The GM Duramax 3.0L LZ0 engine relies on a Diesel Particulate Filter, or DPF, to reduce emissions. Now, we're taking a closer ...

Whether you own a diesel-powered vehicle or you are a diesel technician it’s important to understand diesel particulate filters and how they work. Diesel particulate filters play a critical role in ...

The field of diesel particulate filter (DPF) technologies is witnessing rapid evolution as researchers strive to reduce harmful emissions from diesel engines. Advances in both passive and active ...

Europe loves turbo diesel-powered automobiles and it is hardly a surprise why. Truth be told, hybrid vehicles and their electric counterparts still have a long way to go to make sense range-wise and ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 111, Section 4: JOURNAL OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (2002), pp. 1614-1625 (12 pages) Modeling is a precious help to optimize the setting and control of Diesel particulate filter ...

Detroit Diesel's Chuck Blake offers an interesting perspective on diesel particulate filters. He says he owns them, even though every truck owner who has purchased a Detroit engine on every 2008 model ...

Diesel particulate filters have returned to headlines in recent days, after a Federal Court ruling that could see Toyota Australia pay up to $2 billion in compensation for faulty diesel particulate ...

We all know by now that the mandated 2007 and 2010 emissions standard rules radically changed on-highway diesel-powered trucks and tractors. To reduce emissions to satisfy the Environmental Protection ...

Driver ignorance could push petrol back up the fleet agenda if problems persist with diesel particulate filters (DPFs). Car manufacturers say the only issue with DPF technology is that if a vehicle’s ...

A diesel particulate filter is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine by 85 percent, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal ...

A warning light I had never seen before came on in my 2006 Nissan Navara D40 auto. My Nissan dealer informed me it was the diesel particulate filter. They kept it for a week and did a forced burn, ...