DPF and adblue RPM advice

MrsKiteman
MrsKiteman Forum Participant Posts: 16
edited December 2018 in Motorhomes #1

Evening everyone.

We are still getting use to our new(ish) Roller team Motorhome..... This is based on a ford Transit 2.0 ecoblue engine that takes adblue (euro 6)

We have never owned a diesel powered vehicle before, so I have been doing a lot of research about things.

I have now found out the "DPF's" what ever they are, can become blocked.

A few non related forums suggest driving at 2000-2500 RPM for 20 mins every now and again .

My questions are, 

Do the new euro 6 engines suffer this problem?

How often is "every now and again". Is every 1000 miles regular enough?

Do motorhomes in general suffer from blocked DPFs as I assume a lot (but not all) driving will be done at 60mph (1500 RPM in 6th gear) on the motorway, and not many little short runs to the shops like you would in your normal everyday car

Thanks in advance

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  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,860 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2018 #2

    MrsKiteman

    The DPF is a Diesel particulate filter. I am sure someone with more knowledge than I will come along and give you chapter and verse. As I understand it DPF's often becomes clogged when doing lots of short journeys where the engine rarely gets up to operating temperature. Something I suspect less likely in a motorhome as they are hardly convenient day to day transport unless its quite small. I have been running my Peugeot for six years without any indication I have a problem. I will soon have to get to grips with the joys of AdBlue when I get my new motorhome in March!!!

    David 

  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited December 2018 #3

    Correct DK. particulate filters can become blocked if only short journeys are done on a regular basis. there should be a warning light that comes on as the filter starts to get clogged up and give you a chance to burn it of by a long hard driven run. It may also go into regeneration mode on its own and this puts extra fuel through the injectors to make it run hotter for a while and if this happens your not supposed to turn engine off and let the prosses finish. Adblue is sprayed in the exhaust after all the filters and supposed to turn the NOx gasses to water.

  • MrsKiteman
    MrsKiteman Forum Participant Posts: 16
    edited December 2018 #4

    Thanks for the reassurance.

    One less thing to concentrate on cool

  • MichaelT
    MichaelT Forum Participant Posts: 1,874
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    edited December 2018 #5

    What van did you go for DK?  

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited December 2018 #6

    Michael

    It was another Bailey but one of their new Alliance range, the 66-2 which is smaller than we have now and we wanted two decent sized single bunks at lowish level, so no climbing!!!

    David

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