October 2019

ingredients dissolve the encrusted soot. The next step after the cleaner, is to spray in a purging agent. This fluid distributes the dissolved soot in the filter to facilitate burning it out later. “Including the reaction time for the cleaner, the entire process requires a maximum of one-half hour before taking the car down off the lift. Then it is necessary to run the engine for a while at increased speed to activate the cleaning cycle. This burns out the dissolved soot and clears out the filter.” Cleaning is viable option that customers will embrace according to Reiner: "Workshops can make points with their customers by offering this cleaning service and helping them to avoid high costs. This underscores the workshop's competency and helps increase customer loyalty. Typical candidates for particulate filter cleaning are cars used frequently for short trips such as taxis or by ‘Sunday drivers.’On such vehicles, we recommend cleaning the particulate filter at every major tune-up. Such preventative maintenance helps keep the particulate filter from clogging up in the future.” Reiner added: “The diesel particulate filter cleaner from LIQUI MOLY is a real problem solver for professionals.” Cleaning Another option is full DPF cleaning. David Eszenyi, Commercial Director at Ivor Searle commented: “There’s no doubt that faults related to diesel emissions systems are becoming more prevalent as the high number of diesel cars and light vans in the UK’s vehicle parc for continue to age. Diesel engines are particularly prone to contamination-related issues that cause problems downstream in the exhaust system and within the DPF in particular. Left unmaintained, DPFs can easily become blocked with soot and ash deposits, which in the worst instances takes them beyond the point of regeneration. “As a result, the market for replacement DPFs and cleaning continues to expand unabated with an increasing number of motorists taking their car to the garage with the DPF warning light showing in the instrument cluster. This leaves workshops and their customers with basically three options; Purchasing a costly brand new OEM unit, buying a cheaper generic aftermarket replacement with the risk of potential fitment problems, or by far the most cost-effective option.professional cleaning of the original DPF with the reassurance that the component can be easily reinstalled.“ Against this backdrop, Ivor Searle offers DPF cleaning. David observed: “We’ve applied over 70 years of remanufacturing expertise to our fast- turnaround professional DPF cleaning service. Utilising Flash Cleaning technology, our water-based cleaning process delivers as new levels of cleanliness. The eco-friendly system removes all contamination, including PM10 particles, cerium oxide deposits and oil residues, from the DPF. Unlike chemical-based DPF cleaning processes, which only remove soot, Flash Cleaning eliminates both soot and ash deposits. This returns a DPF back to OE levels of performance at a fraction of the cost of buying a new unit. David added: “Costing just £225+ VAT, Ivor Searle‘s direct to workshop DPF cleaning service includes collection and delivery, as well as the reassurance of a 12-month unlimited mileage warranty.” 40 AFTERMARKET OCTOBER 2019 EXHAUST SYSTEM AND DPF Above: Hybrids have exhausts too www.aftermarketonline.net & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & #!+ ()*+, )("% *" (%()*+, ** *)(+**% + Y AWA , *"* "'**(" "# " !" !*# ** )*+ For m Em "*% * !" "*!+)) *'' ** "() ore info Call 0800 783 3717 or ail enquiries@kalimex.co.uk