Adblue top-up

[phope74]

Car flashed up for an Ablue top-up the other day, so for ease, got some today whilst passing the Audi dealer

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£13 for just under 4 litres (came in 2 standard sized bottles) didn't seem too bad, but I'm assuming you can use any AdBlue found in petrol stations, yes?

[Whippy53]

It's all the same stuff.

[MarkTM]

So 6000 miles and it required the full 4l

Did 4lt fill it or just make a dent, also what's the capacity of the adblue tank...on a friends merc I think it's around 6 gallons, so potentially expensive if it empties.

[zollaf]

i look after some minibuses for a local place, they run 5 of them. 2 years ago they took on a new contract using a vw crafter converted to a low floor thingy, totally unsuitable for the roads around here. anyway, they did the budget etc, but didn't take into account the 20 litres of adblue it would use each week. its 24 quid for 20 litres trade, so yes, it does get quit expensive, even if you don't pay retail price.

[Chesterfield313]

The dealers will be making their usual huge mark up. You paid £3.25 per litre. I work for a big distribution company, we buy 1000 litre ibc's of adblue at 35 pence per litre and have bulk tanks filled at 28 pence per litre.

[Chesterfield313]

6 gallons sounds a lot, but the Mercedes website says they use 1 litre every 625 miles and that one tank full should last between services. I guess it must be quite big then. 4 litres isn't going to do much in an empty tank.

[phope74]

I gather the Ultra tank holds 17 litres or 3.75 gallons in old money

Like I said, I just bought the stuff today for convenience as I was passing the dealer, and can sort out a cheaper supply for future

[MarkTM]

Sommat like:

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£1.53 a liter and delivered to you!

So is it only Ultra's that use it or all new larger diesel Audi's?

[phope74]

Ultra definitely use it, but not sure about other models, as depends on model year/engine, etc

Now that I know any old AdBlue can be used...£1.32 per litre including delivery

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[Whippy53]

Sommat like:

Adblue 10 LTR | eBay

£1.53 a liter and delivered to you!

So is it only Ultra's that use it or all new larger diesel Audi's?

It's gonna be all of them. It's to meet euro6.