The fun resumes…or not

[team bradfield]

There are a couple schools of thought here and unfortunately most of what you will read on the internet is directed at truck or bus drivers (high milage operators) so it’s hard to draw a conclusion for a motorhome.

If your system is performing active regens weekly, then you are in good shape as far as your DPF goes, but that seems excessive to me so maybe you are producing more soot and ash than normal.

Because Freightliner active regens happen in the background (unless interrupted) it’s hard to say how frequently they occur. What indication does the Spartan system give you that an active regen is in progress?

Maybe every 2 weeks or so, really haven't tracked it that close, will pay more attention going forward. It has a message in the INFO space "DPF Regen active" or similar.

 

[NWIP]

When I had my FL I never had an active regen, only passive I assume as there is no message for those. On Spartan I get a regen approximately every 1500 miles, along with the annunciation as @team bradfield stated which lasts exactly 15 minutes at highway speeds

 

[Rich W.]

When I had my FL I never had an active regen, only passive I assume as there is no message for those. On Spartan I get a regen approximately every 1500 miles, along with the annunciation as @team bradfield stated which lasts exactly 15 minutes at highway speeds

You probably had a lot of regens but unless you stopped while it was occurring you’d never know because with Freightliner you only get warnings if you interrupt a regen. It would be nice if the system notified the operator which would save a lot of hassles but as long as you are driving at high enough RPM active regens happen without any indication.

 

[Richpatty]

You probably had a lot of regens but unless you stopped while it was occurring you’d never know because with Freightliner you only get warnings if you interrupt a regen. It would be nice if the system notified the operator which would save a lot of hassles but as long as you are driving at high enough RPM active regens happen without any indication.

I would agree with this as I have never seen a message telling me about a regen in progress.

 

[JRS]

I would agree with this as I have never seen a message telling me about a regen in progress.

I've also never seen a message on a regen occurring

 

[Rich W.]

I've also never seen a message on a regen occurring

I went over 50,000 miles without seeing one on my Ford truck and I was beginning to think it never did, but it does. And the ford truck has less indication (none other than raised rpm) than the Freightliner when it’s happening.