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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 6, 2019 13:27:56 GMT
Anyone got this on their cars? How often does it require topping up.
I've done 13k since I got mine and it's still saying more than 4500 miles left. I have had a service in the meantime - do they top it up?
Our Qashqai has done nearly 7k from new and has still not required a top up.
Perhaps it's a con and all they've done is put a light blue Ad Blue filler cap next to the fuel filler and it's not attached to anything.
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Post by Tim on Dec 6, 2019 13:46:51 GMT
The Audi I've got just now has it and apparently it requires a topup in 500 miles.
You can buy a litre from Tesco for about £6.
A colleague had an Evoque and to fill it from empty took about 10 litres. Can't remember how long it lasted though.
I suspect that if it had been topped up during the service you would've seen it on the invoice.
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Post by michael on Dec 6, 2019 15:12:17 GMT
Yes, mine has it and it’s a 17k interval. The newer models it’s lower. Mine announced it was low so I stuck a litre in and then read the manual that said I needed to put 2 litre in to turn the warning off. I’d love to know if the eco saving offsets the production and disposal of the plastic containers the Ad blu comes in.
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Post by Roadrunner on Dec 6, 2019 15:54:48 GMT
I had to top up the Audi with a least 6 litres to make the light go out at about 7,000 miles. I actually put in 10 litres and it would have taken more. At about 14,000 miles it asked for another top up. Just buy a 10 litre can and glug it all in. Only takes barely a minute.
With AdBlue being a urea solution I have wondered about just pissing in the tank but haven't tried it.
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Post by michael on Dec 6, 2019 16:14:28 GMT
I was warned by the dealer that is can be over filled, on my model at least, so I was reluctant to brim it. Are the fittings an industrial standard on these things? The thing from Shell that I bought screwed on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 16:24:10 GMT
I think you would have to use a concentrate of the original, the amount of water would be difficult to deal with, even with anti-knock tech.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 7, 2019 16:12:49 GMT
I think you would have to use a concentrate of the original, the amount of water would be difficult to deal with, even with anti-knock tech. It doesn’t go in the engine, it’s injected into the exhaust gases. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 17:08:33 GMT
What I meant was, that a high quantity of water to urea might be a problem, I admit I don't actually know what the balance is. In actual fact I know very little about it so I am in fact talking out of my arse. I will look it up. I should have done that in the first instance tbh.
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