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Feb 22nd, 2020, 16:51 | #1 |
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Motorway driving/Cleaning DPF
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I’m just wondering what the best procedure is to help clean the DPF on the motorway. How long of a drive does a Diesel need or how much time would I need to drive to help do this? Do you need to drop a gear when at cruise speed, or will cruising along at 70mph without dropping gears suffice? I don’t do many motorway miles, so I think a bit of a motorway spin say once a month would help? I have an automatic 2007 facelift S80 2.4D if that makes any difference or helps with the answer. Thanks
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Feb 22nd, 2020, 18:32 | #2 |
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I’ve been led to believe that 15-20 minutes at 2500+ revs now and again is a good habit to get into. Worked OK when the DPF-full light came on the dash on Mrs B's 1.6 diesel Skoda.
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Feb 22nd, 2020, 19:08 | #3 |
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Example from VOLVO manual:
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support...cle-filter-dpf Worth adding that in the worst case you still have around 500-600 miles before DPF filter will start nagging you about it. |
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Feb 22nd, 2020, 20:41 | #4 |
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Thank you for the replies. I notice the key thing is to get the car to operating temperature. That’s hard to tell when there’s no temperature gauge! I presume driving for 20 mins or so at motorway speed will warm the engine fairly quickly.
How often would you recommend doing this for a car that primarily does hardly any motorway driving?
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Feb 22nd, 2020, 21:08 | #5 |
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As I wrote, ever few hundreds miles should do the trick.
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Feb 23rd, 2020, 01:10 | #7 |
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There’s very few roads that will allow me to do a continuous 50mph run... There’s traffic lights everywhere! The motorway is the best option to get the continual run I need.
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Feb 23rd, 2020, 08:22 | #8 |
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The system really takes care of itself.
Have a read of this forum topic https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=300835 😉😉
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Ideally yes but a long steady run at 50 - 60 is ideal . Having said that It will do it at many other circumstances too . even if you never go on a motorway . It really is not a problem generally .
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So 50mph or so on a long steady run is okay & there’s no need to drop a gear?
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