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Does anyone know if ad blue is available at the pump or the most economical way to buy it please
 
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Generally yes, however keep an eye out for offers at lidls and morrisons as there have been bargains v pump prices recently
 
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Noticed BnQ 16£ for 10 litres … after I had just paid 20£ at Tesco.

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I would actually buy it at the pump even if it were more expensive. So much more convenient pump vs container and so much more environmentally friendly avoiding those single use Jerry cans.
 
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Same here. Buying at the pump is cheaper and way more convenient.

It's not that hard to find in the UK, and in Europe AdBlu dispensers are everywhere.
 
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Not the cheapest around, but not wanting to spend time trying Aldi/Lidl/etc to see who might have it cheap, I just went to Halfords. Sometimes you have to realise that if you spend 30 minutes looking to save £5, you are making less than the minimum wage...

Anyway, they are now selling it in 5 litre bright orange plastic pouches, which apparently use 73% less plastic than the single use plastic jerry cans. 2 of them (10 l) for £20 at the moment.

I was pleasantly surprised when I filled up today - the pouches are much easier to use than the jerry cans. They have a long spout that goes right into the filler and then the fluid just flows in with no glugs as the bag collapses as it empties. I didn't spill a drop.

The pouches are marked as "don't recycle", but basically they are just a giant cat food pouch, so I will put them into the soft plastic recycling with the spout cut off.

cheers,

Robin
 
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rwg said:
Not the cheapest around, but not wanting to spend time trying Aldi/Lidl/etc to see who might have it cheap, I just went to Halfords. Sometimes you have to realise that if you spend 30 minutes looking to save £5, you are making less than the minimum wage...
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Well I guess if you are missing 30 mins of your minimum wage job it doesn't really make sense. However, if you don't work then you are just making £5.

Anyway, it doesn't take 30 mins to Google that Home Bargains has it for £5 for 10 litres (saving £10 on Halfraud prices) and just pop in there next time you are over that way. No minimum wage time lost at all.
 
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Try not to buy the Ad blue from the filling station's that store it on their forecourt in sunlight as it can have a detrimental effect on the Ad blue.

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Went into my local motor factors which have containers inside. But they were in front of the glass entrance facing the sun and had no manufacturing date on the containers. Went to Aldi where they were on the Center isles in an air conditioned store and they were dated two week previous. And cheaper!
 
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Just paid 99p per ltr from the pump at our local Shell garage. Easy, no need to store unused adblue. I must admit I did not buy their diesel as it was about 10p per ltr more expensive than Morrisons.
Sue
 
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A thought has just occurred to me? Whe the ad blue low level light comes on if you fill it with water how does it know?
the sensors just detect the level they aren't capable of testing the fluid?
 
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gus-lopez said:
A thought has just occurred to me? Whe the ad blue low level light comes on if you fill it with water how does it know?
the sensors just detect the level they aren't capable of testing the fluid?
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I’d like to know what would/might happen if you did this as well

I wonder if anyone on here has tried it 🤔

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gus-lopez said:
A thought has just occurred to me? Whe the ad blue low level light comes on if you fill it with water how does it know?
the sensors just detect the level they aren't capable of testing the fluid?
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Filling with water is a myth,and will caused you problems,it is NOT PIG URINE,I used to hear that every day! Adblue is 30 %urea and rest is deionised water, your nox ( nitrous oxide)sensor will pick up high nox reading flagging up eml\ Adblue fault, I have worked for an Adblue manufacture,I used to deliver Adblue in bulk so know a thing or two about this stuff.if it’s sold as Adblue it’s been made to very exacting standards set by the patent holder for Adblue, def or diesel exhaust fluid is often similar but not under strict licence ruling
 
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The urea in Adblue is very highly purity, often synthetic,it’s a very precise product to manufactur correctly.lots of testing and sampling,final product is very susceptible to sun and frost damage and poor storage or decanting with unclean receptacles can often cause eml/ sensor faults or problems
 
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Filling with water is a myth,and will caused you problems,it is NOT PIG URINE,I used to hear that every day! Adblue is 30 %urea and rest is deionised water, your nox ( nitrous oxide)sensor will pick up high nox reading flagging up eml\ Adblue fault, I have worked for an Adblue manufacture,I used to deliver Adblue in bulk so know a thing or two about this stuff.if it’s sold as Adblue it’s been made to very exacting standards set by the patent holder for Adblue, def or diesel exhaust fluid is often similar but not under strict licence ruling
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when the adblu e is added it converts the gases in to Nh3 & Co2 . i wonder whether the addition of ammonia to fill the adblue tank would fool the Nox sensor . No real interest just wondering what could be used in the event of a lack of adblue?
 
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Must be a sensor to measure the concentration of urea in adlue when I plug in multiecuscan it gives the concentration.

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