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xtremist
07-06-2016, 11:08 AM
Has anyone had to top up the adblue yet? I've got a trip to the Alps in a few weeks and want to know whether it's worth topping it up before I go or not. My car has the optional 24 litre adblue tank and I haven't got a clue how much is in there.

The car is now 3 months old and covered nearly 8k miles.

TIA

Pork
07-06-2016, 09:16 PM
I've read that consumption is around 1.5lt per 650mls so if your tank was full initially you will get to around 10,000mls. Bearing in mind you get a warning around 1,500mls to empty I'd be topping up now 👍

xtremist
07-06-2016, 09:30 PM
Thanks. Will keep my open for it in when I'm filling up with fuel.

Vizen2
19-06-2016, 02:32 PM
Mine was topped up at 1,800 miles, me thinks it left the factory far from full. The warning is back on again now at 7,500, so that'll be around 7,000 miles between top ups.

xtremist
19-06-2016, 06:07 PM
What size tank do you have?

xtremist
20-06-2016, 01:15 PM
My adblue warning light came on this morning (2000 mile warning), so decided to fill up at a local Shell garage direct from the pump.

I can confirm that you can fill a car up from a pump (it took a few minutes for 18 litres) and it's about half price compared with buying a 10 litre container. For info, the cost was £0.699/litre.

When I got back in the car, the message flashed up showing the adblue range was 10500 miles (I have the 24 litre tank).

maclaois
20-06-2016, 05:07 PM
Hi,

I am on my second fill of Adblue.
I have the smaller 12litre tank.
I am using 10 litres for every 9000-10000km.
warning comes on with 2000km to go.
Just a note on refilling, VW garage tried to sell me a complicated looking pipe with 10Litre can (€15 or €20).
previous garage gave me a 4 inch long nozzle (for free) which worked perfectly

Vizen2
20-06-2016, 07:51 PM
Not sure I don't remember there being an option when I ordered the car, so I'm guessing 12 litres

xtremist
20-06-2016, 09:58 PM
It wasn't obvious that you had a choice to increase the size of the fuel and adblue tanks at no additional cost.

Vizen2
20-06-2016, 11:46 PM
I went for the larger fuel tank but didn't see an option to increase the Adblue tank, in fact at the time I think it may have reduced it, I checked on the configurator the other day an there was an Adblue tank option which I don't remember seeing back in Jan when I placed my order.

Vizen2
06-07-2016, 11:35 PM
Just refilled for the second time at 8,000 miles, warning light came on so I bought a 2 litre bottle from my local dealer for about £6, he did suggest it might not be enough. Sure enough I put the Adblue in and the warning light stayed on, the following day proceeded to fall from 1500 mile to top up, down to 1100!!! Had one of my dealers fill her up and now the lights gone off. I have to say I don't see the point in selling a 2 litre bottle,if it doesn't turn the light off.
Top tip, if you want Adblue buy it from a commercial vehicle dealer, trucks have been using Adblue for years and they charge about £1 a litre, only used Audi to get the bottle, won't bother again.

xtremist
07-07-2016, 07:45 AM
Top tip, if you want Adblue buy it from a commercial vehicle dealer, trucks have been using Adblue for years and they charge about £1 a litre, only used Audi to get the bottle, won't bother again.

Or just fill up from the pump at £0.69 a litre ;)

srbsq7
07-07-2016, 06:53 PM
Or just fill up from the pump at £0.69 a litre ;)

I've not had to refill yet. I did see that there is an adblue pump at the service station near where I live but in the truck section.

I was concerned it wasn't suitable for filling a small car tank. Has anyone tried to do it?

xtremist
10-07-2016, 08:51 PM
Yes,it's fine to fill up a car tank using a pump (I have)

bosduif82
22-08-2016, 12:03 PM
Yes,it's fine to fill up a car tank using a pump (I have)

Good news!
Dealer told me not to use the pump.
Apparently it's designed for trucks, not cars. The delivery guy told me a pump has too much pressure and would spill very easily.



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xtremist
30-08-2016, 08:28 AM
It will spill if you squeeze the trigger as hard as you can. Go easy and save yourself 50% :biglaugh:

MJC_OK
30-01-2017, 12:30 PM
Just to drag this back up again ... my 1500 mile warning light has just come on, and I'm on 12k miles - need to find a new pump now, as the garage closest to me with one, burned down!

Pork
07-02-2017, 12:26 AM
http://www.findadblue.com/