Adblue shortage

poppy12345

Plenty of adblue Where I live too because I bought some today. 

neilmcl

I wonder if the OP has a garage full of toilet paper too 😉

Jenni_D

Sea_Shell said:

What constitutes a "modern" diesel?

We never had to put it in our 2010 turbo diesels.

Is it really new ones affected?

My 67 plate Vauxhall doesn't need AdBlue. (Or if it does then it isn't a user-serviceable item).

Spinybif

Vauxhall diesels first needed Adblue from 2018.

GrumpyDil

Jenni_D said:

Sea_Shell said:

What constitutes a "modern" diesel?

We never had to put it in our 2010 turbo diesels.

Is it really new ones affected?

My 67 plate Vauxhall doesn't need AdBlue. (Or if it does then it isn't a user-serviceable item).

To be fair you'd know if it used adblue as it would start be gently warning you that you were getting low, then reminding you again and then refusing to start. 

Reginald74

They use it to get the emissions down and it affects tax bracket. Therefore it is compulsory in a car that uses it. Therefore there is a 1500 mile warning (might vary) which ticks down and when it reaches zero the car won't start.

Belenus

Reginald74 said:

They use it to get the emissions down and it affects tax bracket. Therefore it is compulsory in a car that uses it. Therefore there is a 1500 mile warning (might vary) which ticks down and when it reaches zero the car won't start.

Can that be defeated by filling the adblue tank with distilled water so it thinks it has adblue in it?

Perhaps there is some detector in the exhaust system to prevent such a cheat.

Reginald74

Belenus said:

Reginald74 said:

They use it to get the emissions down and it affects tax bracket. Therefore it is compulsory in a car that uses it. Therefore there is a 1500 mile warning (might vary) which ticks down and when it reaches zero the car won't start.

Can that be defeated by filling the adblue tank with distilled water so it thinks it has adblue in it?

Perhaps there is some detector in the exhaust system to prevent such a cheat.

Probably, but you wouldn't get far after it gets mixed with the fuel.

Goudy

There have been reports of "price gouging" of Adblue particularly in Australia, though there are some other, underlying issues that effect production and supply worldwide.

First off, gas prices have hit production costs. Ammonia, Nitric Acid and Urea have shot up recently due to the price of gas.

Another is China (supplies nearly all of Oz's Urea) had banned export of Urea as they trying to slow down the price of fertiliser which also contains Urea.

There could be a double whammy later next year, shortage of fertilzer and high transport costs will no doubt drive up prices in the shops.

Jenni_D

Reginald74 said:

Belenus said:

Reginald74 said:

They use it to get the emissions down and it affects tax bracket. Therefore it is compulsory in a car that uses it. Therefore there is a 1500 mile warning (might vary) which ticks down and when it reaches zero the car won't start.

Can that be defeated by filling the adblue tank with distilled water so it thinks it has adblue in it?

Perhaps there is some detector in the exhaust system to prevent such a cheat.

Probably, but you wouldn't get far after it gets mixed with the fuel.

But AdBlue isn't mixed with the fuel.  

AdBlue is added to your exhaust and mixes with the fumes your car produces. It reacts with nitrogen oxide gas (NOx gas) created by your engine and breaks it down into harmless nitrogen and water vapour

https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/adblue