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I have a 2015 F350 DRW. I winter in an area where the speed limit is mostly 45 MPH within 50 miles and most of my trips are less than 5 miles. When I get the message stating it’s going into regen would it help to drive in 4th or 5th gear to get a more complete regen? Thanks
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I've found that right around 2000 rpm is the sweet spot for a regen. Anything less and the turbo adds boost to compensate in order to keep the EGT's high enough. EGT's not staying hot enough or fluctuating a lot causes longer than normal regens.
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I have a 2015 F350 DRW. I winter in an area where the speed limit is mostly 45 MPH within 50 miles and most of my trips are less than 5 miles. When I get the message stating it’s going into regen would it help to drive in 4th or 5th gear to get a more complete regen? Thanks
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I have a 2015 F350 DRW. I winter in an area where the speed limit is mostly 45 MPH within 50 miles and most of my trips are less than 5 miles. When I get the message stating it’s going into regen would it help to drive in 4th or 5th gear to get a more complete regen? Thanks
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The Keys... Nice. I was in Key West in 2006 as a single man during Fantasy Fest. WHOA... What a great time but I digress.
These trucks are much happier when you are able to drive them on a highway at highway speeds to burn off the soot when the DPF loses flow when it loads up w soot. If not, you will get the "Drive to Clean" message because the filter is plugged up. You can also do a manual regen if you buy an Edge Insight CTS2 monitor I believe. They can also do manual regens at the dealer. Your truck has to regen on a regular basis or the filter will plug. Delete is your next option. Good luck.
These trucks are much happier when you are able to drive them on a highway at highway speeds to burn off the soot when the DPF loses flow when it loads up w soot. If not, you will get the "Drive to Clean" message because the filter is plugged up. You can also do a manual regen if you buy an Edge Insight CTS2 monitor I believe. They can also do manual regens at the dealer. Your truck has to regen on a regular basis or the filter will plug. Delete is your next option. Good luck.
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You can lock out 5th and 6th gears during a regen. A manual regen runs the engine at 2000 RPM so you need to get them up there to help. Both 5-Star and DP-Tuner tow tunes extended my regen interval some because they don't shift to 6th until 45 mph vs about 38 mph stock. You could just use Tow/Haul to keep RPMs up a little since your speeds are so low.
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I really don't think driving in lower gears helps. The Increase in RPMS of running in lower gear at a higher RPM just pushes more air thru the engine and the EGTs drop.
Unless you are working the engine, ( Turbo Boost) that will increase the EGT's and help increase the heat in the DPF then the higher RPMs pushing more air thru will speed up the process.
The Regen process depends on heat to clean the DPF, You can watch your EGTs ( on 3rd party monitors) and see what kind of engine load produces the most heat and hence the shortest regen cycle
Unless you are working the engine, ( Turbo Boost) that will increase the EGT's and help increase the heat in the DPF then the higher RPMs pushing more air thru will speed up the process.
The Regen process depends on heat to clean the DPF, You can watch your EGTs ( on 3rd party monitors) and see what kind of engine load produces the most heat and hence the shortest regen cycle
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I would turn on the ability to do a manual regen. This way the thing can sit in your driveway and regen.
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Great tip Chuck. Then whenever he knows truck has to REGEN, do a manual one in the driveway. Then you know it's clean. The Edge monitor has the ability to manually regen I believe.