My previous vehicle was a RAM Ecodiesel. If I drove it around town and not the freeways, I'd get a DPF at 80% message, and it'd tell me to drive at highway speeds to remedy. While I drove, I saw the amount go down to less than 20% and all was well.
A few days ago I brought my 2017 Sprinter with 15K miles to a shop for an oil change. They told me the DPF was at 79% and should be serviced by a manual REGEN. I said OK. But later I thought, maybe the Sprinter would do a REGEN on its own when it go to 80% and the shop just happened to read it at right before the REGEN. Had I brought it into the shop a few days later it might have read 30%. Or was it better to have the shop do a manual REGEN? Just trying to understand how it all works.... TIA!
A few days ago I brought my 2017 Sprinter with 15K miles to a shop for an oil change. They told me the DPF was at 79% and should be serviced by a manual REGEN. I said OK. But later I thought, maybe the Sprinter would do a REGEN on its own when it go to 80% and the shop just happened to read it at right before the REGEN. Had I brought it into the shop a few days later it might have read 30%. Or was it better to have the shop do a manual REGEN? Just trying to understand how it all works.... TIA!