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You need to properly prepare your truck for downtime. In this blog post, we will be sharing our insight on how downtime affects your truck(s) and what you can do to make sure that when you come back to it you aren’t facing any issues.

What happens to your Aftertreatment system (DOC/DPF/SCR) when it gets contaminated with fuel, oil, or coolant?

If the soot level is low, can I still perform a forced DPF regen with the OTR Reset Tool? Yes, the OTR Reset Tool will allow you to start a forced DPF regen no matter what the soot level is.

So, you are driving, and you receive a message on the dash reading "Poor DEF Quality." What does this mean? What should you do about it, or not do?

So, you decide it’s a good idea to do a forced DPF regen to get ahead of the potential derates and forced (or parked) regen request that always happen at the absolute worst times possible.

What is face plugging? How does it happen? How can I fix it? What can I do to prevent it?