COMMERCIAL vehicle specialist Fleet Hire says it has a 99% success rate and made cost savings since it started a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) cleaning programme instead of replacing them after they became blocked.
The contract hire, fleet management and salary sacrifice provider, began cleaning the DPFs on its vehicles from October 2013 with the help of automotive reconditioning specialist DPF Team Clean.
A DPF clean can be completed and a vehicle returned to the road in a matter of day
Steve Osier, Technical Services Advisor explained:
“We have been using DPF Clean Team for two years and have found that regularly cleaning DPFs is a lot more efficient and cost-effective than replacing them once blocked. A DPF clean can be completed and a vehicle returned to the road in a matter of days, which is considerably faster than the time associated with sourcing a new DPF, ordering and receiving the part, and then having it fitted.