DPF Removal - Is it legal?

[sumitmodi]

Hi All

Have a read of this article, it hints at the removal of a DPF could be invalidating your customers insurance, if the customer sell the vehicle on and does not inform the new owner are they committing fraud?

 

thanks,

[jimmyboy8301]

It is NOT legal to remove emissions equipment, however it doesn't stop people that want to lol

 

 

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[Cowpie]

Waiting for the dealerships to do what some commercial truck dealerships are doing.... if a truck comes in with the emissions stuff deleted, the dealership is required by the EPA to put it back into EPA specs and bill the owner for the work and parts. Haven't heard of a auto/pickup dealership doing this, but it is just a matter of time before the EPA wakes up and addresses this. And it would not require any new regulation. it is already on the books and been there. Just hasn't been forcefully regulated.

 

So, while removing this stuff is indeed better for the engine and performance, it does make warranty go bye-bye and there could be issues later on with regulatory agencies, being able to sell it, etc. And not informing a new owner of the modification is grounds for legal action by the next owner.

[Black02Silverado]

There is a place here that has a stack of diesel emission parts stacked up that have been removed from new trucks. The owner was telling me that one individual drove from the dealership straight to his place to have it all removed off his brand new 2017 F250.

 

Not sure how long it will take but I feel that enforcing emission inspections on diesels will be coming in the future. Especially with all the newer models coming to market. Like the Equinox and Terrain diesels.

[dirtfan21]

We still have the EPA? According to news outlets I thought we didn't anymore.

 

Like others have said, it is against the law to modify or remove emissions equipment in "on road" vehicles. "Off road" vehicles this is not the same case.

[barry G]

Trump backed off rolling coal of the real kind.. hard telling what might stay passive for diesels.

 

the only dpf stuff i did not like is the locations of the screaming weirdo addon.

 

try being a passenger in a new peterbilt all day.

I would swear it borders atomic sometimes.

 

of course, my locale kills 3-way cats and two way cats in gas engines that run a long time as well..

they don't think of everything.

[Cowpie]

yeah, just a hold on new regulations or a mandate that for any one new regulation, two older ones must be removed. Enforcement is sporadic at best. Edge Products was fined $500K a few years ago for selling 9000 delete kits.

 

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2013/01/epa-says-dont-touch-paticulate-filter.html

 

Even a shop working on a vehicle and not reporting a emission tampering thing can lead to some hefty penalties if caught.

 

http://www.successfuldealer.com/dealing-with-emission-tampering/

 

I really hate this stuff on a diesel. But it is the cards we have been dealt. Just know that once a pickup's emissions stuff has been tampered with, one is wise to never take it to a shop again, especially dealer shop. Most folks really are not in the mood to not have warranty protection again for a new pickup when they do this sort of thing. I fully understand and appreciate why folks do the mods. One just has to weigh the pros and cons and decide for themselves.

[KARNUT]

In some counties in Texas they just plug in to the port under the dash no codes or lights you pass. But I believe there is a federal no tampering with emissions law with a fine starting at 10K.

 

 

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