[ZigmundUK]

Anyone added any of this yet. I got a 1 late bottle with the car and suspect it’s time to add some...

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by ZigmundUK

Anyone added any of this yet. I got a 1 late bottle with the car and suspect it’s time to add some...

Will be interesting to see how the BMW engines use AdBlue. My nephew has a VW transporter van and that gets through about 10 litres every 5k miles.

[TimMcC]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

Will be interesting to see how the BMW engines use AdBlue. My nephew has a VW transporter van and that gets through about 10 litres every 5k miles.

Yes, disappointed the G31 530d requires AdBlue when my '15 F32 430d doesn't

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by TimMcC

Yes, disappointed the G31 530d requires AdBlue when my '15 F32 430d doesn't

The latest official test (WLTP) is much tighter, requires AdBlue to take us forward. I'm sure the next generation G2x models will also have SCR with AdBlue, at least in the larger capacity engine models.

[MMY]

After 10k Km iDrive showed Adblue top up would be needed after 7k Km; dealer put in a litre and expect that will get me to first service at 30k Km approx

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by MMY

After 10k Km iDrive showed Adblue top up would be needed after 7k Km; dealer put in a litre and expect that will get me to first service at 30k Km approx

How is that going to work? Do you really mean 1 litre?

BMW say around 15,000 Km for a tank full (12 litres?) of AdBlue.

[cr55]

Is adblue top ups included in the service pack as oil top ups are ?

[Bandiano]

Noticed a branded HGV delivering an entire load of Adblue the other day which got me thinking....
The gains I would imagine are marginal in terms of emissions reductions, I guess help car companies duck under Co2 targets and tick the euro 6 box but what is the environmental impact of production, delivery, packaging etc etc of the adblue ?
Not a rhetorical question by the way, anyone ?

[ZigmundUK]

I don’t think they are marginal are they? They bring the NO2 emissions down to petrol levels I thought? Ie any tough legislation should not apply to cars with the adblue capability?

[Bandiano]

Ah thanks Zig that makes sense, about time we started taking NOx as seriously as our cousins across the pond.

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by ZigmundUK

I don’t think they are marginal are they? They bring the NO2 emissions down to petrol levels I thought? Ie any tough legislation should not apply to cars with the adblue capability?

We really need to separate EU6 into the ‘dirty’ real world driving emissions and the vehicles which really are close to emission targets in the real world.

New models under the new test regime will be cleaner, as they must comply to more a moe rigid compliance of EU6. Maybe they will get a new classification, we can hope.

[MMY]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

How is that going to work? Do you really mean 1 litre?

BMW say around 15,000 Km for a tank full (12 litres?) of AdBlue.

Hadn't thought about what the dealer said but I can see why you'd be sceptical...however, just checked iDrive and I have now done 19k Km with 13k Km to next service and Adblue level shows greater than 7,500 Km remaining (with a note to fill with half a litre) so that seems to tally with what the dealer implied.

[MMY]

And yes, further to above it was indeed one litre that was added at the time.

[lnaukkar]

I had Ad Blue in my previous F11 5-series xdrive. To my surprise, it was really no hassle at all. I added 10 liters at 22 000 km driven and that lasted til I traded the car in. And it only cost me .. uhm like 15 euro I think. Needless to say I didn't bother BMW service with it.

[JOHNBMWM5]

I have moved away from Diesel cars, here in the UK they are going to caned for taxes. Unjustly I might add but politics dictate here rather than FACTS,