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

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...

Diesel particulate filters are one of the major additions to exhaust systems in recent years, and they are a blessing and a curse. Used since 2007 to meet EPA regulations, DPFs strip soot and ash from ...

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 ...

The diesel particulate filter (DPF) has continued to improve over its 15-year existence. So have other components of aftertreatment systems (ATS) that help send cleaner exhaust through the DPF.

One of the prominent by-products of diesel combustion is particulate matter, which consists primarily of soot formed by unburned fuel. This soot, along with other particulate matter and combustion ...

The Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is an important part of modern diesel vehicles that many people don’t understand. The DPF’s main job is to catch harmful soot and ash from the exhaust stream before ...

General Motors has been hard at work developing an aftertreatment system that incorporates an electrically heated diesel particulate filter. According to GM, this technology promises to cut the “fuel ...

Fleets running post-2007 model year trucks will soon need to develop a diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleaning program. While the DPFs, found on all truck makes since 2007, have thus far exceeded EPA ...

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 ...