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[raywilb]

I have just started to get the warning that my adblu is low & I only have about 1500 kilometers before the engine wont start , on this car ( 2019 citroen c4 cactus 1.5 dti ,spacetourer ) the filling is situated next to the diesel . Nowhere in the user manual does it tell me how much of the ad blu that I need to put in . do i just fill until it takes no more?
 
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[YZ250]

I believe the Adblue tank capacity is 17 litres on Cactus.

Incidentally, I’m reading of more and more Adblue tank pump faults, heater faults and injector faults and they are bloody expensive to fix. This expensive to fix fault runs across all brands and is not particular to just the odd few car manufacturers. It’s a piss poor (deliberate pun) set up, introduced in haste to appease emissions.

[henryd]

I have just started to get the warning that my adblu is low & I only have about 1500 kilometers before the engine wont start , on this car ( 2019 citroen c4 cactus 1.5 dti ,spacetourer ) the filling is situated next to the diesel . Nowhere in the user manual does it tell me how much of the ad blu that I need to put in . do i just fill until it takes no more?
 
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Just brim it Ray,it won't do any harm

[STEMO]

Our shows up fault codes every time the temperature dips below zero. Luckily, so far, the temperature has risen, and cleared the code, before the countdown mileage gets anywhere near zero.
Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

[Doctor Gollum]

I believe the Adblue tank capacity is 17 litres on Cactus.

Incidentally, I’m reading of more and more Adblue tank pump faults, heater faults and injector faults and they are bloody expensive to fix. This expensive to fix fault runs across all brands and is not particular to just the odd few car manufacturers. It’s a piss poor (deliberate pun) set up, introduced in haste to appease emissions.

That's why I bought a Euro4 R Class and, in part, why I replaced it with the S500... The diesel emissions components buy quite a lot of unleaded.

[TheBoy]

Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

Her car only has a 9l pigs piss tank.  Kinda annoying when its sold in 10l bottles!

[Andy B]

Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

Her car only has a 9l pigs piss tank.  Kinda annoying when its sold in 10l bottles!

All the Adblue I've bought in Costco has come in a gallon/5litre bottle 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I saw a YouTube vid a while ago from an Irish mechanic who said to avoid buying pigs piss if it's stored outside, for example at a garage, as the UV light can form crystals in it and if they go in the tank it can cause expensive problems.

No idea if that's true or not, so don't shoot the messenger, but thought I'd share that little nugget of Irish wisdom with all you pigs piss consumers. 

[STEMO]

I saw a YouTube vid a while ago from an Irish mechanic who said to avoid buying pigs piss if it's stored outside, for example at a garage, as the UV light can form crystals in it and if they go in the tank it can cause expensive problems.

No idea if that's true or not, so don't shoot the messenger, but thought I'd share that little nugget of Irish wisdom with all you pigs piss consumers. 

You can buy stuff to stop it crystallising in the tank. I put some in when we got Mo's grandland because it was two years old with only 3000 miles under it, so had obviously stood around for a while.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

......or you could buy a petrol car such as God himself drives.

[STEMO]

......or you could buy a petrol car such as God himself drives.

I believe god gets very poor mpg.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

......or you could buy a petrol car such as God himself drives.

I believe god gets very poor mpg.

He made the world in 7 days and fed 5000 with a white sliced loaf and a couple of small haddock.

He can make a gallon of unleaded last for all eternity.

[STEMO]

......or you could buy a petrol car such as God himself drives.

I believe god gets very poor mpg.

He made the world in 7 days and fed 5000 with a white sliced loaf and a couple of small haddock.

He can make a gallon of unleaded last for all eternity.

Well...I can't, so I'll get as close as I can with derv. Getting 52mpg around town in my Astra, a total necessity when you are a poor pensioner  :'(

[TheBoy]

Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

Her car only has a 9l pigs piss tank.  Kinda annoying when its sold in 10l bottles!

All the Adblue I've bought in Costco has come in a gallon/5litre bottle 

Ours sells the Redex in 10l, and not very cheaply either.

[raywilb]

Our shows up fault codes every time the temperature dips below zero. Luckily, so far, the temperature has risen, and cleared the code, before the countdown mileage gets anywhere near zero.
Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

I had about 6ltrs so that sorted it 

[STEMO]

Our shows up fault codes every time the temperature dips below zero. Luckily, so far, the temperature has risen, and cleared the code, before the countdown mileage gets anywhere near zero.
Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.

I had about 6ltrs so that sorted it 

If it starts messing around, there's always the link I sent you

[Doctor Gollum]

Didn't look when I filled it earlier, but whatever 353 miles from 82 litres works out at..

Apparently today's work bus does 100 litres a minute. 

[STEMO]

Can't get 82 litres in mine, nothing like.
c.20mpg, couldn't live with that. 20,000 miles per annum @ 20mpg=1000 gallons=c.£6800.

[STEMO]

You posted in the wrong thread, btw, and made me do it too. Bastard.

[Doctor Gollum]

You posted in the wrong thread, btw, and made me do it too. Bastard.

You're welcome

[Andy B]

......or you could buy a petrol car such as God himself drives.

I believe god gets very poor mpg.

He would if he drove my car 

[biggriffin]

When buying adblue, take a empty 10-20L drum to garage and use the adblue pump that the trucks use,, it's cheaper than pre-packaged 10L drums.

[TheBoy]

When buying adblue, take a empty 10-20L drum to garage and use the adblue pump that the trucks use,, it's cheaper than pre-packaged 10L drums.

Good tip , not that I think we have any round here .

I think I'm currently paying around £7 delivered for 10l, so not really worth driving anywhere to find any.