09/05/2019
Many fleet owners trust specialists such as us and our fellow TerraClean service centres - and mobile technicians - to keep their vehicles and employees on the move.
Ford transits of all types are one of the most regular vans brought to network specialists for DPF related problems. Owners want to avoid the unnecessary expense of replacing DPF units, too many are drawn-in by companies who say they will clean them at a great price.
The key is never just to clean. There is no point unblocking a DPF unless you are going to fix the fault that caused it to block in the first place. If you do not fix the fault, then either the cleaned DPF or even a new DPF is likely to block up again, that could happen soon after the clean or replacement.
We, like our fellow DPF technicians, have state of the art diagnostic equipment and importantly we know how to read and interpret the results of the diagnostics.
With this Transit Custom the blockage was due to a faulty senor, relied upon by the vehicles ECU to signal that the vehicle was at the correct temperature to start the regeneration process. Replacing or cleaning the DPF unit would never remove that problem and without fixing it (in this case replacing the sensor) blockage would happen again pretty quickly.
By correctly diagnosing the fault and fitting a new quality replacement sensor the DPF was able to regenerate – so no cleaning fee was even required.
So, if you run even one van, truck or car, when you see the warning light don’t rush to the wrong solution talk to real experts today. We are one of a great team with superb support and can help you today.