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Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:57 pm
by John S.
Well, I got a check engine light and they said it was the particulate filter. I had read the code and I knew it was the code. the thing is they could not manually refresh it after trying a number of times so I need a new one. There is only one on the east coast and it is 56oo dollars. I hate these emission things. I also need to replace the track bar as they said it and the ball joint were warn out. I also have a oleak in the oil pan and it is a lot of labor to drop and reseal. I guess it is the first big repair on my coach since I got it.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:54 pm
by whemme
John, I take it your Born Free is diesel powered. But I don’t know what a Claude is?
Also you said that you need to replace your tractor bar - did you mean track bar? Not sure what a tractor bar is.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:43 am
by John S.
Funny I went to edit it and it says code post it and it says Claude and will not change but will try again and =see if it changes. Odd n and yes track bar but auto correct does not like me it seems
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:43 pm
by ebaron
Sorry this response is not timely. You said they tried to ‘manually refresh’ the DPF. Is that something they did while still on rig? I understand DPFs can be removed and cleaned. Not sure if that is what you meant, but if not, I hear that will save about $4k. Curious how many miles you have. I assume you have mostly highway miles which I thought was good for the DPFs.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:25 pm
by lafons
Sound like time to do a DPF delete.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:33 pm
by John S.
ebaron wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:43 pm
Sorry this response is not timely. You said they tried to ‘manually refresh’ the DPF. Is that something they did while still on rig? I understand DPFs can be removed and cleaned. Not sure if that is what you meant, but if not, I hear that will save about $4k. Curious how many miles you have. I assume you have mostly highway miles which I thought was good for the DPFs.
Yes they tried a forced manual refresh on the rig then tried to clean it but no dice. I have about 65k on it. I have a dodge ram with 153k that I just had cleaned out.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:20 am
by ebaron
John, wondering how things worked out for you. We’re able to have the DPF removed and cleaned saving the cost of new? My BF is not diesel, but have a Ford F250 6.7 diesel, it’s a 2011, but only 105k miles, so I’m keeping it and looking to get a feel for what this may cost in future.
Re: Expensive repair on the DPF
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:33 pm
by John S.
It is working right now so that is good. I will try cleaning next time.