Yes, you can use Redex DPF Cleaner to prevent problems as well as cure them. If your car has a DPF, it is at risk of becoming blocked, and DPF problems can be expensive to fix. Soot naturally builds up in the filter as you drive, and needs to be burnt off regularly to avoid serious blockages.
Using Redex DPF Cleaner in every second or third tank will keep it working well. The soot burns away at high temperatures – so when you drive for a long time and a high speed your car can get hot enough to clear the filter. However, it’s not a very reliable way to keep the DPF working. Redex DPF Cleaner is much easier as it lowers the temperature that the soot burns at, so it will burn off during normal driving. If you add it to your fuel regularly it will ensure that you avoid DPF problems.
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There are different stages of DPF blockages, and they can be treated differently.
Find out moreNo. If your car has a DPF, you are not allowed to remove it.
Find out moreYour DPF will become blocked when soot builds up in it. To clear it, the soot needs to burn away.
Find out moreWe recommend that you use Redex DPF Cleaner in every second or third tank of fuel, particularly if you drive short journeys or do a lot of stop/start driving in a city.
Find out moreDPFs get blocked with soot, and the warning light is your first indication that this has happened.
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