Cailfornia DSG 2018 drinking add blue for fun!

Add blue excessive use

  • yes

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • no

    Votes: 12 85.7%
  • Total voters
    14
Rusty Mac

Rusty Mac

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Location
Hamilton
Vehicle
T6 Ocean 150
Brand new DSG Cali has done 4500 miles and has already had 10l of add blue and warning is again on......is this excessive, anybody else experience this amount of add blue consumption.

The van has been on hire and driven around highland Scotland....would this affect consumption.

Any thought
Rusty
 
Rusty Mac said:
Brand new DSG Cali has done 4500 miles and has already had 10l of add blue and warning is again on......is this excessive, anybody else experience this amount of add blue consumption.

The van has been on hire and driven around highland Scotland....would this affect consumption.

Any thought
Rusty
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Sounds excessive but usage is very dependant on driving style, terrain, speed,length of journey and road type.
You have a manual. Maybe they toddles along at 30 in 3/4th gear.
 
WelshGas said:
Sounds excessive but usage is very dependant on driving style, terrain, speed,length of journey and road type.
You have a manual. Maybe they toddles along at 30 in 3/4th gear.
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Hi

No van is DSG. I have 2 vans bought on the same day...one drinks add blue like a drunken sailor and the other sips it like a vicars wife! Very confused...wondering wither a rip to the dealership for further investigation is required.
 
I have a 204 4 motion DSG that has done 8,000 miles, 40% of those with a caravan hanging off the back.

I have so far put slightly less than 20l of Adblue in and it is telling me that I have 4,000 miles to go.

I seem to be averaging around 400 miles per litre assuming the tank was full to begin with.
 
GrannyJen said:
I have a 204 4 motion DSG that has done 8,000 miles, 40% of those with a caravan hanging off the back.

I have so far put slightly less than 20l of Adblue in and it is telling me that I have 4,000 miles to go.

I seem to be averaging around 400 miles per litre assuming the tank was full to begin with.
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I guess I am about the same...
 
Hey Rusty,

I noticed all your posts seem to have a poll attached, not sure if you meant to do that?

Cheers

Steve
 
Ours had 4500 miles when we picked it up, it’s now done about 2800 and after topping up with about 6 litres, it has 5500 miles worth in it. I didn’t realise it went that high, I could have got more in but didn’t want it overflowing.

I guess that’s about 600+ miles per litre. The pigs are flying! :D
 
Rusty Mac said:
nope.....
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Hi

When you create a thread you have a choice of also opening a poll for that thread.

If you do not wish to create a poll then do not go down to the bottom of the page, select the "Create thread" button immediately after the message box. This avoids dropping down into the "poll question" area.:D

Hope this helps.
 
I’ve done 10000 miles and just brimmed the tank a second time. So it’s used two full tanks of AB however much that is. Hope that helps
 
2005 mpg on a brim to brim measurement.

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motacyclist said:
Ours had 4500 miles when we picked it up, it’s now done about 2800 and after topping up with about 6 litres, it has 5500 miles worth in it. I didn’t realise it went that high, I could have got more in but didn’t want it overflowing.

I guess that’s about 600+ miles per litre. The pigs are flying! :D
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Don't think you can over fill it.
 
I've done 6000 miles and not put any in yet. I'm down to about 1k range so best get saving up. I spoke to a local RAC guy with a T6 who said his was drinking huge quantities of the stuff.
 
motacyclist said:
Says on the can keep off paintwork, so didn’t want it to overflow and run down.
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The first few bottles I bought (I have a Euro 6 Caddy as well) had a safety catch on it, you screwed the whole bottle onto the filler neck and depressed a button on the neck and it entered by gravity, I repeated this until full which left half a bottle hanging there. I depressed the button again and it closed the bottle allowing me to unscrew it.
I then bought 10L in a larger container but did not want that up in the air, so using a core drill I cut a hole in the bottom of the empty 1L bottle C/W safety catch and now use that as a funnel. I screw it on depress the catch and continue to fill it until it wont accept any more, depress the button, unscrew, empty any unused back into the larger container until next time.

Hope this makes sense.
 
Sandyvan said:
The first few bottles I bought (I have a Euro 6 Caddy as well) had a safety catch on it, you screwed the whole bottle onto the filler neck and depressed a button on the neck and it entered by gravity, I repeated this until full which left half a bottle hanging there. I depressed the button again and it closed the bottle allowing me to unscrew it.
I then bought 10L in a larger container but did not want that up in the air, so using a core drill I cut a hole in the bottom of the empty 1L bottle C/W safety catch and now use that as a funnel. I screw it on depress the catch and continue to fill it until it wont accept any more, depress the button, unscrew, empty any unused back into the larger container until next time.

Hope this makes sense.
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This is why I prefer a pump at a filling station


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Using excessive Adblue could be a sign of abnormal sooting up in the exhaust. Adblue cleans it out. The cause could be due to various faults such as a faulty fuel injector or just an Adblue valve. I'd get the engine and emission systems fully checked out.
 
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