Diesel cars, although extremely popular because of their speed and comfort of driving, have one major drawback. They produce exhaust fumes contaminated with soot and solid particles which negatively ...

Every diesel truck owner eventually hears about the DPF — the diesel particulate filter that catches soot before it can escape out the tailpipe in order to burn it off once the exhaust is hot enough.

Manufacturers have made significant strides, as diesel particulate filters perform far better than they did in years past. Many fleets, however, say problems with DPFs continue to be among their most ...

Diesel engines are powerful workhorses, but they come with a downside: soot and particulate matter in their exhaust. That’s where the diesel particulate filter (DPF) comes in. This device traps ...

We’re just now beginning to accept that we have to do things differently from what we have always done in order to maintain our aftertreatment systems. We’ve had 14 years to figure it out, yet diesel ...

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 ...

Like all diesel powerplants, the GM Duramax 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel relies on additional emissions hardware and operating strategies that differ significantly from gasoline engines. Alongside the use ...

Increasingly stringent diesel engine exhaust emissions regulations have, over the past 20 years, reduced output of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 95% and particulate emissions by 90% in heavy trucks. These ...