Hey all

Need advice ,

Can I just use any brand  for adblue topup for My karoq or does it have to be vw official ?

currently have a warning saying 1400miles adblue range remaining everytime I start the engine 

I have a shell station nearby with adblue pump , so wondering if i can just topup from there?

Yes its all the same 

And so much easier topping up from a pump rather than out of a 10l container. 👍  I just wish I could find a petrol station near me that has such a thing fitted for car use.  Not sure whether we are welcome/able to use the HGV pumps.

 

As a slight side note, how much is AB from a pump these days?  I’ve noticed the 10l containers have virtually doubled in price.  

@DSL i will let you know the cost shortly 

There are filling stations where staff might well come out if they can be bothered, double manned and tell you commercial vehicles only.

 

I just told them the car is Business & Commercial use and i will have a VAT receipt please.

 

PS

Re VW Official and AdBlue / SCR.

There was the issue. Daimler -Benz had the system and licensed to VW & BMW and then for the USA they would need big AdBlue tanks for Mericans not to have to top up often, so there was an answer. 'Defeat Device' Software, AdBlue sipped and emissions high most of the time and SCR system working under test conditions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid

 

BMW & VW fines $1 Billion for running emissions cartel.

European Commission fined them for colluding with Daimler to hold back the development of technology that could have reduced harmful emissions from their vehicles.

http://fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2021/07/09/bmw-and-vw-group-fined-751m-for-emissions-collusion

 

 

Edited 21 June, 20232 yr by toot

I topped up on a pump last week cost was £1.79 per litre 

Yup just topped up at shell £1.79 per litre 

21 hours ago, Williami33 said:

I topped up on a pump last week cost was £1.79 per litre 

Not the cheapest you can buy a 20 Lt drum for £24.99

For anyone with a car from Motability that needs AdBlue, you do not have to pay for it topped up at a Main Dealership.

It is included in the Servicing.  Just check with them when you need it topped up and arrange to pop along and have it done.   'Not a lot of people know that', As in the Service Desk Staff.

 

It is not only at Services.

You are allowed up to 20,000 miles a year on your lease, and you do not pay for the AdBlue.

There are places that will do the Servicing and not top up the AdBlue when the car is in.  They should if it will take topping up.

But then the car might come to you on Variable Servicing so is not getting serviced until 24 months, or 18,000 - 20,000 miles then again before it gets handed back and at that service they likely will just add some AdBlue, not fill it up before it heads off to Auction or the Dealer that buys it.

If anyone is buying the car you leased from Motability be sure they do fill it up at the service.

(Sometimes cheaper to let them sell it at auction and then buy off the Dealers that buy it than the price Motability offer it to you for.)

Edited 22 June, 20232 yr by toot