JLM Lubricants now provides a targeted 3-step approach to combat accumulated soot in diesel particulate filters (DPF Filter), each with its own specific application.
It is obvious that contamination in the diesel fuel system as a result of combustion residue deposits can considerably interfere with this delicate process. In addition, and in order to comply with the increasingly stringent exhaust standards being put in place for the very latest diesel engines, a large amount of combustion products are re-fed into the combustion chambers, via the exhaust gas recirculation system (EGR).
Once the combustion process becomes affected by deposits on components, such as valves, injectors and EGR valves, this simply results in less efficient combustion.
A vicious circle of incomplete combustion is then created, giving rise to a larger quantity of combustion residues, which then form deposits, which in turn cause incomplete combustion, and so on.
If this pattern is not broken in due time, it can be fatal for parts such as diesel particulate filters or DPF, turbos and the engine itself. What is more, this is compounded by the fact that depending on the usage conditions (such as many short journeys), diesel particulate filters, which are currently fitted as standard on new diesel cars and often retro-fitted to older models, seldom reach the operating temperature required for complete regeneration of the filter, as a result of which the filter becomes clogged with particulate, over time.
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