Snowdin
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I really think the greenies are going to have us all in the poor house over this stupid greenhouse gas, climate change, global warming, whatever you want to call it issue.
Here is my rant: I bought a new 08 Dodge diesel a few months ago. As most of you know the 08 Ford, GM and Dodge diesel trucks have this stupid catalytic converter that cooks soot. When it got cold last week I had to leave my truck running on the lease so I could get inside and warm up because my wellsite shack was to cold to stay in it for any period of time. Anyway I run my truck on day one for about 2 hours, day two about 5 hours and day 3 about 5 hours (this is at high idle). On Thursday (day 3) my console says catalytic is full, see owners manual. I called the dealer and they said I would have to take the truck to a dealer and get the upgrade software put in and have the soot cooker regenerated. I said I'm about 2 hours away from going home on days off and don't plan on spending my days off trying to get into see a dealer in a town 5 hours from home to get this thing fixed. They told me the engine might shut down and leave me stranded. Great, now I'm freaked out. It's -28 and very windy and I might get shut down on the way home late at night and it's a bloody new truck. I did make it home, went into the dealer next morning and they were stacked to the roof with new diesel trucks with plugged cat's.
Please NOTE: A big feather in the dealers cap for getting me in on such short notice to upgrade the software and de-soot my soot cooker.
So here is my issue. They tell me you have to drive the truck at a certain speed to cook soot. You can't just set the high idle up and cook soot. The truck must be driven. I said what if I'm back up in Northern B.C. in the middle of nowhere on winter roads where can only go 20 km/hour. Would that be fast enough to cook soot? No was the reply. So what happens when the engine get shut down because the soot cooker is full. Answer: You would have to have the truck towed to a dealer. Now keep in mind this can happen after only one day of idling the truck. My response was, I just paid 60 grand for a totally useless truck. I would love to cut that stupid soot cooker out, but you can't. The computer in the truck would not let it run, AND I'm sure the warranty would be void, AND likely you might be a criminal in the eyes of the law for polluting. Sheesh.
Has anybody with Fords and GM's had this problem too?
Here is my rant: I bought a new 08 Dodge diesel a few months ago. As most of you know the 08 Ford, GM and Dodge diesel trucks have this stupid catalytic converter that cooks soot. When it got cold last week I had to leave my truck running on the lease so I could get inside and warm up because my wellsite shack was to cold to stay in it for any period of time. Anyway I run my truck on day one for about 2 hours, day two about 5 hours and day 3 about 5 hours (this is at high idle). On Thursday (day 3) my console says catalytic is full, see owners manual. I called the dealer and they said I would have to take the truck to a dealer and get the upgrade software put in and have the soot cooker regenerated. I said I'm about 2 hours away from going home on days off and don't plan on spending my days off trying to get into see a dealer in a town 5 hours from home to get this thing fixed. They told me the engine might shut down and leave me stranded. Great, now I'm freaked out. It's -28 and very windy and I might get shut down on the way home late at night and it's a bloody new truck. I did make it home, went into the dealer next morning and they were stacked to the roof with new diesel trucks with plugged cat's.
Please NOTE: A big feather in the dealers cap for getting me in on such short notice to upgrade the software and de-soot my soot cooker.
So here is my issue. They tell me you have to drive the truck at a certain speed to cook soot. You can't just set the high idle up and cook soot. The truck must be driven. I said what if I'm back up in Northern B.C. in the middle of nowhere on winter roads where can only go 20 km/hour. Would that be fast enough to cook soot? No was the reply. So what happens when the engine get shut down because the soot cooker is full. Answer: You would have to have the truck towed to a dealer. Now keep in mind this can happen after only one day of idling the truck. My response was, I just paid 60 grand for a totally useless truck. I would love to cut that stupid soot cooker out, but you can't. The computer in the truck would not let it run, AND I'm sure the warranty would be void, AND likely you might be a criminal in the eyes of the law for polluting. Sheesh.
Has anybody with Fords and GM's had this problem too?