Case CX145C SR - Diesel Particulate Diffuser (DPD)

3-CONTROLS/INSTRUMENTS
Dieselparticulatediffuser(DPD)
TheDieselParticulateDiffuserpuriesexhaustgasofparticulatematter.
Thediffusercollectsparticulatematterinalterandcombustsitautomaticallyafteracertainamounthasbeencol-
lected.
BesuretoobservethefollowingtoavoidproblemswiththeDieselParticulateDiffuser:
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Whitesmokemaybeproducedduringcombustion.
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DonotregeneratetheDieselParticulateDiffuserinabadlyventilatedroom.
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Usegenuineorthespeciedengineoil.(Refertopage6-5).
Anyotherengineoilmaycauseproblemswiththeengineanddiffuserresultinginamalfunction.
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Usethespeciedstandardfuel.(Refertopage6-5).
Low-qualityfuel,dewateringagent,andfueladditivesmaycauseproblemswiththeengineanddiffuserresultingin
amalfunction.
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Whenacertainamountofparticulatematterhasbeencollectedinthelter,thediffusercombuststheparticulate
matterautomatically.
However,thediffusercannotcompleteregeneration,dependingontheworkconditions.
Ifregenerationisincomplete,anorangelampwillblink.
Executemanualregenerationofthediffuserusingthespeciedprocedures.
Thisdoesnotimplyanyproblems,butratherrecoversthediffuserfunctions.
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Theenginesoundandhydraulicoperationsoundchangeduringdiffuserregeneration.
Itdoesnotimplyanyproblems.
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Whitesmokemaybeproducedtemporarilyfromthetailpipeasparticulatemattercombustionprogressesduring
diffuserregeneration.
Itdoesnotimplyanyproblems.
Donotexecuteregenerationinapoorlyventilatedroom.
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Thesmellofexhaustgasfromthetailpipeisdifferentfromthatofanormaldieselcar.
Thedifferentsmellistheeffectoftheexhaustgaspuricationfunction.
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Whitesmokeisproducediftheengineisstartedwhentheambienttemperatureislowandtheengineiscool.The
whitesmokedoesnotimplyanyproblems.
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Thetimeuntilcompletionofregenerationdifferswiththeambienttemperature.
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Donotleavethemachineunattendedduringregeneration.
ATTENTION:TheDieselParticulateDiffuser,theexhaustpipethetailpipeandtheexhaustgasfromtheexhaust
systemareextremelyhotwhiletheengineisrunning,duringDieselParticulateDiffuserregenerationandimmediately
afterdriving.Becarefulnottoinadvertentlytouchthem.Otherwise,youcouldgetburned.Keepthemachineaway
fromanycombustibleobjectsuchashayandpaperdust.
ATTENTION:Besuretostoptheenginewhenyouperformmaintenanceworktoavoidgettingburned.
ATTENTION:Besuretoclosetheenginehoodproperly.Otherwise,theexhaustgasgeneratedduringDPDregen-
erationmeltstheinsulationandtheothermaterialinsidetheenginehood,causingdamagetothemachine
NOTICE:DonotmodifytheDieselParticulateDiffuserandtheexhaustsystem.Changingtheorientation,lengthor
diameteroftheexhaustpipewouldadverselyaffecttheexhaustsystem’sexhaustemissionreductionfunction.
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