Paccar Parts offers CARB-approved aftermarket DPF

Paccar Parts dealers now offer the Engine Control Systems Purifilter (shown above), an aftermarket passively regenerating diesel particulate filter approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for installation and use in a wide variety of Class 8 truck models. (Photo courtesy Paccar)

The Trucker News Services

1/29/2009

RENTON, Wash. — Heavy-duty truck operators can breathe a little easier even though new California state regulations will soon require them to significantly reduce emissions from their trucks, states a Paccar news release.

Paccar Parts dealers now offer the Engine Control Systems Purifilter, an aftermarket passively regenerating diesel particulate filter approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for installation and use in a wide variety of Class 8 truck models, according to the release. 

“We’re pleased to offer the Engine Control Systems Purifilter because of its reliability and durability,” said Jeff Sass, general marketing manager for Paccar Parts. “It was the first DPF recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce particulate matter emissions by 85 percent and the first passive DPF to meet CARB’s strict 20 percent nitrogen oxides requirement. With that kind of reduction, truck operators will meet CARB’s new emission regulations.

“The California Air Resources Board intends to provide up to $1 billion in state money to defray the cost of buying and installing the diesel particulate filters,” Sass added. “Truck operators who buy and install these diesel particulate filters now, ahead of deadlines, may be eligible for larger grants.”

Paccar Parts distributes the device exclusively through Kenworth and Peterbilt dealers in the United States and Canada.

Dorothy Cox of The Trucker staff may be reached to comment at dlcox@thetrucker.com.