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Make sure the van is worth more than the filter package Van operators whose vehicles will come under the LEZ regs will be best advised to fit a partial-flow filter, reckons KleenAirs Mark Cooper. Their vehicles will be over eight years old when the deadline bites and a full-flow filter could end up costing more than the light commerclal A will be fitted to is worth.
"We'll be able to offer a suitable partial-flow package from around -£800 to Z1,300," he says. Even that may be too big a bill for many light commercial operators to swallow, although some low-mileage users with well-maintained vehicles fitted with specialist equipment may take the view that having a filter installed still makes economic sense.
The comparative lack of space on a van for an additional filtration system is likely to tax installers, he believes. "The other problem is that many light commercial manufacturers change the configuration of the exhaust systems they install as often as three times a year on individual models," he states.
"As a consequence, the number of variations filter makers and fitters are going to be faced with will be absolutely immense,"