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Old Oct 18, 2020 | 06:42 AM
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DPF regeneration

Hello
Maybe someone might know...
I had engine light come on. It was a P2463..dpf full of soot and a ......... p238 map sensor faulty.
It was in limp mode,it went no faster than 3000 revs.
I put in a new map sensor in the front of engine .
That fault code cleared.It now runs like it should,revs and goes v fast.
However the engine light is still on and the P2463 is still showing.
I only have a basic scanner, not an icarsoft mb v2 or star.

I have taken it for a 40 min run but it is not regenerating.
Iknow when it has regenerated because the exhaust makes a tinkling noise when it does.I can hear it when I get out.
So the question is....
Will it eventually regen .Or should I have the dpf cleaned or should I buy a icarsoft mb2 so I can force it to regen?!!!
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Old Oct 19, 2020 | 06:34 AM
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It's as you know a particulate filter and the fault code indicates it's full of soot, so resolve that issue first and foremost (it's about mechanical maintenance after all and not just clearing computer codes).
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Old Oct 30, 2020 | 12:24 PM
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UPDATE
If it helps anyone one day.....
I phoned an independent merc garage.
I told them about the map (boost pressure sensor).
They said 'sounds like it needs a forced regen'.
I found someone local who had an autel obd with 'additional software'.
He was able activate the regen.
It said it was 319% full and may not work.
He drove it for 45 mins no faster than 30 mph as the scanner said.
He said the final soot figure was 1%.
The car has done 63000 miles.
I always wondered what the 'metal cooling down noise' from the exhaust was.
That is it during and/or after it's done it.
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Old Oct 30, 2020 | 12:40 PM
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In a gasoline engine the "metal cooling down noise" is mostly from the very dissimilar metals in the catalytic converter.
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