At Advanpure GmbH, cleaning any car DPF costs €299.00 including VAT, all-inclusive with UPS pickup and return. For all types of commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, construction machinery, etc.) we prepare a quote. The principle is the same. In any case, it is much cheaper than a new diesel particulate filter.

We can clean car DPFs within a few hours: filters that reach us by 10 a.m. can be collected or shipped the same day by 4 p.m. Filters picked up by UPS Express reach us the next working day, are cleaned immediately and shipped back the same day by UPS Express, so they are back with you by 12 noon on the following working day.

We give a 1-year warranty on the cleaning, provided that the cleaned DPF is installed correctly according to our installation instructions, any existing engine faults have been repaired, and the engine control unit and its sensors, the turbocharger, the catalytic converter and the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve have been checked and are working properly.

Depending on driving style and engine condition, about as long as with a new diesel particulate filter (the cleaned filter regains up to 98% of its original filtration efficiency).

It can damage the engine and turbocharger, reduce performance and increase fuel consumption, and the car may suddenly stop or fail to start.

Have the diesel particulate filter (complete with housing) removed in a workshop and send it to Advanpure GmbH for cleaning, have it collected or drop it off. Advanpure GmbH cleans the filter gently using a thermodynamic process, so that it performs practically like a new DPF again.

It stands for diesel particulate filter.

The DPF cleans the exhaust gas of diesel engines by collecting the soot particles.

The soot particles are burnt off periodically while driving. This is controlled automatically by the engine management system and is called “regeneration”. Regeneration happens unnoticed; the driver is not aware of it.

Combustion during regeneration leaves ash, which cannot be burnt off and clogs the particulate filter (DPF).

The service life of a DPF depends on many factors, so it is hardly possible to predict it exactly; on average it is between 120,000 and 200,000 km.

It is prohibited to remove the clogged filter and replace it with a dummy, or to tamper with the clogged DPF. The DPF makes an important contribution to protecting the environment and the health of the people around us. Tampering can be detected during the emissions test and the periodic roadworthiness inspection, and the vehicle can be taken off the road.

The chemical cleaning agents are sprayed into the filter while it is still installed. The subsequent combustion then only removes the soot, not the accumulated ash. The supposed cleaning therefore only lasts a short time.

The ash from regeneration remains in the filter as a waste product because it cannot be burnt off. So this measure does not clean an overloaded DPF either.

We use our TÜV-certified, in-house developed thermodynamic cleaning process without any added chemicals. The DPFs we receive are cleaned gently, quickly, in an environmentally friendly way and without cutting open the housing. For each DPF, we prepare a report with all the important parameters of the cleaned filter and hand it to the customer.

The filter is weighed before and after cleaning. The difference in weight shows how much ash was removed.

For the environment, it is much better to clean and reuse high-quality original DPFs than to buy new ones unnecessarily and waste precious metals.

It is hazardous waste and must be disposed of in accordance with legal requirements. This is very important to us: cleaning would do nothing for the environment if the ash were simply dumped somewhere.