Ford F-MAX - Manual Cleaning of Exhaust Filter

MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
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WARNING
When the exhaust fi lter reaches a specifi c
fi ll rate, automatic fi lter cleaning operation
shall start and the soot inside the fi lter
shall be burnt under high temperature. It
may be diffi cult for exhaust gas to reach
high temperatures and automatic fi lter
cleaning may be required to be repeated
in vehicles that are used with low loads,
frequent start and stop operations,
operated in idle for long periods and
used in short distances (e.g. construction
vehicles, mixer series). If your vehicle
performs automatic exhaust fi lter cleaning
2 times (or more) in the same day, it is
recommended to perform manual exhaust
fi lter cleaning.
Manual Cleaning of Exhaust Filter
The button on the center console shown
above is intended for manual exhaust
cleaning. You can perform manual exhaust
fi lter cleaning of the vehicle using this
button.
WARNING
Exhaust gas temperature will be high
during manual exhaust fi lter cleaning,
so make sure that the vehicle is not in
an enclosed space and the exhaust
gases do not come into contact with any
fl ammable, infl ammable or explosive
material.
Before starting manual exhaust cleaning,
please make sure the following conditions
are met.
Vehicle speed shall be "0"
Parking brake shall be applied
Gear shall be at neutral
Accelerator, brake and clutch pedals
shall not be pressed
PTO shall not be active
Engine coolant temperature shall be
above "40" or above
There shall not be any error codes
that prevent exhaust fi lter cleaning
A er you ensure that the conditions above
are met:
Keep the manual exhaust cleaning
button pressed for 3 seconds
A er this operation, the vehicle checks
for suitable conditions for fi lter cleaning
and starts the manual fi lter cleaning.
When exhaust fi lter cleaning starts, the
instrument panel shall display the exhaust
fi lter cleaning symbol and "Exhaust fi lter
is cleaning" warning for information. If the
necessary conditions for exhaust cleaning
are not met, "Conditions not suitable
for exhaust fi lter cleaning" warning is
displayed. If "conditions not suitable for
exhaust fi lter cleaning" warning is received,
the conditions above must be checked
again.
When the manual exhaust fi lter cleaning
starts, the engine revolution of the vehicle
will increase automatically. The operation
shall continue as below:
Heating 1 - 1200rpm 1 minute
(minimum)
Heating 2 - 1800rpm 2 minutes
(minimum)
Filter cleaning mode - 1800rpm 15
minutes (minimum) - 45 minutes
(maximum)
Cooling mode - 1200rpm 3 minutes
(maximum)
WARNING
You may monitor the time remaining to the
end of manual exhaust fi lter cleaning from
the message on the instrument panel.
Time remaining to the end of exhaust fi lter
cleaning is shown in minutes.
WARNING
Exhaust fi lter cleaning duration may
change depending on the amount of
smut in the fi lter and the heating time.
Filter cleaning mode can take between
20 minutes minimum and 45 minutes
maximum, depending on the amount of
smut.
Cleaning of Exhaust Filter