils with only .099% ash for on road & off-road vehicles using DPF’s starting in 2007 and off road starting in 2012. Click Here for details! Yes AMSOIL provides 75% more protection than other lubricants!