Regen Frequency
#46
That would be me. City driving, barely over 40 mph and then stop and go traffic which is horrible for soot production. I think the truck knows it too - even on the highway right now I am only going 150 miles between regens...
Driving it 5200 miles or so to Alaska loaded up so I will see if the distance between regens increases.
Driving it 5200 miles or so to Alaska loaded up so I will see if the distance between regens increases.
#47
Interesting lastwagen - I don't have a CTS or programmer so I can't start a manual regen. Seems silly for me to spend the $$ just to do a manual regen. If it becomes an issue (and it hasn't so far) I may do that.
And of course this assumes that I have made my mind up that I am definitely in the future getting another SuperDuty. I don't see the Urea and DPF going anywhere soon enough. I enjoy a clean running vehicle so no deletes planned for me either.
And of course this assumes that I have made my mind up that I am definitely in the future getting another SuperDuty. I don't see the Urea and DPF going anywhere soon enough. I enjoy a clean running vehicle so no deletes planned for me either.
#48
#49
If you have time drive it on the highway and let it finish the regen or you will just keep going into a regen in relative short order.I know its not always conveinant to finish a regen but I try to get it pretty close most times.Easier with the edge cts so I know where it is in the regen process.
#50
not much
If the regen is in full process I will running it out but going an extra highway exit or two.
The big thing I do when in regen at the wrong time is let it idle until the turbo cools down.
Don't make toi much of a regen. They happen all the time and most people miss it most of the time.
#51
I do monitor my with the edge insight. If my is in regen for a very short amount of time, I will put into park and let it idle until the temp is around 420 on the turbo.
If the regen is in full process I will running it out but going an extra highway exit or two.
The big thing I do when in regen at the wrong time is let it idle until the turbo cools down.
Don't make toi much of a regen. They happen all the time and most people miss it most of the time.
If the regen is in full process I will running it out but going an extra highway exit or two.
The big thing I do when in regen at the wrong time is let it idle until the turbo cools down.
Don't make toi much of a regen. They happen all the time and most people miss it most of the time.
If you interupt a few Active Regens in a row, then the truck will display a "DRIVE TO....." message.
#52
#53
Next time you drive, it will begin soon after the oil temp is above 150°F if the soot is still above 2.66.
It all depends on how far you have to drive next. If you have a 10 mile drive, then it'll probably be in the middle of the process.
If mine needs one right away in the morning, it'll typically start after about five miles of driving.
It all depends on how far you have to drive next. If you have a 10 mile drive, then it'll probably be in the middle of the process.
If mine needs one right away in the morning, it'll typically start after about five miles of driving.
#55
regen
The only way to really monitor is with something like Edge Insight.
I watch and record with a regen starts and stops. I let 90 percent of the regen finish. When I don't I watch the turbo temp drop. I let the turbo cool while at idle to about 420.
If you are running b20 You need to watch your oil level.
I watch and record with a regen starts and stops. I let 90 percent of the regen finish. When I don't I watch the turbo temp drop. I let the turbo cool while at idle to about 420.
If you are running b20 You need to watch your oil level.
#57
Dascro58:
Some of us monitor vitals of our trucks, it can be an addiction but the facts are that there are a lot of variables the PCM looks at to start an Active Regen. The most important part is that Ford has designed the truck’s PCM to monitor and keep the truck’s SCR system clean and healthy. If you were doing something that was hurting the truck, the PCM would throw a code and protect the truck. I monitor my truck for self interest, but if I do or not, I know that the truck will do what it has to and I don’t have to do anything.
The “exhaust filter cleaning” message is just a message that the truck has went into an Active Regen. The “Drive to clean” message is that the truck hasn’t completed the last few Active Regens because they were interrupted. This message is a warning to drive and complete an Active Regen. Depending on what you do, the truck’s PCM programming will do what it has to do, but the messages are really just early second warning that the DPF has to do an Active Regen.
That said and I’m not an expert. But in ford’s documents it states that if an Active Regen is interrupted, it looks at certain variables and decides when to perform an Active Regen. A few things are an Active Regen can be activated by soot load or mileage (a counter) since last completed Regen if over a certain Soot Load. I mention the counter because if an Active Regen was started by mileage and was interrupted and the Soot Load is not high, the PCM will subtract miles from the counter (I think its 150 miles).
I’m guessing but this is why you didn’t get a message this morning. The truck just doesn’t need to have an Active Regen. But we with monitors have a better guess why and when it will happen. The need to know and or not to know doesn’t change that the truck will tell you if you have problems and not to worry till it does.
My monitor can log and store vehicle parameters and even email the log to me, so I don’t have to really watch them in real time or be even in the vehicle driving. One reason my wife made me take the monitor out of her vehicle, she nicely said that I don’t have to show her that she drives over the speed limit because she can read speed signs and look at her own speedometer if she was like me and felt the need to watch gauges LOL.
#58
MPD56,
Thanks for such a thorough and logical explanation. It is very helpful as I learn my way around my new 6.7 and first foray into diesel powered pick-ups.
I previously checked out the work you've done using Torque Pro to get more PID's. Impressive!! Unfortunately I do not use an android device.
I've looked into the Edge CS but I'm generally not keen on suction-cup windshield attachments long term (just a "thing" I have ).
I'm really enjoying my new truck and am finding more than ever how helpful this forum and the folks on it are. I'm eager to start towing with it and will get my chance soon on our two week-long adventure. I'm psyched to say the least!!
Dave
Thanks for such a thorough and logical explanation. It is very helpful as I learn my way around my new 6.7 and first foray into diesel powered pick-ups.
I previously checked out the work you've done using Torque Pro to get more PID's. Impressive!! Unfortunately I do not use an android device.
I've looked into the Edge CS but I'm generally not keen on suction-cup windshield attachments long term (just a "thing" I have ).
I'm really enjoying my new truck and am finding more than ever how helpful this forum and the folks on it are. I'm eager to start towing with it and will get my chance soon on our two week-long adventure. I'm psyched to say the least!!
Dave
#60
I've been enjoying keeping up with this thread since I got my truck. Very informative.
I usually average 50-100 miles in the city and 150-200 miles highway between regens. When towing, it takes care of itself. So, something happened today I haven't seen before. It was 75 miles exactly since my last regen as I had been city driving at or below 45 mph. I was going to pickup some meds in the pharmacy drive thru and right before that it started an active regen. I pulled into the drive thru and put it in park but did not shut off the truck and just let it idle. Took about 5 mins at the window. Within 10 secs of pulling away from the window I got another cleaning exhaust filter message. I've never seen it say that twice that close together without shutting the truck off first. Does an active regen stop when put in Park??
I usually average 50-100 miles in the city and 150-200 miles highway between regens. When towing, it takes care of itself. So, something happened today I haven't seen before. It was 75 miles exactly since my last regen as I had been city driving at or below 45 mph. I was going to pickup some meds in the pharmacy drive thru and right before that it started an active regen. I pulled into the drive thru and put it in park but did not shut off the truck and just let it idle. Took about 5 mins at the window. Within 10 secs of pulling away from the window I got another cleaning exhaust filter message. I've never seen it say that twice that close together without shutting the truck off first. Does an active regen stop when put in Park??