What does it mean when the Regen light is blinking?
Parked DPF regen light flashing? This light only comes on when the truck is requesting a parked DPF regen. When your truck is requesting a parked DPF regen it means that the passive DPF regen your truck already went through was not enough to burn the soot in your DPF filter.
What does parked regen mean in a truck?
Parked regeneration is a form of active regeneration in which the driver must park the vehicle and initiate the regeneration process by pushing a button on the dash. Failure to abide by these instructions may result in severe loss of power, engine vehicle speed and may cause an accident or a fire.”
What happens if truck doesn’t Regen?
Regeneration, or regen, of the DPF filter, is the process that burns the soot accumulation that is inside the DPF filter. If you can no longer start a regen then you will eventually get stuck in a derate which will then lead to an engine shut down.
How do I know if my truck is doing a regen?
Not all trucks will tell you that Regen is occurring or not. The only true way is with a EGT gage and the pyro mounted in the exhaust manifold. This monitors the EGT and you can tell as the temp rises.
Can a truck regen while driving?
Your truck can undergo the regen process properly while running, and will in fact, usually do so. Your diesel particulate filter, or DPF, undergoes routine passive regen as needed during steady driving. Active regeneration also occurs and happens best during highway driving speeds.
How often does a truck need to Regen?
low temperature regen will start every 150-180 engine hours. Sometimes there will be high temperature regen while vehicle is in motion and DOC outlet temperature will rise up to 1200F. It may take 20-30min.
Can you stop a regen?
“ACTIVE” REGENERATION – WHEN, WHERE, HOW? The truck can regen all by itself ONLY while moving. If the driver slows or stops the truck, the regen will stop. If a regen is needed while stopped, the driver or a technician must initiate a parked regen.
Can a truck driver do a parked Regen?
Cant do a parked regen? the solution may surprise you! We had a customer come in to us today complaining that the dash lights are calling for the driver to do a parked DPF regeneration but the truck wont let him do it.
What does it mean when a truck says Regen?
In this instance, the driver did everything correctly but the truck wasnt responding. Usually when the “Regen” button flashes, its an indicator to the driver that a condition isn’t met. The ECM runs numerous checks on the condition of switches it requires to initiate a parked Regen.
What do you need to do a parked Regen?
Cruise control, Engine Brakes, Park brake, clutch pedal, throttle pedal, brake pedal, transmission neutral switch and DPF soot load need to be working and reading the condition the ECM requires to initiate the process. If anyone of these conditions are not met, the truck will not cooperate.
Why does Regen light flash when truck is parked?
It means that the exhaust is at high temperature due to extra regen speed which occurs when the truck is traveling at low rates or is parked. If this lamp flashes it means that parked regen is in progress and that system temperature is not up to par yet.