Hay Dude
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Exactly my thoughts. And yes, the teething problems were BAD. My last teething problem rolled out of my driveway on Thursday. Lol
I think my overall stress level dropped 25%. Very good trucks ruined by pretty unreliable junk after treatment systems. The Ford system never made sense to me. It would retain soot for a while, then do a deep regen to burn off trapped soot? All I saw was smoke and nasty odors for 10 minute. Where did all the soot go? I heard it made things worse by making the particles finer?
Although it looks like out trucks are going to be replaced with electric in the next decade, it seems like manufacturers are refining and perfecting the diesel after treatment systems. It took too long, though. I could see a few years, but it feels like it took at least 5 if not 10.
What I am trying to find out is if GMs DPF system is any better than Fords, or vice versa in the 2011-2016 era trucks.
I think my overall stress level dropped 25%. Very good trucks ruined by pretty unreliable junk after treatment systems. The Ford system never made sense to me. It would retain soot for a while, then do a deep regen to burn off trapped soot? All I saw was smoke and nasty odors for 10 minute. Where did all the soot go? I heard it made things worse by making the particles finer?
Although it looks like out trucks are going to be replaced with electric in the next decade, it seems like manufacturers are refining and perfecting the diesel after treatment systems. It took too long, though. I could see a few years, but it feels like it took at least 5 if not 10.
What I am trying to find out is if GMs DPF system is any better than Fords, or vice versa in the 2011-2016 era trucks.
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