06/06/2023
A saying used a lot through life is a mistake is one of the best teachers. When it comes to your vehicle that shouldn’t apply.
We’ve had lots of inquires lately about our on vehicle services. Unfortunately nearly all the vehicles were not within parameters where we would recommend nor conduct the on vehicle service. Reasons most commonly came down to serious engine issues or high kms. We also will never conduct nor recommend an on vehicle DPF clean. Why?
Every service we offer or conduct has been trialled and tested at our expense before ever touching a customers car. This took many years and lots of money spent on ,for example DPF units to use as test dummies. The above image is of a DPF we conducted an on vehicle DPF clean on. In less than 10000km the car was in limp mode and DPF was in a bad way.
Regeneration heat is calibrated to cover a surface area and flow rate. In this case the on vehicle clean took a path of least resistance where the data gave the impression of an acceptable unit but really all that heat was getting channeled down a small area causing heat damage and collapse. The cheapest options are not always good in the long run and the information out there is very misleading with little or no accountability for long term damage. There seems to be plenty of Carbon clean businesses popping up everywhere which is awesome as the technology works great if the vehicle is suitable for such a service . Unfortunately there seems to be many out there who are not licensed mechanics (no licence means no liability) , not interested in explaining all options in fear of not being booked and when there is a complaint hard to track. The best we’ve heard from a customer is when questioning an “operator”why the induction tract is as fouled as before the service the answer given was you booked an engine Carbon clean not inlet clean 🤦♂️ Situations like that are why there is so little trust in the automotive industry.