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!!
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[@johnash826]

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.

[@sillysodus0]

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

[@ianholmes8790]

I had similar advice. But with engine speed between 2000 / 2500

[@martinfry1]

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 😉

[@alanaldous5736]

Buy a petrol car to cause no issues if you do low mileage..orbuy a diesel and do low mileage and then take it on a 30 mile drive to unblock it 🤣

[@tripitakab9297]

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?

[@emmacarina73]

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

[@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.

[@terrymoogan8445]

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.

[@richardpickering2452]

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

[@dhus364]

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.

[@emmacarina73]

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

[@bobphillips2188]

A DPF ONLY filters soot particulates! It has no effect on CO or CO2 and NOx emissions! (unless it is totally clogged, when you will know it - the engine won't work). And btw - why didn't you use ring spanners on the diesel filter change?! Even open-ended spanners must be better than sockets!

[@tellyonthewall8751]

Not if the socket is the "6-sided" type .. then it's best

[@maciejsn2126]

When coolant reaches 90 degree of celsius oil is still cold (not more than 40 degrees of celsius)

[@szittyakurt]

Not cold, but not at operating temp too. Around 70, or at least 60. My d5 gets to operating coolant temp in 5-6 km traffic driving. oil is about 70. Another 5 and it gets to 80-90, thats when i get on the autobahn and i can floor it from 70 to 150.

[@TheLuckyfox05]

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

[@obabobai]

I hear that you must be on at least half of a tank to do that

[@malcallen695]

Great advice, thanks.

[@thomasszombath9498]

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?

[@endurocrosser8834]

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.

[@hermanmunster3358]

My Volvo does not have an electrical heater. It may be an option to specify when buying a new car, but I have not seen it myself. Also, Co2 is a gas, we are talking about carbon deposits here, which are solids, different thing altogether. 80kmh equates to 50mph. The speed you are travelling is not really relevant, as you can perform a dpf regen while driving at 30moh in 2nd gear for 20 minutes or more, as this will be approx enough to bring the rpm up to 4000, which is the requirement to trigger the regen process, not that you would travel at 30mph in 2nd gear long enough to perform the regen. But just to be clear, it's about the engine speed, not the speed you are travelling.

[@endurocrosser8834]

Herman Munster This here,you are wrong. The car is smart enough to know you travel with 80 km/h so it will engage the dpf regen process.I dont’t think you can fool a Volvo just by adapting the revs and not the speed. Just considering options like adaptive cruise control, revs matching,autobraking and emergency braking sistem(the one that depresses the brake pedal to the floor for you just by a light pressure on the brake pedal after long distance travel at cruising speed.The car considers that if you did not press the brake pedal for a while,the must be a danger on the road like an unexpected obstacle: ball,person,pot hole amd fir Sweden..Moose :).Be sure to know that the car knows at what speed you are traveling in every moment. Did you know that awd models after cruising at 60 mph or in that speed range for quite a while without sudden acceleration and braking,it disengages the awd system and transfers all power to the frint drive train for fuel economy? Of course when accelerating ,the instant traction haldex kiks in in a fraction of a second and...awd again. Enjoy Your Volvo Volvo for life!

[@yongjiewang9686]

My volvo v50 has fuel-driven preheating. can that increase the chance of soot clog? I have the dpf problem today.

[@endurocrosser8834]

yongjie wang No! Not a chance! The fuel driven pre heater has its separate exhaust system and it interfears with the car just thru draining fuel from the car’s fuel tank. It can only discharge your central battery,bu only if it’s low on power.

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

I went on a 15 to 20 minute drive, 3rd gear, 3ooorpm, 60mph in one direction and then back again for same 15 to 20 minutes and the soot filter message and engine service messages are still on!? Help???

[@firestorm780]

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

[@Maine733]

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

[@pas1masila600]

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

[@7302ab]

remove the dpf no more problems

[@littlereptilian7580]

Try do that in Germany

[@littlereptilian7580]

The fact is you can do it but most of dpfs are now one with the oxycat

[@gheorghinacov6008]

So you say that as long as I get no fault code there is nothing to be afraid of.

[@jordoncheshire1874]

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

[@drivelife.channel]

No mate, but you can tell by looking at the mpg :) it will drop massively 🤣

[@littlereptilian7580]

In the s40 no

[@paulmuff9883]

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??

[@hypixc1297]

Good video man! Consider doing some driving videos with the car more often?

[@drivelife.channel]

Yes thats the plan! anything in particular you want to see?:)

[@cricvid6036]

POV'S would be great!

[@hypixc1297]

@@drivelife.channel Roadtrips are cool but I wouldn't mind couple of harder pulls on the highway 😉

[@drivelife.channel]

I have a video coming that you will like then ;)

[@maciejsn2126]

And what ppl on fb groups doing? Asking to buy a Diesel car when they have 2 miles to work. So others advising to get dpf deleted. On really short jurneys even older petrol can have problems. Ppl are ussles

[@bobphillips2188]

Ha Ha, yes! Really though, people are generally pretty f--cking useless!

[@saghirhussain4429]

how long does it take get up to temperature?

[@axeljonsson151]

Thx for the tips. Very informative video!

[@hermanmunster3358]

Which cars do not have a temperature gauge? Every car that I have come across has some sort of gauge, whether digital, or analogue, to let you know when the car may be overheating for example. They are an essential instrument on every car, I would have thought. Not sure if they are required on EV's, but certainly required on I.C.E. vehicles.

[@theghost1920]

My old skoda fabia mk2 has a blue light to say its cold n it goes out when at optimal temperature then red is its cooking its self to death 😂

[@pavw5508]

Unfortunately the only reason of dpf filters existence is to break the engine and cause lots of problems. The do not make cars cleaners. The regeneration process is burning the soot into the Ash but the still burn it aren't they? So what is the difference if the car is burning it on a a regular basis if it doesn't have dpf or if it is burned in a regeneration process every week? There's no difference for ecology. But there's a difference in your engine reliability. If the process of regulation will start and you press brake pedal it will be aborted and all diesel that was used to burn the soot is returning into the crank case of your engine and mix with your oil. So every process that is not finished simply top ups your engine oil with the diesel. I had 120% of oil once. But I have to say not anymore 😅

[@felicjanrybka4396]

It's stupid that it stops once you press the brake pedal. On Friday I've had 130% of oil so this Thursday I'm getting rid of this problem once and for all :D Also because of the additional oil and pressure in the crank case some of the gaskets started leaking...

[@littlereptilian7580]

Nice to know that. Is it really that bad?

[@felicjanrybka4396]

@@littlereptilian7580 yes, if it goes on for long your oil rings can get worn and your engine will start to burn oil. So it's something that has to be taken care of quickly once detected

[@littlereptilian7580]

@@felicjanrybka4396 im going to change the oil tomorrow. I will fill the additive also , i hope my obd2 scanner can reset the additive tank. Ive had a new dpf filter today . I will also block the egr with a shim and install an Oil catch can from the pcv to the intake. Its pretty oil wet there. I hope it will last . Do you know any other bulletins for this engine ? 1.6d (psa )

[@felicjanrybka4396]

@@littlereptilian7580 unfortunately I don't know anything about the 1.6... I have a 2.4 d5 so it's quite different