I bought a 2012 F-250 with the 6.7L powerstroke engine used about a year ago. Former work truck, engine shows about twice as many idle hours on it as active hours. Has about 225,000 miles on it now, the last 10,000 or so from me.
I've had an issue recently where the "Drive to clean exhaust filter/Cleaning exhaust filter" message has been on constantly for about a month now. I do do a lot of short trips in this truck, but it gets out on the highway frequently enough that I haven't had an issue before now. Since that message has been on I've done three or four 30+ minute trips on the highway, including one where I was hauling a heavy-ish load and that hasn't cleared the message.
I have a copy of Forscan, and this is what I have checked so far:
Just wondering at this point, what else should I check? Or is it time to take it to the dealer.
Edit to add: I have not gotten the "Drive NOW to clean exhaust" or whatever the message is before the truck goes into limp mode.
I've had an issue recently where the "Drive to clean exhaust filter/Cleaning exhaust filter" message has been on constantly for about a month now. I do do a lot of short trips in this truck, but it gets out on the highway frequently enough that I haven't had an issue before now. Since that message has been on I've done three or four 30+ minute trips on the highway, including one where I was hauling a heavy-ish load and that hasn't cleared the message.
I have a copy of Forscan, and this is what I have checked so far:
- I have a couple of DTCs set for fuel injector A offset learning at max limit (P02D7:00-E8, P02D3:00-EC, P02D1:00-EC, P02D1:00-EC for cylinders 6, 4, 3 and 2, all intermittent) and my DEF heater circuit (P20B9:00-EC). No other DTCs for sensors not working properly.
- My exhaust temperatures are increasing to the 4-500C (750-950F) range according to Forscan
- I've run a manual regeneration. Forscan reported that the exhaust filter was only about 20% full (don't recall the exact percentage) and the truck spent 45 minutes out in my driveway very loudly converting dead dinosaurs into greenhouse gases. My exhaust temperatures did not go above 250C during the manual regeneration.
- I've been under the truck to look for loose connections and didn't see anything
Just wondering at this point, what else should I check? Or is it time to take it to the dealer.
Edit to add: I have not gotten the "Drive NOW to clean exhaust" or whatever the message is before the truck goes into limp mode.
