The mechanic at the stealership tried all day yesterday to get my truck to regenerate. after no success this morning he emailed dodge for some info. dodge sent him a complete knew program for the dpf which he put on my truck and then drove it and it regenerated for the first time on its own so maybe problem solve.

 

[sm=happy046.gif]EPA Bullsh!t works. When do ya get your ride back?

 

My truck had a PCM Flash installed the day before I bought it. Is this what you got?

 

I got it to day and I am not sure if that was the pcm flash install but I guess it is likely

 

There should be a sticker on the front of the engine compartment near the radiator telling you when and what PCM Flash was installed.

 

Okay question here, what is regenerating?? How does it affect your truck?

 

Receipt says
so what ever that means I'm a pipe fitter not a mechanic although I have learned alot from this forum

 

Regeneration is the process the 6.7L Cummins uses to clean out the diesel particulate filter.

 

drew and jake can answer that a lot better than I can. from what i understand it collects pollutants in the catalyst and burns them creating fewer emissions but mine wasn't burning so it was clogging the catalyst

 

There is a filter in the exhaust on the new 6.7l called a DPF. As the engine is running, one of the by products of it is soot. The filter, which is a cermamic material collects the soot. When that filter gets plugged up enough, the ecm goes into regeneration. Basically it messes with timing, fuel dosing and air management to heat up the dpf. Heat in the dpf causes the soot to burn. What is left over is ash from burning the soot. This cannot be removed and evnetually the dpf will fill up with ash. The dpf will need removed and put in a cleaning tool to get the ash out. Not sure on the mileage for dodge, but otr's are about 150,000 miles for dpf cleaning.

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