Enable Auto-Regen Checkbox
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Enable Auto-Regen Checkbox
What is the best way to use this?
Most of my driving is long trips (not a every day driver). Before I add the check box I was doing a regen about the normal 500 mile mark. With the DPF% in the 60-70 range. My main question is should I let the regen happen around the 500 miles regardless of the DPF% or wait until full? What is better for the truck and filter? I'm not really interested in doing the "Operator Command Regenration" I would rather do it while driving.
Most of my driving is long trips (not a every day driver). Before I add the check box I was doing a regen about the normal 500 mile mark. With the DPF% in the 60-70 range. My main question is should I let the regen happen around the 500 miles regardless of the DPF% or wait until full? What is better for the truck and filter? I'm not really interested in doing the "Operator Command Regenration" I would rather do it while driving.
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No, it just will not auto regen. You can watch your DPF% and when it gets full it will tell you then give you the option to initiate a static regen.
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Sure will (once it hits "FULL" and other conditions are met). I typically leave mine off as I do quite a bit of "city" driving and it always seems to be that a regen starts at the most inconvenient times. When I get the "full" message I take a 30-minute ride down the highway.
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THanks JB, I may end up trying this out.
Like you, I tend to start regens at the worse times possible.
Like you, I tend to start regens at the worse times possible.
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I just wish there was a way to force a re-gen when you know you're going to be on the highway for 15-20 minutes. I'm sure we are not the norm of Ford's owners here on this forum but would still be nice 
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Today I was at about 840 miles from my last regen when the clean filter soon popped up. I put the check in the box and the regen started up. Lasted about 15 minutes and all was good.
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I did exactly this, and found that it will start the regen, but its never been an "instant on" thing with my truck. For example, the last time I saw the % said FULL, I checked the Auto-Regen box and it started maybe 20 miles later. I would have liked it to have started earlier, but it did its thing. Then again, I only know that its started when I notice the % dropping - it could have started a few minutes before that. Anyway...
When I notice this happening, I'll normally take a trip that weekend, about an hour and a half round trip, in hopes that I get a full regen completed.
I know we are not suppose to think about it and just let the truck do its thing, but having smaller increments between regens is not desirable.
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I find it handy to postpone a regen if I'm nearing my destination and don't want a regen to start and end up being incomplete. The strategy is very strange though. Once enabled even when the truck is warmed up fully it does take a while to start.
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It waits until it's full again.