Everything You *NEED TO KNOW* about DPF's (Volvo Special)

In today's video I tell you everything you need to know about Volvo Diesel Particulate Filters!!

[johnash]

Also the D5 engine, for example, has a lot of torque, so don't need to be revved. So very regularly hold a gear in manual and drive for a bit at 4000 revs. I do this at least once a week.

[emmacarina]

Drove for 30 mins gown the motorway in 4th at 4000revs and turned around and drive back same fashion... cleared the engine warning message so all sorted. Thanks

[martinfry]

Thanks for this. I had a major panic when the ‘soot filter’ warning light came on followied by the ‘engine service’ light ! There also seemed to be a loss of power. I immediately thought this is going to be expensive. A quick view of your video and a twenty minute drive on the motorway later both lights are off and the V70 is behaving as it should. I’m a long time watcher of DriveLife and enjoy your content immensely. PS. Caspian Blue is easily the best colour for a P3 😉

[martinwhite]

Thank you for a simple explanation on how to look after your DPF. Basically, drive your car for about 60 minutes, with 30 minutes on a motorway... no need for a cleaner additive then.

[tripitakab]

So in the past year, my Volvo has had 3 split turbo pipes, wihch causes the DPF to clock and not regen, I do 6-800 miles a week on long runs, just had another hose go, so is the DPF causing the pressure issue and split? or split causing the filter to clog?

[FanDecafMusic]

But what if i got the 'ECM-242F - Particulare trap blocked' error on Vida, but the pressure senzor from the dpf is showing normal values is it ok to do a forced regen? The car is a 2010 S40 2.0D with only 140k km on board.

[emmacarina]

Great helpful explanation, going for a long drive now.. thank you.

[sillysodus]

Volvo mechanic advised to drive for 20 min or so with engine speed over 3000rpm, had to do it recently and warning cleared ok,

[paulmuff]

Hi thanks for information, dose the warning ⚠️ go off after your car fixed it’s self or do you have to use a scanner to turn it off??

[richardpickering]

Im sure i remember reading somewhere that Volvo recommend full operating temperature and then 15 minutes at over 3000 rpm to trigger the

[firestorm]

Would it help the regen by turning on AC, Seatheater, Lights to make more engine load maybe? Does that help?

[TheLuckyfox]

Also while in the regen cycle the auto start stop function stops working and it tells ye on the drive e screen as engine management system regen . I have 2013 d5 v70

[thomasszombath]

I manually cleaned the EGR valve the other day had smoke on hard exel and did a regen she worked fine till the other day! Had a long trip on the M40. I had a good 2-hour trip with Wheight and as we made it the car went in to limp mood and had to drive home in that mood now stuck in limp mood (2900 RPM) i had the regen time there and had Black smoke i have read the dpf on car cleaner and now thinking of that will it help to clean my dpf?
if not will i need to get a dpf replace or is there still hope?

[Maine]

What if the car go on limp mode? Any advice would be great before I call a mechanic. Thank you!

[terrymoogan]

It would have been useful if you showed us the part with the hood up for those of us that are not technically good with cars.

[dhus]

Thanks for the video. So a normal drive on the highway (20+min ) should be enough if I understand (it's at 2000 or more rpm anyway). Pushing to 3000+ rpm and sustaining that is notneeded? Don't have DPF problems nromally even though some months ago I did get a warning on technicla contorl that it's a bit clogged. Just trying to keep it in order not to face issues.

[endurocrosser]

Diesel cars usually come equipped with an indash electrical heater, so that is not a way to check if coolant temperature is up.
I would also like to point up two things :
1.For the regeneration process to start, car must have at least a quarter of fuel left in the gas tank.
2.Even if you take your car out in the motorway when you have the chance, regeration process will not engage if the car has not reached the maximum soot quantity as for the dpf sensor to tell the car to start regeneration.
Of course that every motorway run will do good to your car.It is recomended to have weekly motorway runs .
It must have a steadu 80km/h because that is the speed considered to be only achieved outside the city where co2 particles can safely be released into the air, so that humans inside the city will not inhale it.

[saghirhussain]

how long does it take get up to temperature?

[pasmasila]

Hello I drive a volvo v40 diesel when get to the stop sign the car switches off and it no longer has power plus it huddles up and down and you have to hold the accelerator in order for it not to switch off I really need help I took it everywhere no one has been able to find the problem

[Gordon.]

Hi mate, does the car tell you if it’s doing a regen on the dash?