AdBlue... anyone? (17 Viewers)

[roxburd]

Does anyone use AdBlue?

If you do, do you know how much benefit it provides?

It's injected into the exhaust, right, so it has no effect of the engine, performance or fuel economy whatsoever. It basically converts "some" nitrous oxides back into nitrogen and oxygen.

I just bought 10 litres for £33

That's more than twice the price of diesel... and it's two-thirds water. The other third is urea - urine... pee... wee-wee... I'm trying to use the less offensive words... it is actually dilute urine and I'm paying twice what I pay for diesel. And I have no idea how effective it is but I do know that I'll burn more diesel to haul 10Kg of dilute p*ss around. I must be mad.

What's annoyed me is that the spout wasn't long enough to open the anti-spill device in the filler so I had to make my own spout up. What a faff!

Even then, the spout isn't long enough to get the last 50cc from the container into the filler!

I don't think I'll be buying AdBlue on the road again.

Strikes me as the sort of thing the petro-chemical companies figure they can make a killing on and some dozy politician decides they can make their name on and in fact it does no good whatsoever. But I could be wrong - please enlighten me

 

[Westbarn1]

Is the ratio of Wynns to Adblue (50ml to 10L) a recommendation from Wynns?

thanks

The larger bottle of Wynns holds 500ml, it says in the instructions '"one 500ml bottle treats 45-75 litres of Adblue"
maths is not my strong point, but as I have some containers marked up with 25ml and 50ml I concluded that 50ml to 10L was about right.

 

[andyman]

The larger bottle of Wynns holds 500ml, it says in the instructions '"one 500ml bottle treats 45-75 litres of Adblue"
maths is not my strong point, but as I have some containers marked up with 25ml and 50ml I concluded that 50ml to 10L was about right.

That looks a bit on the shy side. Should be 70ml to 10L.

 

[treblid]

If Adblue needs additives...... wouldn't it be included?

It's like Vitamin tablets sold for humans.....

 

[Brains]

Yeah but 10 litres of AdBlue will last considerably longer than 10 litres of diesel. The comparison in price isn’t relevant. You will get probably 3000 miles from that 10 litres. Wish I could get 3000 miles from 10 litres of diesel.

We have been doing some figures on LWB Transit minibuses.
Which are broadly similar to many Motorhomes.

It seems around 20 litres of AdBlu gets you about 10 fuel refills.
A tank on a transit gets you about 400 miles (if you are lucky, with the wind behind you)
Perhaps for calculation purposes work on 3 tanks gets you 1,000 miles.
10 tanks would be around 3,500 miles
or
VERY roughly six liters of AdBlue per thousand miles.

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[Dramfineday]

I just use the small bottle for my MH. Dose up a container of AB as per instructions on the additive (for the volume of AB) and top up the MH tank as needed.

Dramfineday I see there are two versions of wynns: commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

AdBlue® and SCR | Wynn's Europe

Professional automotive technicians are noticing a rise in SCR-related breakdowns due to AdBlue® crystallization. Find out how to solve it.

www.wynns.eu

Which one do you use and do you just use the whole bottle then fill up the adblue?

Thanks

 

[dash300]

We have been doing some figures on LWB Transit minibuses.
Which are broadly similar to many Motorhomes.

It seems around 20 litres of AdBlu gets you about 10 fuel refills.
A tank on a transit gets you about 400 miles (if you are lucky, with the wind behind you)
Perhaps for calculation purposes work on 3 tanks gets you 1,000 miles.
10 tanks would be around 3,500 miles
or
VERY roughly six liters of AdBlue per thousand miles.

My |Adblu usage on a Ducato 2022 160ps after 8000 miles is working out at 2666 miles for every 10ltrs of Adblu. Happy with that.

 

[Brains]

My |Adblu usage on a Ducato 2022 160ps after 8000 miles is working out at 2666 miles for every 10ltrs of Adblu. Happy with that.

I think as a 'rule of thumb' one can work on about 1 liter of AdBlue per tank full for a typical motorhome.

Obviously there many things that will alter the figure as town travel and motorway travel will produce very different figures.

 

[MichaelT]

My |Adblu usage on a Ducato 2022 160ps after 8000 miles is working out at 2666 miles for every 10ltrs of Adblu. Happy with that.

Our new one did about 1600 but expect as it wears in should get better

 

[ForeignShaws]

I got 1,108 miles from my last 5 litres...

Is anyone tracking their Ad Blu usage?
We've a 2021 Imala 625 with the 2.3 160 engine and the auto gearbox and I'm getting about 106m/litre over around 12k miles, which is double your consumption.
Is there any adjustment?
Should I be talking to Fiat?
I agree that pricing in the UK is a total rip off. I buy 2 or 4 x 10l drums online at about 85p/litre, but that's still high compared to most places in Europe.
My local BP Garage was offering a 'great price' deal recently of only £28.99 for 10litres. B&M is typically £10.

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[Barti Ddu]

Is anyone tracking their Ad Blu usage?

But what was your starting datum? Ducato's seem to be supplied with the bare minimum of Adblu on board. I got the first warning within 1000 miles of getting our new 2021 2.3 140hp Ducato. Filled it up, and never had the warning again since. I've now done just shy of 30,000 miles in the last 3 years. I fill up the Adblu (using a forecourt dispenser) perhaps 3,000 to 5,000 miles, when I see it cheap. I don't think I've ever needed to add more than 10 litres for the nozzle to cut off.

My usage does seem unusually low compared to what others here are reporting, but it's a PVC usually running around at 3,200 to 3,300kg. I'm averaging 36mpg for diesel. If you're a coach-built or A class running significantly heavier, and always blatting down motorways, and only achieving mpg in the low 20s then I can see why your Adblu consumption would be correspondingly greater too.

 

[Euramobil*2019]

Does anyone use AdBlue?

If you do, do you know how much benefit it provides?

It's injected into the exhaust, right, so it has no effect of the engine, performance or fuel economy whatsoever. It basically converts "some" nitrous oxides back into nitrogen and oxygen.

I just bought 10 litres for £33

That's more than twice the price of diesel... and it's two-thirds water. The other third is urea - urine... pee... wee-wee... I'm trying to use the less offensive words... it is actually dilute urine and I'm paying twice what I pay for diesel. And I have no idea how effective it is but I do know that I'll burn more diesel to haul 10Kg of dilute p*ss around. I must be mad.

What's annoyed me is that the spout wasn't long enough to open the anti-spill device in the filler so I had to make my own spout up. What a faff!

Even then, the spout isn't long enough to get the last 50cc from the container into the filler!

I don't think I'll be buying AdBlue on the road again.

Strikes me as the sort of thing the petro-chemical companies figure they can make a killing on and some dozy politician decides they can make their name on and in fact it does no good whatsoever. But I could be wrong - please enlighten me

Think they're taking the #@&£(adblue)

 

[gus-lopez]

A tank on a transit gets you about 400 miles (if you are lucky, with the wind behind you)

That is horrendous? I run at 3,3T with roof rack & roof box & average around 33mpg.With both removed 38 or even 40.I can push 1000kms+ .I leave here for the Uk & don't need to refill until I get to Jaca ,around 800kms when it is still over 1/4 tank showing.