Loz beat me to it - this is what I do and never had any adblue issues
AdBlue Discussion and Issues
I've not played with then computer display much. Going to have a look at it this weekend. If really like all the units to be UK friendly.
I mean, I've not even changed the time on the time yet
Found one 13m away. Will visit over the weekend.
Unless you are heading that way anyway it may well cost you more once you have added in the fuel cost. Maybe?
Quite possibly. I want to check it out though. Beyond that it's the cartons and all the overfilling paranoia stories haha.
The annoying thing about the 10L plastic carton is the screw on funnel could not be made absolutely liquid proof so I had to manage very small leak.
There may be some better container options.
I don't have any problems with the 10L container but then I first pour the AdBlue into a 1L measuring jug then fill the tank on the basis of 1L per 500 miles. If you do spill any onto the vehicle, screw down the blue cap then rinse with water. The AdBlue is quite corrosive.
I did mine yesterday after waiting for the warnings to get down to 600 miles to go when the orange lamp comes on within the MFD.
I simply poured the 10L in, switch the ignition on (don’t start the engine) and wait until it registers and says something like 5,000 miles to empty then start the van. It is very simple, unless of course you’re one of the unlucky people with a van that has the issues...
I simply poured the 10L in, switch the ignition on (don’t start the engine) and wait until it registers and says something like 5,000 miles to empty then start the van. It is very simple, unless of course you’re one of the unlucky people with a van that has the issues...
As Broadside says, just pour in and wait for the display to update. The update is not always fast. Sometimes the van needs a drive round the block. I think the sensor is a capacitance device and these can be slow.
Gogi
Member
Another update...
Just got my van back from the Inchcape Manchester Van Service Centre and they did indeed flush the EGR for free. They also gave me a software upgrade which will add more Adblue to reduce the emissions and they have said there is a small link to the blocking of the EGR because of this. And finally they gave me 8 free fill ups of Adblue because the van will start to use more of it.
I guess I'll have to wait and see how long it takes for this problem to raise its ugly head again but a bit relieved it didn't cost me a fortune this time!
Just got my van back from the Inchcape Manchester Van Service Centre and they did indeed flush the EGR for free. They also gave me a software upgrade which will add more Adblue to reduce the emissions and they have said there is a small link to the blocking of the EGR because of this. And finally they gave me 8 free fill ups of Adblue because the van will start to use more of it.
I guess I'll have to wait and see how long it takes for this problem to raise its ugly head again but a bit relieved it didn't cost me a fortune this time!
How was the Inchcape experience? Not had many good Reviews of the Manchester van centre.
Gogi
Member
I've been there a few times and it's never been pleasant. This morning when I dropped the van off the guy was fairly aggressive and defensive when I questioned certain things. When I went back this afternoon another chap was much more polite. I'd prefer to go somewhere else but it's the closest one!
Do VW dealers carry out the software update out of warranty for free or is it chargeable do you know?
VWTraveller
New Member
I've got 3 VwT6's. All sub 50k mikes. All 3 have been back to VW 3 times each with engine lights on. Flushed each time. All 3 have all just gone again. From what I'm reading here its fairly common. They all do good long runs each day. They're all out of warranty now, but I'll be damned if I'll be paying for them to keep getting flushed as its an ongoing, existing issue. Will keep everyone posted.
mine yas also been flushed 3 times ,the light came on again over the last week ,the old t5 egr was piss easy to take off and clean this looks a saga
Just been quoted £250 from vw for the egr flush has anyone tried carbon clean for this service ? .Also Vw said it would need to fail a flush 6 times before they would replace the Egr and it sometimes still needs flushing .Lordy
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