YES, if the part/engine/vehicle is on US Soil, Canada also recognizes the EPA Standards..The EPA has no legal grounds to take action in Canada or Germany, Both Countries allow extraditions if legally filed and approved. VM is in Italy, but owned fully by Fiat...
Get the Cummins, the 3.0VM will not hold value , forget about tuning the EPA is aggressively Shutting down all tuners and will eventually get them all....
The 3.0 does well in 90% Hwy use and 50-50 Driving will suck up your wallet. Even My ED needed repairs at 40K Miles, and the AME only covers...
The API cert is 32.5% Urea 67.5% Deionized Water. I mix My DEF in My 2015 for three years with distilled Water, You can mix Your DEF if you like there's NO law or EPA rule, Just a Cert. My data showed 10-17% Concentrate of Urea dropped the NOx to near 0 95% of DD use. I never had any trouble...
You will need stationary De-soot, Its most likely will need more than 1, Alfa or WITech are the tools needed although others will work.
After the 1st de-sooting just drive it a couple of miles and re-attempt.
Split29, You will find despite the quagmire the 3.0 is in, many owners have blinders on, It has the highest failure rate that I have seen since the 80s, its manufactured overseas, its assembly is done in a rats nest of old outdated tooling. its current OP cannot get out of its way when cold...
No matter how good of deal ,its risky, No longer make replacement Parts or engine, Italy is a LONG ways, No tuning, and you only have Factory Warranty.
The aftermarket is going to be NO help.
https://www.ecodieselram.com/forum/threads/2015-ecodiesel-egr-failure.3360/
I cleaned My Intake (Foamed) and De-sooted (Stationary) every 10-12K miles, I tossed the towel in, Both EGR and Intake were replaced warranty at 44K Miles.
If your Use is DD and Now that You cannot tune I would sell. Its only time before the EPA shuts down on road tuning.
Myself and many others have tested these Claims on the Dyno None live up to their claim of added HP, Only Race Diesel for off road only adds HP Sold at places like Schied Diesel. Off Corse I personally have NOT tested all of them, others over the years have ,and past that info on to members...
You need to check with Your local refiner ,Here In MN its Flint Hills, Most of MN, WI, ND, SD, IA, NB, IL ,ID MI, and many other states Refine Bio-Diesel, 5-20% The Chemist Dept does NOT support additives, its likely the additives with separate the needed package to blend the Bio, IMO most...
Only if your Eco is use commercially. Private and recreational not likely... Yes they check Here in MN, They have diagrams on their Computers and mirrors for the ground work.