Does my van need adblue?
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After 7yrs of driving it and no warning on the dashboard I would say itis safe to say You Do Not Use Adblue.
Not adblue, possibly Eolys fluid......the French, in true fashion, started using Eolys around this time but many vans escaped with just a stage one Cat.
John
John
I think your van needs a new owner..............................the scrap yard!
Andy
Andy
No, it won't have. The stuff they put in, as Burnerman suggests, would have been Eolys, to help regenerate the particulate filter. Cars with AdBlue will have a separate filler cap for the AdBlue. They'll also warn you when you're getting low. Regulations demand that they give progressively more urgent warnings as it gets closer to running out. When the AdBlue does run out, they won't re-start (again, a regulatory requirement, and a again, the car will tell you that re-start will not be possible if you run out). Diesel cars started needing AdBlue from about September 2015, though some managed to meet the emissions requirements without it for another couple of years.
More concerning is the fact you have been driving it for 7 years but haven't read the instructions on how to use or maintain it.
Not adblue, possibly Eolys fluid......the French, in true fashion, started using Eolys around this time but many vans escaped with just a stage one Cat.
John
How do I check the levels of it?
Most Eloys tanks are awkward to deal with.....it’s usual to rely on the dash board warning to tell you, and then you have around 2000 kms to deal with it.
I suspect though, your van has escaped this!
John
I suspect though, your van has escaped this!
John
Think my mechanic changed it three years back. Something flashed up two years back when the tank that deals with the diesel in the exhaust broke. No idea if eloy warning flashes up. There's a spanner icon at the moment for something. No idea what
Andy
What oil? Only seeing crusty old black sludge there.
Damn. My mechanic said he changed it in the summer. Shall I definitely get it changed again?
You can't tell the quality of the oil by looking at a discoloured dipstick - especially on the older diesels.
Maintain the oil level at all times and have it changed, with a filter, every 6k miles.
John
Maintain the oil level at all times and have it changed, with a filter, every 6k miles.
John
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