You've escaped that one, thankfully!

 

Phew  , after looking in the manual I see the filler is in the boot so I've just had everything out looking for it, obviously I didn't find it, but wondered if it was located elsewhere.

 

Many thanks for confirming I don't have it Steve  

Adblue you say, I wonder if my Yeti has this, maybe time to check the manual.  :|

 

It doesn't.

If it did there would be a tank in the boot floor, to the right of the spare wheel area.

It doesn't.

If it did there would be a tank in the boot floor, to the right of the spare wheel area.

 

Yeah I already found it's not there Graham , I'll be honest and admit I'd never heard of Adblue until today, but I'm very happy not to have it  :sun:

Hi everyone ……….. as a new Yeti owner and someone who has never had to deal with AdBlue in any previous car I have owned/driven before I am very grateful for all the information contained within all these posts. You guys rock .

The good news is that on collection the dealer had put a freebee 1.8 litre bottle in the boot for me for my first top-up. 

You might try to top up as a vw employee told me they don't always fully fill them on delivery.Then keep the top up bottle and buy a 10 litre bottle to refill with.

Mine, on delivery, reported 4500 miles AdBlue range. I've done approx 1300 miles and it's reporting 4000 miles.

Mine, on delivery, reported 4500 miles AdBlue range. I've done approx 1300 miles and it's reporting 4000 miles.

+1 Same here ... done 600 miles and Maxi-dot showing 4000 miles

Hi - which skoda engines need the Adblue pls - I have 140bhp 2L diesel in my 64 plate Yeti - based on what is said above, I have a spare wheel in the back and dont see any bottles in the boot - thanks

Edited 29 September, 20169 yr by the chemist

Yeah I already found it's not there Graham , I'll be honest and admit I'd never heard of Adblue until today, but I'm very happy not to have it  :sun:

I've had the impression that the minor inconvenience of adblue is more than offset by the extended cleaner operating of the emissions ancillaries eg EGR valve/cooler and DPF due to them not having to work as hard thus not fouling so quickly.

Mercedes/BMW have had it for years seemingly successfully - VW have caught up.

Someone will know..

Hi - which skoda engines need the Adblue pls - I have 140bhp 2L diesel in my 64 plate Yet - base on what is said above, I have a spare wheel in the back and dont see any bottles in the boot - thanks

As far as the Yeti goes it's only the latest 110 bhp from around May 2015 and the new 150 bhp engines that use it. None of the previous 140 and 170 bhp engines do.

Mercedes/BMW have had it for years seemingly successfully - VW have caught up.

Someone will know..

Years? In passenger vehicles?

I must have missed the AdBlue operation and the fill up tank quite a few times then.

Yeah, quite some time ago, which at the time I took as being just another faff.

Passenger cars out here since 2008.

Blue Tec - Mercedes

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueTec

Years? In passenger vehicles?

I must have missed the AdBlue operation and the fill up tank quite a few times then.

Yours is not a BlueTec Mercedes I take it.

What year of manufacture ?. Series/engine?.

Interesting AdBlue empty/fill procedure for Mercedes BlueTec vehicles

https://youtu.be/J-dlEhBJtEQ

......and general info for all owners

You'd have to do a very low annual mileage in a Yeti to have AdBlue over 24 months old i.e. about 2300 miles per year! And for that you'd likely not buy a diesel.

 

Bit OTT taking out the old stuff, just add some new?

 

That filling system is certainly more sophisticated than the tube etc. that I have from VW! Does the job though.

You'd have to do a very low annual mileage in a Yeti to have AdBlue over 24 months old i.e. about 2300 miles per year! And for that you'd likely not buy a diesel.

 

Bit OTT taking out the old stuff, just add some new?

 

That filling system is certainly more sophisticated than the tube etc. that I have from VW! Does the job though.

You'd certainly hope it stays in suspension or it's another thing to worry about.

I guess if you were laid up for some time you might be advised to extract the old stuff and replace it with new.

It has a high percentage of distilled water in the solution so should not be a real problem in my opinion. The whole solution looks very much like water and looking at mine which has stood for a couple of months there seems to be no suggestions of separation.

Deionized not distilled but hey hoe they know what they are doing.

& If there is a freezing point higher than winter diesel they would tell you.

Good point about the freezing point.

Good job the tank is near the exhaust.

Simplistically I believe Ad-Blue to be pig's wee (urea,) and water in solution and other things no-doubt, it does freeze, but at about -10 degrees, the water will freeze before that so may force it out of solution.

It is susceptible to mold/fungus/bloom forming, hence the heat and sunlight warnings. It does a good job of aiding the Cat to breakdown the exhaust NOx down into nitrogen and water ... but its fairly robust stuff and if looked after and shows no mold nor fungus/bloom I'd use it past its use-by date without hesitation.

 

All my own thoughts, but happy to share.

I've got quite a bit left from my first and last refill in a 10 litre container kept in a dark garage.

So whilst I'm not concerned about its life I'm going to top up the tank before the warning comes on to get rid of the container as space is a bit tight in the garage at the moment!

It will still be the same age in the Adblue tank of course but it's even darker in there!

It's synthesised urea not natural.

It's synthesised urea not natural.

I know, but pig's wee sound so much better

I know, but pig's wee sound so much better

That's true, however, I do know someone who really believes that it is animal or human urea. The mind boggles as to how this would be collected nowadays and the vast quantities that would need to be involved. Human urea used to be collected in the past and sent, by sea, to be used as a mordant.