ECM measures the pressures at the inlet and outlet side of DPF. the readings are calibrated in a way to detect if DPF is blocked above a certain percentage,and then the Regene mechanism is activated. Instead of regular 2~6 injections during normal driving , REGEN-mode has about 6~9 injections one Piston cycle,but added at the very late phase towards BDC and very short needle opening times(~500uS per Injection) compared to the regular driving(500uS~2.5mS per Injection). So I doubt if it has any big impact on Fuel consumption if the sum of needle open times during REGN mode increases only by about 1mS.