(05-13-2018 )robertedward Wrote: I’m actually surprised I haven’t seen the issues I’m about to discuss on here but I’m new so here we go.
I have a 2014 Prostar with a maxforce 13 engine. I had it for over a year and off the bat it would blowout a light blue and greycolor of smoke. Then I would lose power and eventually the DPF Light will come on. I would pull over and park regen for about 45 minutes. This would happen every 1k to 2k Miles. I asked around and i didn’t get any straight answers or solutions. All I got was they all do it.
This went on for sometime until the engine light came on and I would smell something burning. Like soot. Then the DPF light would come on minutes later. I would always know when this would happen by the sound of the truck. I would hear a sound similar to air passing through pipes at a high rate. Then the soot smell followed by lose of power and the kicker is the smoke. After that the DPF light comes on.
Well a month ago I’m heading to the house to get it checked out and I got a stop engine on my dash. I pulled over to take to look at my engine and there was oil all over the dam place.
I got it towed back home to a shop and they told me the hot side and cool side of the egr coolers were clogged up. Plus some other issues... well thousands of dollars later I got it running. They cleaned the tubes. Replaced the egr valve, changed the turbo oil line feed and some other stuff I can’t remember off the top of my head. Now instead of every 1 to 2 thousand miles till I regen, it’s every 400 Miles and it still smokes. It’s worse when I’m 45000lbs heavy. Now as of today it dropped to 150 Miles then to every 60 Miles I have to regen. It regened 4 times back to back for approx 4 hours twice in the 500 mile span.
I still blow heavy smoke going down the road, i still smell soot, I regen a lot! I mean a lot! And I lose power right before and now the engine light is back on. Can someone please tell me what’s wrong with this truck?
Please no sarcasm like light a match to it. I put a lot of money into this truck.
Thanks.
Did they check you DPF, DOC and SCR. My uneducated self with look there next. I am assuming you use DEF fluid? If so, look up SCR Volcano here on the sight. Sounds like that could be your issue, if not, drop the cans, as it could also be a soot packed and plugged DPF filter. That is the area I would start in.
As far as your motor, this will be a regular occurrence, there is no available fix. The only solution to keep it running is to throw new parts at it on a regular basis, along with regular EGR tuneups. You should have done a bit more research before purchasing. These MaxxForce motors are real lemons. International has been sued and lost over these motors.
We have some awesome engine guys here, but as far as I know these motors are not fixable.
