My vacation which started today and ended 2 hours later due to my F350's inability to clean out my DPF while towing. Last regen was about a week ago and my lovely wife drove the truck for 20 minutes at 75mph when the cleaning exhaust notice flashed on the dash.
Today, while towing a 10k lb fifth wheel, I got a regeneration notice 20 minutes into the drive. It occured 2 more times and on the 3rd time I got another warning saying that the DPF was overloaded, a check engine light came one, and was told to keep driving. Driving further did nothing for me.
I'd like to be able to hit the mountains to camp and ATV with my only vacation this summer so time is not on my side.
What can I do to prevent this from occurring again?
I ended up running the vehicle in idle, disconnecting the fuel return line and draining 15 gallons of diesel fuel. I dumped it in my wife's diesel she drives to tow our ATVS. I added fresh fuel from another gas station, disconnected the trailer, and drove the snot out of my truck with rpms between 2500 to 3000 rpm at speeds 85 to 95 mph. I got another regeneration/cleaning exhaust notice but this time I did not get another warning that the DPF was overloaded. I drive for 2 hours and burned a total of 14 gallons of diesel.
I topped off with 5 gallons of B100 biodiesel (I trust this stuff and have used this station/fuel's B100 for over 12 years) and filled the rest with the petroleum's station's premium diesel. I figured a dash of bio would burn cleaner with less soot and hopefully this issue won't resurface when I tow my camper again to our camping spot.
Anybody else have this happen?
Is there a device I can buy to force a manual stationary regeneration like the dealer does?
Could this be bad fuel?
I added 8 oz of Grey Power Service Diesel to full tank, could this have caused the clogging issue? Note: also added 8 oz to my wife's diesel which has only a 20 gallon tank versus 36 gallons and she had no DPF problems on her rig.
Fuel for wife's rig and mine were from same gas station but hers was in the morning and mine was about 7 hours later. Never had a problem with fuel there and all 3 of our diesels use fuel from this gas station.
can anybody tell me WTF happened and ruined the first day of our camping trip? Why wouldn't the DPF regenerate while towing?
I've never had seen a regeneration while towing before. The only times I had gotten regens was when not towing a heavy load...very weird.
2015 F350 with 6900 miles, 3/4 of that towing and remaining 1/4 was all highway at 75mph for about a month when my wife's turbo actuator gave up the ghost requiring me to get a rebuilt unit from Europe. This truck does not get driven on short trips in city driving conditions and when not towing, it is driven a minimum of 20 miles to wife's job on I25 at speeds averaging 70 mph and when my main ride is broken, I drive the truck 120 miles round trip at 75 to 90 mph. Very little city/stop and go.
Please help me understand what happened. I lost a big bet with my boss who bought a Ram 3500 the same week I bought my F350. Who ever gets a check engine light first loses and I hate losing.
Today, while towing a 10k lb fifth wheel, I got a regeneration notice 20 minutes into the drive. It occured 2 more times and on the 3rd time I got another warning saying that the DPF was overloaded, a check engine light came one, and was told to keep driving. Driving further did nothing for me.
I'd like to be able to hit the mountains to camp and ATV with my only vacation this summer so time is not on my side.
What can I do to prevent this from occurring again?
I ended up running the vehicle in idle, disconnecting the fuel return line and draining 15 gallons of diesel fuel. I dumped it in my wife's diesel she drives to tow our ATVS. I added fresh fuel from another gas station, disconnected the trailer, and drove the snot out of my truck with rpms between 2500 to 3000 rpm at speeds 85 to 95 mph. I got another regeneration/cleaning exhaust notice but this time I did not get another warning that the DPF was overloaded. I drive for 2 hours and burned a total of 14 gallons of diesel.
I topped off with 5 gallons of B100 biodiesel (I trust this stuff and have used this station/fuel's B100 for over 12 years) and filled the rest with the petroleum's station's premium diesel. I figured a dash of bio would burn cleaner with less soot and hopefully this issue won't resurface when I tow my camper again to our camping spot.
Anybody else have this happen?
Is there a device I can buy to force a manual stationary regeneration like the dealer does?
Could this be bad fuel?
I added 8 oz of Grey Power Service Diesel to full tank, could this have caused the clogging issue? Note: also added 8 oz to my wife's diesel which has only a 20 gallon tank versus 36 gallons and she had no DPF problems on her rig.
Fuel for wife's rig and mine were from same gas station but hers was in the morning and mine was about 7 hours later. Never had a problem with fuel there and all 3 of our diesels use fuel from this gas station.
can anybody tell me WTF happened and ruined the first day of our camping trip? Why wouldn't the DPF regenerate while towing?
I've never had seen a regeneration while towing before. The only times I had gotten regens was when not towing a heavy load...very weird.
2015 F350 with 6900 miles, 3/4 of that towing and remaining 1/4 was all highway at 75mph for about a month when my wife's turbo actuator gave up the ghost requiring me to get a rebuilt unit from Europe. This truck does not get driven on short trips in city driving conditions and when not towing, it is driven a minimum of 20 miles to wife's job on I25 at speeds averaging 70 mph and when my main ride is broken, I drive the truck 120 miles round trip at 75 to 90 mph. Very little city/stop and go.
Please help me understand what happened. I lost a big bet with my boss who bought a Ram 3500 the same week I bought my F350. Who ever gets a check engine light first loses and I hate losing.