johnnyvol
Silver Member
I had my first DPM filter regeneration on my L4060 today. Honestly I didn't know what to expect, I've heard a lot of negative comments about the new engines and the Tier 4. For anyone interested here's how it went.
I started the day with about 45 hours on the hour meter and 95% on the PM. I was bush hogging and also pushing some smaller trees. The PM got to 99% at about 46.3 hours so I moved in closer to the house just in case there were any billowing clouds of smoke or flames about the shoot out the exhaust.:confused3: I kept on bush hogging and at 46.6 hours the dash began to flash "REGENERATING" and the PM was 100%. The clock read 13:47.
I had been expecting some sort of loss in power or some other noticeable change in operation but none occurred. At 46.8 on the hour meter and 13 minutes later on the clock the PM changed to 0% and the dash stopped flashing regenerating. Honestly if I hadn't been looking for it I wouldn't have known it even happened. I don't even know if it would have flashed anything had the display been on another view.
My biggest concern (aside from blowing myself up or setting something on fire) was how my fuel economy would be affected. So far I've been very satisfied with the fuel efficiency of this machine. When I began the regen I was at 46.6 hours and 36.6 gallons of fuel used in that time (.785 gph). I would estimate about half of the time was bush hogging while the rest was pushing trees and moving dirt. I was at 37.0 when the regen finished (.791 gph). The regen burned fuel at the rate of a little less than 2gph, so statistically speaking the fuel economy suffers when regen occurs. However from a relative sense the regen lasted only a short time and actually burned less than .5 gallon of diesel.
If anybody is still reading this, as an actual user of the Tier 4 engine I can say that through the first 47 hours of use I have zero complaints or concerns about the fuel economy or the DPM system. Time may change that but for now I am extremely satisfied.:thumbsup:
John
I started the day with about 45 hours on the hour meter and 95% on the PM. I was bush hogging and also pushing some smaller trees. The PM got to 99% at about 46.3 hours so I moved in closer to the house just in case there were any billowing clouds of smoke or flames about the shoot out the exhaust.:confused3: I kept on bush hogging and at 46.6 hours the dash began to flash "REGENERATING" and the PM was 100%. The clock read 13:47.
I had been expecting some sort of loss in power or some other noticeable change in operation but none occurred. At 46.8 on the hour meter and 13 minutes later on the clock the PM changed to 0% and the dash stopped flashing regenerating. Honestly if I hadn't been looking for it I wouldn't have known it even happened. I don't even know if it would have flashed anything had the display been on another view.
My biggest concern (aside from blowing myself up or setting something on fire) was how my fuel economy would be affected. So far I've been very satisfied with the fuel efficiency of this machine. When I began the regen I was at 46.6 hours and 36.6 gallons of fuel used in that time (.785 gph). I would estimate about half of the time was bush hogging while the rest was pushing trees and moving dirt. I was at 37.0 when the regen finished (.791 gph). The regen burned fuel at the rate of a little less than 2gph, so statistically speaking the fuel economy suffers when regen occurs. However from a relative sense the regen lasted only a short time and actually burned less than .5 gallon of diesel.
If anybody is still reading this, as an actual user of the Tier 4 engine I can say that through the first 47 hours of use I have zero complaints or concerns about the fuel economy or the DPM system. Time may change that but for now I am extremely satisfied.:thumbsup:
John
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