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[ErikTheRed]

Have never got the Continue Driving message, which I hope is a good thing.

Uh, doesnt EVERY regen cycle show the message "active regeneration in progress, continue driving" on the EVIC DPF screen? Ive got 8500 miles on my 24 and Ive never seen a regen message that didn't include "continue driving". Even the very first timed regen said to "continue driving", and so far, ALL of the regens have been timed, never soot-based. You guys are confusing me.

 

[mbarber84]

Uh, doesnt EVERY regen cycle show the message "active regeneration in progress, continue driving" on the EVIC DPF screen? Ive got 8500 miles on my 24 and Ive never seen a regen message that didn't include "continue driving". Even the very first timed regen said to "continue driving", and so far, ALL of the regens have been timed, never soot-based. You guys are confusing me.

No.

There are two distinctly different messages.

Normal regeneration message is:

“Automatic exhaust system regeneration in progress”

The “intervention strategy” regeneration message is:

“Automatic exhaust system regeneration in process continue driving”

The normal message is what you should see on the instrument cluster whenever you scroll to the DPF page while the truck is actively regenerating. The “intervention strategy” message pops up on the instrument cluster regardless of which page your on. It also causes a “chime” from the instrument cluster. The only time you should ever see the intervention strategy message is if the normal regeneration cycles have repeatedly been interrupted (shutting off or parking during regeneration, or operating in conditions where a regeneration would not be effective). If you’re seeing that message all the time, you need to adjust your driving habits or start paying attention to when the truck is nearing a regeneration. Repeatedly interrupting the regen cycles will, in most cases, ultimately lead to more DPF related issues down the road.

 

[Trash Panda]

You could also be like me, never receive the “continue driving” warning, and be subject to frequent regens anyways.

It’s black magic, as far as I’m concerned.

 

[sstoner911]

I am pretty confident I interrupt regens all the time. Never had any messages pop up in 31K miles. I have seen the DPF gauge at like 1/4? maybe but then if I happen to think about it I will check it and its at zero.

Truck makes shorts trips daily so maybe the man behind the curtain is busy with other things.

 

[ErikTheRed]

No.

There are two distinctly different messages.

Normal regeneration message is:

“Automatic exhaust system regeneration in progress”

The “intervention strategy” regeneration message is:

“Automatic exhaust system regeneration in process continue driving”

The normal message is what you should see on the instrument cluster whenever you scroll to the DPF page while the truck is actively regenerating. The “intervention strategy” message pops up on the instrument cluster regardless of which page your on. It also causes a “chime” from the instrument cluster. The only time you should ever see the intervention strategy message is if the normal regeneration cycles have repeatedly been interrupted (shutting off or parking during regeneration, or operating in conditions where a regeneration would not be effective). If you’re seeing that message all the time, you need to adjust your driving habits or start paying attention to when the truck is nearing a regeneration. Repeatedly interrupting the regen cycles will, in most cases, ultimately lead to more DPF related issues down the road.

Hmmm.... very interesting. First, let me just say that I'm nothing if not an absolute lunatic about our driving habits and use of the truck, and I'm very cautious about regens and monitoring DPF health and, well, pretty much everything about this truck I pay very close attention to. I use AR6500 in EVERY tank. In 8500 miles the truck has never performed a single soot-based regen and I'm hyper-aware of regen timing, always careful to make sure the truck completes a regen before shutting it off and I always make sure that regens occur only while highway driving-- even if/when it means I have to drive WAY beyond my destination and back again to let it complete. This is part of that regen / engine hours timing you referred to, and I watch it like a hawk. Only once have I ever had to shut the truck off during a regen because I had no choice under the circumstances. DPF gauge reads 0 most of the time and when it does eventually develop a blip or two, I take it on an intentional highway drive just to clear the blocks.... because having even just one block on the gauge drives me nuts. (Owning this truck so far has been an uncomfortable and stressful PITA, truth be told. I miss my 06.) As for the "intervention strategy" message popping up when on another EVIC screen, I have no idea if thats ever happened because my EVIC lives exclusively on the DPF screen. But, I've never heard a chime accompany the message. I'm fairly certain the only regen message I've ever seen would be the "normal" one, and its possible that maybe all the reading of forum comments is getting mixed in with real-world experience. In other words, perhaps the message I'm seeing during a regen doesn't actually say the "continue driving" part, I could be wrong about that. I'll be sure to pay special attention to that when the next timed regen rolls around in about 16 hours.