Originally Posted By: Garak
Well, it is unfortunate, and diesel is already behind the 8 ball in a lot of ways. It's not an easy situation for everyone involved. If we want to see more diesel engines, their emissions controls are going to have to get more modern and reliable. If we want their emissions systems to get more modern and reliable, we're going to see some teething problems.
Agreed. What is so frustrating is the perceived lack of testing by the OEM's. The concepts of EGR and SCR are fairly simple but the execution leaves something to be desired. Carbonized intakes should either not require maintenance until significant miles have been reached OR cleaning should be relatively easy to perform by the owner.
Same goes for the SCR. If I need to rinse it out with distilled water prior to refill make it so instead of choosing to do nothing and just replace parts when they fail*.
*My car is on its third trip to the dealer over a Urea leak. The system for some reason decides to let the pump run after it evacuate a line and pump DEF out of the vent tube onto the ground.
Well, it is unfortunate, and diesel is already behind the 8 ball in a lot of ways. It's not an easy situation for everyone involved. If we want to see more diesel engines, their emissions controls are going to have to get more modern and reliable. If we want their emissions systems to get more modern and reliable, we're going to see some teething problems.
Agreed. What is so frustrating is the perceived lack of testing by the OEM's. The concepts of EGR and SCR are fairly simple but the execution leaves something to be desired. Carbonized intakes should either not require maintenance until significant miles have been reached OR cleaning should be relatively easy to perform by the owner.
Same goes for the SCR. If I need to rinse it out with distilled water prior to refill make it so instead of choosing to do nothing and just replace parts when they fail*.
*My car is on its third trip to the dealer over a Urea leak. The system for some reason decides to let the pump run after it evacuate a line and pump DEF out of the vent tube onto the ground.