JPMC
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so what is a passive system'
Rather than having extra diesel injected into the DPF periodically to produce a burn like the old D40 ones (an active system) this set up is a low cell count high flow combined CAT/DPF that lowers the soot oxidation temp and uses the heat generated by the turbo to do a continuous burn just like a normal CAT does.
Because it doesn't require extra heating of the exhaust once the filter gets to a certain flow restriction it is likely to cause a LOT LESS problems for around town cruises and slow 4x4 work.
Once we have to go to Euro 6 you will probably see the return of diesel injection style DPF put back in and or Adblue. ( some European diesel cars like Merc are going Adblue already).