D5 and Ad-Blue Use & Refilling

Hmm, probably of not much use to those that already have a D5, but I looked at one here in Thailand just last week and asked about this Ad-Blue problem as it is not readily available here. The answer is that when somebody orders a D5 they import it from the factory without the Ad-Blue system. Now whether or not it is still there and just disabled I do not know, but it comes from the factory without the need for it. And yes, emission standards here are supposed to be Euro 4.

I do not know just what the fitting on the LR bottle is, but it should not take a good engineering shop much effort to convert or make up the fitting. Connect it to a flexible hose and use a garden type pump up spray bottle for the Ad-Blue. Those things are available in metal and various capacities.

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Originally Posted by GP1200

Does anybody know if you can top up your Ad-Blue tank on your new D5 yourself?
reading the U.K. sites, it's a dealer service option only, which would be a real pain.

With only 1x service centre North of Perth ( Geraldton ) its going to be a real problem if you were in the North West & your light came on! Reading the U.K. posts, the refill light does come on between services and your are in Broome.

Getting ad-blue is not a issue, but if you need to hook up the laptop every time you fill, that's going to be a deal breaker. I will ask the dealer next week, but hoping someone has gone into it.

jack

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you can buy bottles and add to it at any time genuine landrover have them 1.89 litre bottles peter

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Originally Posted by powen

you can buy bottles and add to it at any time genuine landrover have them 1.89 litre bottles peter

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We've already covered that in earlier posts but thanks for confirming the bottle size. I was wrong, they are 1.9l not 0.9l, which halves the number of times you have to screw the bottle on to the filler for the 13.5l it takes to fill at $19.00 per bottle.

As per earlier posts, it is much cheaper to buy the 20l containers and refill a Land Rover bottle as many times as it takes or even put a funnel in and fill it through there, although that looks very slow in the video posted earlier. It probably also allows you to overfill it whereas the bottle system will probably prevent that.

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Originally Posted by FisherX

G'day Guy's

Seen this on youtube. Looks like you only need a standard funnel. Or could you just buy one bottle from Land Rover, cut the bottom of the bottle off and use that as a funnel.



How to Refill the AdBlue on a Land Rover Discovery - YouTube

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I just filled my disco sport with the 10l drum from repco ($40) as pictured, no dramas.

I did have some minor spillage which I hosed off.

I hope you put more in than the guy in the video! It holds 13.5l, not 0.1l.

Hey Bob,
Yep the whole 10. Next time I will try the BP down the road as it has adblue available at the bowser.

I am just wondering why this add blue is so expensive, Urea is about $250 per tonne which is enough to make roughly 3,000ltrs of this stuff that sells for $19 for about 2ltrs with about 25 cents worth of urea in it.

Every thing in bulk is cheaper. How Pure is this urea? You need to use demineralised water, as the trace sediments in tap water may clog the injector part. ABout $280 per 1000L You will need 2000L of water per 1000kg of urea to have a 33% solution, by weight. About 3320L About 16cents per litre.

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Originally Posted by Bohica

Every thing in bulk is cheaper. How Pure is this urea? You need to use demineralised water, as the trace sediments in tap water may clog the injector part. That is $1.6 .

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I would imagine that filtered rainwater would do the job, Mix up your urea with it then run the mix through another filter to remove any contaminants.
Perhaps we have a chemist within our membership that could shed some light on this as I imagine you wouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to make this stuff.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

Perhaps we have a chemist within our membership that could shed some light on this as I imagine you wouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to make this stuff.

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That would be me [bigsmile]

I'm still trying to find out the final volume of the 33% solution. My guess of 3320L is I think inaccurate.
A 12% solution, added to 1L of water gives about 974mL of solution, or .974L
In any case even at this reduction, you are looking at 27 cents per litre.

Rocket science no.
Bucket chemistry yes. Filtering is the key.