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Sep 17, 2008 | 12:04 AM

63DH8

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particulate filter question

What year did Ford start putting the particulate filter on their trucks? How do you know when they need to be replaced?

Sep 17, 2008 | 12:56 AM

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they started putting them on the 2008 MY trucks, which came out in January of 2007. If you have a truck equipped with a DPF and the truck is blowing black smoke or has soot in the tail pipes chances are you're ready for a replacement.

Sep 17, 2008 | 01:07 AM

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I have a 2004 6.0 F-250. I was wondering what the catalytic converter looking thing was in my exhaust system.

Sep 17, 2008 | 01:13 AM

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that would be your catalytic converter haha, depending where you live, you can remove them without any consequence, if you have emissions testing then you'll likely need to keep that on there

Sep 17, 2008 | 01:31 AM

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Well I'll be dog gone! I fell into that one!

Sep 17, 2008 | 02:22 AM

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that would be your catalytic converter haha, depending where you live, you can remove them without any consequence, if you have emissions testing then you'll likely need to keep that on there

I removed mine along with the muffler, did I just void my 100,000 mile motor warranty??

Sep 17, 2008 | 02:19 PM

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I removed mine along with the muffler, did I just void my 100,000 mile motor warranty??

Some dealers will be fine with it, while others will give you a hard time for it.

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Sep 17, 2008 | 08:27 PM

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that would be your catalytic converter haha, depending where you live, you can remove them without any consequence, if you have emissions testing then you'll likely need to keep that on there

You say without any cosequences, but keep in mind it is against federal law to modify emmision equipment.(mine is removed but I wanted to make others aware incase they care)