Additive or wash fluid

DPF cleaner additive or professional DPF cleaning?

Search for “dpf cleaner” and most results are bottles that go into the fuel tank. DPF Cleaner is not one of them. It is a wash concentrate for filters that have come off the vehicle and go into a cleaning machine or a heated bath. This page sets the two side by side for the companies that do the cleaning.

Order a trial Product and specifications

Dilution: 1:10 to 1:5
Working temperature: 60 to 70 °C
Dwell time: 30 to 60 min
Foaming: None

Side by side

Side by side	Fuel additive	DPF Cleaner
Where it goes	Into the fuel	Into the tank of a DPF machine or a heated bath
The filter	Stays on the vehicle	Removed and cleaned on the bench
Who uses it	Driver or garage, per vehicle	Filter cleaning companies and workshops, per tank
Before and after	Not measured on the bench	Back pressure measured before and after
Packaging	Bottle per vehicle	Trial bottle up to 1000 litre IBC, concentrate at 1:10 to 1:5

Two products, one search term

“DPF cleaner” is used for both. A fuel additive is dosed into the fuel and works while the vehicle drives. A professional DPF cleaning fluid works on the filter itself, once it is off the vehicle. They are not two answers to the same job: one is used while the filter is still fitted, the other after it comes off.

We do not make fuel additives and make no claims about them. Whether an additive helps on a given vehicle is a question for its maker.

Where DPF Cleaner fits

Once a filter is off the vehicle the work is simple to describe: blow out the loose soot, dissolve what is baked on, rinse and dry. DPF Cleaner is the dissolving part. It breaks down soot and baked-on deposits so they rinse out, in a machine at 60 to 70 °C or in a heated bath.

Flushing a filter on the vehicle through the sensor port gets loose soot out, but it does not fully reach what packs the channels. For filters that keep coming back, removing the filter and cleaning it in a machine or bath is the approach that solves it.

When a customer asks

A short answer that holds up: an additive is something that goes into the fuel; a filter that has come off is cleaned with a wash fluid in a machine, and the back pressure is measured before and after. That measurement is what you hand over with the filter.

What DPF Cleaner is not

It is not a fuel additive and never goes into a fuel tank or an engine.
It does not clean a filter while it is still fitted to the vehicle.
It does not restore a cracked or melted ceramic element.
It does not remove the cause of a blockage on the vehicle.

Trial and prices

Run it in your own machine.

Start with a trial at your usual programme, next to what you use now. The technical data sheet and the safety data sheet come with it. Prices below come straight from our catalogue.

Shipped within 5 working days
Technical and safety data sheets included
Produced in the Netherlands

Trial: DPF Cleaner Bottle 1 L

€12.50 excl. VAT€15.38 incl. VAT

Concentrate per 100 litre tank

At 1:10: 10 litres of concentrate, from €31.50
At 1:5: 20 litres of concentrate, from €63.00

Concentrate from €3.15 per litre excl. VAT, depending on pack size and quantity. Excluding VAT, at the lowest tier price. The order block shows the exact price per pack size.

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Questions

What filter cleaners ask.

Is DPF Cleaner a fuel additive?

No. It is an alkaline wash concentrate for filters that have been removed. It never goes into the fuel tank.

Can I use it to flush a filter on the vehicle?

It is made for removed filters in a machine or a bath. Flushing through the sensor port gets loose soot out, but it does not fully reach what packs the channels.

Is professional cleaning cheaper than a new filter?

For a filter with an intact ceramic element, cleaning is almost always the cheaper route. On your side the cost is machine time and concentrate; the price block on this page shows the concentrate cost per tank at current prices.

Who do you sell to?

To companies: filter cleaning businesses, workshops and distributors. Prices in the shop are excluding VAT, from a trial bottle up to IBCs.

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