Got this code over the weekend. "Reductant no flow detected". No CEL. Plenty of DEF fluid.
Ideas? DEF injector nozzle clogged?
Ideas? DEF injector nozzle clogged?
P218F on my Ford PSD
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Is a nozzle cleaning a maint item? Like every 100K miles?
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DEF causes crystals to form inside the tank with no rhyme or reason as to why. I had an issue where it would not read the correct levels in the DEF tank and I had to take it in because it pushed me into "nanny mode" because the system thought that I was out of DEF even though the tank was full.
You are going to want to watch for that too so that you do not become ham-strung at an inopportune time/situation.
Welcome to the wonderful world of post-2007 diesels...
You are going to want to watch for that too so that you do not become ham-strung at an inopportune time/situation.
Welcome to the wonderful world of post-2007 diesels...
I buy all my DEF from a pump at a pretty big truck stop. Every pump station on the truck side has diesel and DEF.
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Originally Posted by Donald
I buy all my DEF from a pump at a pretty big truck stop. Every pump station on the truck side has diesel and DEF.
It is the nature of DEF to form crystals--it does not matter (more or less) where you buy it and large volumes of DEF at a truck stop do not guarantee there will not be issues (for clarity, I do not think that is the problem).
I buy all my DEF from a pump at a pretty big truck stop. Every pump station on the truck side has diesel and DEF.
It is the nature of DEF to form crystals--it does not matter (more or less) where you buy it and large volumes of DEF at a truck stop do not guarantee there will not be issues (for clarity, I do not think that is the problem).
Has anyone considered using a scan tool to pulse the injector 4 times to clean it for prev maint? Before it gives the P218F. Maybe every 50K miles.
