38 AFTERMARKET OCTOBER 2023 EXHAUST SYSTEM AND DPF www.aftermarketonline.net drive revenue while increasing customer satisfaction and retention. At LKQ Euro Car Parts, we offer independent repairers cleaning solutions they can carry out themselves. This shortens repair times and reduces the need for outsourcing, benefitting customers and garages alike, with DPF blockages historically requiring specialist maintenance. “The Carbon Clean DCS-16 DPF cleaning system is easy for workshops to use. Repairers can simply remove the DPF, perform an internal wash using a detergent-based cleaning agent, and flush out any harmful ash. Unlike traditional injection-based fuel cleaning systems, this method of cleaning drains both soot and ash from the entire DPF system, bringing units back to their original performance specification.” For more information, visit: https://omnipart.eurocarparts.com/omnihub/garageservices/carbon-cleaning Sustainable solution DPF cleaning continues to be a popular offering for Ivor Searle according to Commercial Director David Eszenyi: “Demand for DPF cleaning continues to increase as the diesel car and van motorparc has steadily shifted to Euro 6compliant vehicles equipped with DPFs. The LCV segment is particularly active with factors such as the large number of diesel vans serving the home delivery market and recent delays in the new vehicle supply chain. “Workshops and their customers faced with a blocked DPF have three options: Purchasing a costly brand-new OEM unit, buying a more economical generic replacement with potential risk of fitment and performance problems, or by taking the most cost-effective route of removing the original DPF for professional cleaning safe in the knowledge that the OEM component can be easily reinstalled back onto the vehicle. “Ivor Searle uses state-of-the-art Flash Cleaning technology for DPF cleaning. Utilising an environmentallyfriendly water-based process, Flash Cleaning delivers as new levels of cleanliness by removing all soot deposits, including PM10 particles, cerium oxide deposits and oil residues, from the DPF. Unlike chemical-based DPF cleaning processes, which only remove soot, Flash Cleaning eliminates both soot and ash deposits. This returns a DPF back to OE levels of performance. “A fast turnaround DPF cleaning service is provided by Ivor Searle which takes around 72 hours from removal of the unit from the vehicle, collection, cleaning and return to the workshop for reinstallation. All units are provided with an inspection report, plus the reassurance of a 12-month no quibble unlimited mileage warranty. Ivor Searle has also introduced off-the-shelf DPFs for a number of high demand applications.” David added: “Removing the blocked OEM DPF from the vehicle and getting it professionally cleaned costs significantly less than purchasing a brand-new OEM or aftermarket unit. Remanufacturing the original DPF also offers workshops a more sustainable solution, as professional cleaning conserves raw materials, reduces energy consumption and avoids waste to landfill.” For more information, visit: www.ivorsearle.co.uk Significant opportunity While the car parc is changing, diesels will continue to make up a major chunk of it, as Mike Schlup of JLM Lubricants UK observed: “Whilst it’s important to look to the future and be prepared for EV technology, with VW suspending production of EV vehicles at its Emden factory in Germany, and Vertu reporting the EV sector is suffering from a ‘dramatic oversupply of vehicles’, the hotlyanticipated switch to EVs is much further away than the government would like us to believe.” He continued: “At JLM our focus is on helping to maintain the performance of diesel exhaust and emissions systems, including the DPF, so that not only will they function correctly, helping to reduce harmful emissions, they will Below: JLM diesel products
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