METClean DPF Lite

Who the DPF Lite is for

The DPF Lite is the bench machine in the range, for smaller garages that want to offer off-vehicle DPF cleaning without the cost or floor space of a full cabinet. It runs a controlled cleaning cycle once the filter is secured and started, so the technician can get on with other work in the meantime.

It suits a workshop starting out in DPF cleaning, or one that cleans filters occasionally and wants to stop sending them away. Someone still checks, loads, starts and unloads every filter: the cycle runs without constant attention, but the machine doesn’t replace the technician’s judgement.

The Lite is designed for you to set up yourself. MET onboards you remotely and supports you afterwards, so there is no installation visit to arrange or wait for.

• Heavy-duty work. Truck, bus, plant and agricultural filters need the longer working space of the XL platform.
• Cleaning from a van. The V is designed around a van installation.
• Workshops that sell cleaning on evidence and want a pressure pre-test and a printed before-and-after record. That is the S.
• Filters that are cracked, melted or otherwise damaged. Cleaning removes ash and soot; it doesn’t repair a substrate.

METClean E

You clean regularly enough to justify a cabinet, with the filter washed behind a closed door, and want the entry point to the cabinet range.

METClean S

You want every job to run on a programme, with a pressure pre-test, hot drying and a printed record for the customer.

METClean V

You want to take DPF cleaning to your customers from a van rather than run it on a workshop bench.

Filters it takes

The Lite is aimed at the diesel particulate filters a smaller garage sees day to day. The filter is secured on the bench and connected to the wash hose, and a side table extends to support longer filters that wouldn’t otherwise sit on the bench.

Inspect every filter before it goes on. One that is soaked in oil or coolant, cracked or melted needs its cause found first, because cleaning removes ash and soot but won’t repair a damaged substrate. If you work on a particular make or a combined DPF and catalyst unit, ask us to check it at the demonstration.

Vehicle and filter classes

Awaiting approval

Other component types

Awaiting approval

The vehicle classes and component types MET confirms for the Lite are awaiting approval and show here once confirmed.

A normal job, start to finish

The sequence below follows MET’s product information for the Lite. Its operating instructions aren’t published yet, so exact settings, flow direction and drying are covered at handover.

1. Check the machine. Power and workshop air connected, the tank filled and the bench level. Extend the side table first if the filter is a long one.
2. Inspect the filter. Look for cracks, melting and heavy oil or coolant contamination. A damaged filter needs a different conversation with the customer, not a clean.
3. Connect and secure. Connect the filter to the wash hose, with an adaptor where needed, and secure it on the bench before anything runs.
4. Choose the mode and set the regulators. Automatic for a normal job, or manual and manual-water modes when a filter needs more hands-on control. Air and water are set independently and read on the live gauges.
5. Run the cycle. In automatic mode the Lite runs its controlled cycle on its own, so the technician can return to other work rather than standing over it.
6. Check and unload. Inspect the filter when the cycle ends, then disconnect it and dry it as MET’s instructions set out before it goes back on the vehicle.

How many filters you can clean in a day depends on the cycle settings, how blocked the filters are and how the water holds up. Cycle duration isn’t published while MET confirms it, so plan capacity with us using your own job mix rather than a headline number.

Because the automatic cycle doesn’t need someone standing over it, the real cost of each clean is mostly the technician’s time loading, checking and unloading, which is worth allowing for when you price the service.

Three modes, one bench

What the Lite does, and what it leaves to the technician or to another model.

Automatic cycle

A controlled cleaning cycle that runs once started, with water pumped through the filter and back to the machine’s filtration. The technician checks the result at the end.

Manual modes

Manual and manual-water modes give the technician direct control when a filter needs more attention than the automatic cycle gives it.

Air and water regulation

Air and water are regulated independently, each with its own live gauge, so you can see what the machine is doing while it runs.

Water tank

Holds the water for the cleaning cycle. When it is changed follows MET’s operating instructions for the Lite.30 litres

Testing and reporting

MET’s current Lite information doesn’t describe a pressure test or a printed report. If your customers expect a before-and-after record, look at the S.