Last year I got a car which uses Adblue (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) to keep emissions legal and recently it started telling me it needed a refill (takes about 12 litres from empty). Franchised dealer wanted £3.50/litre to fill it bulk in their workshop or £8 for each 1.89 litre bottle to 'take away'. Terrible rip off and I've heard some places charge much more. Shell fuel station wanted £10 for 1.9 litres!
I did some shopping around and cheapest place I could find on the high street was Halford: £14.99 for 4 litres.
Internet search came up with Unipart Autostore currently doing a half price deal: £9.99 for a full 10 litres. Cheaper than the others by mile.
£3.75 shipping if you don't have a store nearby. Heavy item but maybe you can get more than one for a single shipping charge?
A bit of a limited interest item for now but all newer diesel road vehicles need this stuff so more and more will be around soon. Looks like most places are a rip-off for now though.
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pbarrie525
2 May 163#49
szigmon123
26 Apr 163#20
Mainly VAG cars I believe, and only a few of them. It's not in the 150bhp 2ltr for example. You would know if your car needs it, as it won't run when you run out
marty-401
26 Apr 163#8
Its a pure form of urea (someone is taking the pee).
Hocky
26 Apr 163#1
What car you got that needs the stuff?
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Hocky
26 Apr 163#1
What car you got that needs the stuff?
shadey12
26 Apr 161#2
didn't know try had started using this on cars but a few petrol stations have this at the side of the diesel pump for lorries just put in amount you need
kevsoth
26 Apr 16#3
Get it from a lot of petrol stations. 55p a litre. I put it in my truck. Never heard of a car that used it though.
Deedie to kevsoth
26 Apr 162#5
most, or possibly all, of the current VW group cars use this
stuarthanley
26 Apr 162#4
I'd never heard of this before. Thanks for the heads up OP. When it comes to buying my next car, I'll know what I need to avoid.
POWYSWALES
26 Apr 16#6
I have a 2015 Skoda fabia diesel am I suppose to be using this? is this a bit like redex surely this is not compulsory.
pasheast
26 Apr 161#7
"Most vehicles driven by diesel – both commercial vehicles and passenger cars – produced from the 1st of Sept 2014 need to be equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology, in order meet the standards of European exhaust restrictions (Euro 6), and hence need AdBlue® as a NOx reduction agent.
AdBlue® should only be used in diesel vehicles equipped with SCR technology according to the instructions in the driver's handbook."
marty-401
26 Apr 163#8
Its a pure form of urea (someone is taking the pee).
liamm123 to marty-401
26 Apr 16#10
Yep most modern Diesel engines from approx September 2016 will have this. That's when Eu6.1 comes in. Currently it's all VW diesel engined vehicles of around 2L+.
Currently most manufacturers get away with out it by using other methods of reducing NOx emissions.
shauneco to marty-401
26 Apr 16#21
And selling it.!
megazoid
26 Apr 161#9
I,d imagine most euro 6 cars need it now days the Citroëns and Peugeots do, the dealers should do 9.99 fixed price 10ltr top up part of psa fixed pricing
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I did some shopping around and cheapest place I could find on the high street was Halford: £14.99 for 4 litres.
Internet search came up with Unipart Autostore currently doing a half price deal: £9.99 for a full 10 litres. Cheaper than the others by mile.
£3.75 shipping if you don't have a store nearby. Heavy item but maybe you can get more than one for a single shipping charge?
A bit of a limited interest item for now but all newer diesel road vehicles need this stuff so more and more will be around soon. Looks like most places are a rip-off for now though.
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AdBlue® should only be used in diesel vehicles equipped with SCR technology according to the instructions in the driver's handbook."
Currently most manufacturers get away with out it by using other methods of reducing NOx emissions.