Using Redex DPF Cleaner regularly will help your car to burn away the build up in the filter, preventing blockages. You can also use Redex DPF Cleaner when your warning light comes on to cure DPF problems – use it as soon as possible after the light comes on and it will clear the blockage.
Redex DPF Cleaner works to clear soot from your car's particulate filter, reducing the likelihood of a fault and switching off the warning light. Easy and convenient to use, it means you don't have to take your car for a trip on the motorway to burn off soot from inside the DPF.
Just add a shot of DPF Cleaner as normal when you see the warning light and then drive as normal. After a few miles of regular driving, the warning light should switch off.
Driving for over 10 minutes at speeds in excess of 40mph will often be sufficient to clear the blockage and regenerate the DPF. You should consult the handbook for your vehicle for more specific guidance on how you should drive to initiate regeneration of the DPF and clear the warning light.
Seems like ferrocene is the most common element in the DPF cleaning additive market. However, cerium oxide can accelerate the process approximately twice faster than iron oxide does. This results in a faster and deeper removal. Also, cerium oxide produces less ashes and produce a safer reaction for the rest of the car.
Benefits. JLM Diesel Particulate Filter Cleaner is one of the best diesel particulate filter cleaners on the market. JLM DPF Cleaner contains a high concentration of the active additive. There's no need to remove the DPF Filter, just pour the JLM DPF cleaner into your diesel fuel tank.
When mild service is necessary, the Bluechem DPF Top Gun Cleaner combined with the High Pressure Gun allows automotive service shop to clean the DPF without removing it from the vehicle. For High build-up of soot and residuals (Clogged DPF), severe service of the DPF flushing is the solution.
Blocked DPFs wreak havoc with the delicate balance of your engine by preventing the normal venting of gases, which causes a variety of engine issues, as described above. In addition to reduced power and fuel efficiency, a blocked filter may eventually cause a dangerous mechanical malfunction and break your engine.
If your vehicle has switched to 'limp' mode it will not be possible to regenerate the DPF filter automatically and will need to be professionally cleaned.
What happens if I use more than the recommended dose? Adding too much Redex won't cause any damage to your car or interrupt the combustion cycle. Plus, it's hard to use more than the recommended dose because of how the bottle is designed, with clear marks indicating a single dose.
Adding Redex Diesel System Cleaner to your tank regularly can help to keep your car fitter by caring for it inside and increasing fuel economy. Over time, as diesel is ignited and consumed by your engine, deposits build up on the fuel injectors making them less efficient.
Redex mixes with your fuel, so simply add it to your tank when you top up to help you improve your MPG and save money.
It's only recommended to use a single dose of Redex, if you're fuel tank is bigger than 50 litres still stick to one dose.
Engine Low on power. Engine cannot rev to high RPMS. Black smoke from exhaust upon acceleration. Odour of diesel fuel into the cabin.
One final consideration, it takes time for a DPF to block, sometimes years. Once blocked though, turbo failure can occur very quickly.
DPF cleaning involves the use of aqueous cleaning technology and specialist chemicals to reduce the soot emissions generated by your engine. Usually, your DPF removes soot automatically using passive regeneration. Our cleaning service removes the excess soot that is preventing regeneration from taking place.
DPFs need to regenerate (empty) themselves. Problems with regeneration may be caused by a town-based, stop-start driving style. Other possible causes include wrong oil type, incomplete combustion, and a low fuel level.
To make sure that the regeneration takes place, most manufacturers suggest that every few hundred miles, the car is driven for a period of more than 15 minutes at a consistent speed of more than 40mph. Doing this should kick-start regeneration and clear the filter.
Many users of Redex fuel additives want to know if they can use Diesel System Cleaner at the same time as DPF Cleaner. The good news is that these two products are safe to use together.
Performance modifications can damage a diesel particulate filter, as can using low-quality fuel and even running the car frequently on a low fuel level as the car may avoid DPF regeneration in order to save fuel.
Heat the engine
The easiest and cheapest method of DPF filter cleaning is by driving the vehicle for a long-distance at high revs per minute. Doing this increases the heat of the exhaust and burns the soot blocking the DPF filter.
DPF cleaning additives are a chemical solution added to the fuel tank which claims to aid the cleaning of a DPF filter. The additive contains a “Fuel Borne Catalyst” which in most cases is cerium oxide.