When required, it'll regenerate while traveling down the road at highway speeds. In order to force a parked regeneration, you'd need a OBDII scan tool - I'm not talking about a code reader, I mean one with two way communications and command functions. Although it's a Cummins engine, Dodge uses their own ECM, so you couldn't connect to it with Cummins Insite. If you're talking about dropping the DPF and cleaning it that way, it's really not a DIY task. I haven't had to deal with the aftertreatment system on a Dodge pickup, but I have worked on that Holset aftertreatment system on semi trucks. Basically, we would drop the DPF, separate the different housings, clean off the old gasket material, then we'd use compressed air to blow out the DOC (Diesel Oxidation Catalyst). You'd inspect the DOC and inlet for cracking or other damage. Then you'd to the same with the DPF, but you'd also have to know what you were looking for. And cracks or damage to the internals, any instances of grey particles which never seem to stop, etc.
After that, we'd replace the gaskets, reassemble, reinstall, then 'bake' it by forcing a parked regeneration. Otherwise, you'd simply drop it and send it to a shop which cleans DPFs.. they'll typically just 'bake' it in a device made for that exact purpose.
If you didn't fill the new filter up with clean diesel fuel when you assembled it, you introduced air into the system.
If it is a stock paper filter, no it needs replacing, if it is a k&n high flow, yes, clean it with k&n filter cleaner and rinse with gentle running water let it dry and oil the filter with k&n filter oil.
remove the pump and clean the filter screen and you really need to replace the tank.
Remove the tubes if possible and use carb cleaner and compressed air.
The automatic transmission fluid in a 1997 Dodge Ram with a diesel engine helps keep the transmission components lubricated properly. This fluid gets dark and discolored over time, and loses its effectiveness and viscosity. Dodge recommends that you change the transmission fluid every time you change the transmission filter. This is a fairly easy job, albeit a messy one, that you should be able to get done in about an hour. 1. Step 1 Drive the Dodge Ram for 10 minutes to warm up the transmission fluid. Park on level ground, engage the emergency brake, and remove the key. 2. Step 2 Jack up the front of the Dodge Ram. Lower the frame onto jack stands and remove the jack. Place the drain pan underneath the transmission pan, which is on the transmission behind the rear wheels. 3. Step 3 Loosen all of the bolts on the transmission filter using the 3/8-inch ratchet and socket, but do not remove them. Allow the fluid to empty into the drain pan, then remove the rest of the bolts on the filter with the ratchet and pull the pan down from the transmission. Pour any leftover fluid into the drain pan. 4. Step 4 Clean the inside of the drain pan with the mechanic's rags. Scrape the gasket material off the transmission pan and the transmission using the gasket scraper. Install the gasket on the transmission pan. Bolt the assembly onto the transmission using the 3/8-inch ratchet and socket, tightening them in a crisscross pattern. Tighten the bolts to 150 inch/lbs using the torque wrench. 5. Step 5 Jack up the Dodge Ram enough to remove the jack stands. Lower the truck. Pop the hood and locate the dipstick with the yellow handle for the transmission fluid. Remove the dipstick and put the funnel in the dipstick tube. 6. Step 6 Pour the automatic transmission fluid into the funnel, then reinsert the dipstick in the dipstick tube. Start the Dodge Ram and keep it running for 15 minutes. Pull out the transmission dipstick and check to see if the level is between the two dots on the bottom of the dipstick. If it is, stop. If it isn't, add fluid until it is. Change the filter while the pan is off, only use ATF+4 ( not Dextron), and check the fluid level in nuetral.
One way is by doing the stationary desoot by a local dealer or mechanic shop !
If you are getting water in the fuel filter, it is coming from your fuel tank. You will need to remove and clean the tank.
Clean diesel. No, it's not an oxymoron anymore--it's a term that'll be bandied around frequently as more diesels are introduced. So what exactly is a clean diesel engine? Clean diesel is a combo: take a diesel engine with advanced CRD fuel delivery and add a diesel particulate filter and selective catalytic reduction exhaust scrubbing technology that takes advantage of the 15 ppm sulfur content of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD). Package it all up for a clean diesel that is aimed at meeting increasingly strict diesel emissions legislation. The pluses: not only do clean diesels offer sparkling emissions, particulate matter (soot) is reduced 95 percent or more (over standard diesels), and there's also a substantial reduction in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and sulfur. Clean diesels also generate more power and have increased fuel economy since the fuel is burned more efficiently and completely (as compared to conventional diesel engines). The cons: clean diesel engines are compatible only with ULSD fuel and biodiesel/ULSD blends. While widely available, not all stations carry it. Double check that pump label--otherwise only one or two tankfuls of regular diesel fuel can seriously damage the particulate filter. Reference: http://alternativefuels.about.com/od/dieselbiodieselvehicles/a/cleandiesels.htm
You don't clean the oil filter you replace it.
The fuel filter can not be cleaned.
No
No. JP8 would completely clog up the Diesel Particulate Filter and render the vehicle inoperable. Not to mention you'd be committing theft if you were putting JP8 into your vehicle, since the military is the only customer of it.
You're talking about the old trick of putting a little ATF into the tank to clean out injectors and such. If your engine is EPA2010 or Euro 5/6 compliant, do not do this. That means, if you have a diesel particulate filter on your diesel - you'll clog the DOC face and the DPF by doing this. For an engine prior to the EPA2010 emissions standards, it can be done, but very carefully.
You don't it is a paper filter, you replace it.
The fuel filter is not servicable. You would replace it with a new one.
get that gas out of there as much as you can and then fill it with diesel a little regular gas will be ok and is ok to mix with diesel and will actauly clean it a little
Fuel filters on diesels spin off and spin on. Just make sure that before you put the new filter on you fill it with clean diesel fuel.