DPF-Diesel Particulate Filter What You Need to Know!
A diesel particulate filter aka DPF collects and stores exhaust soot to reduce diesel vehicle emissions. The DPF filter must be frequently emptied and regenerated to prevent clogging or blocking. Regular maintenance is required. Regeneration burns off the soot in the vehicle’s filter, reducing harmful emissions. This strategy eliminates the characteristic diesel giveaway—black smoke during acceleration—common before the 2000s. Soot is burned off at high temperatures (approximately 600 degrees Celsius) to prepare the filter-to-filter additional particles. Diesel emissions harm human health and the environment. Diesel particulate filters became necessary in all EU diesel vehicles with … Read more