Thread: D5 and Ad-Blue Use & Refilling

I read yes, you can top it up yourself,but they are saying that it has a filler that only takes LR container.

A few are complaining about this,but may not be Aus spec?

Once you find out,please report back

Mmmm, will do !

Jack

The Ad Blue system in the new LR's is a shocker. A special bottle is required to fit the filler located under the bonnet and they are incredibly expensive and only available from dealers ($19 per bottle with 9 bottles required every 7,000km or so on a Disco sport).

I got around the problem of availability by buying two of the special containers and then after emptying them into the car, unscrewing the top and filling one of the bottles from a bulk container several times to fill up the car. I keep the other bottle as a spare but if you have two people you could be filling one bottle while emptying the other to speed things up. The neck of the bottles is quite narrow so you need a funnel to get the Ad Blue into the bottles. The bulk Ad Blue is around 25% of the cost of the factory bottles roughly.

Thanks Bob,
thats amazing, 9x bottles for 7000Km, how big are the bottles ?

Ad-Blue supply is not a issue,
( we could swim in it at work ! ) we start at 10 litres all the way up to 1000 Litre IBC plus a 5000 litre bulk tank ( we are a truck dealership) but if the little brother Disco uses that much, I hate to think what a big 3 liter engine with 3.5 ton van swinging off the back will do to its consumption, we find our usage in trucks is load, wind and terrain dependent.

( if you need it Bob, drop in and see us, we are at Forrestfield )

jack

Cant you just get a bag of urea and make your own with some de mineralised water ?
Has to be cheaper than 9 x bottles every 7,000k's from a dealer or buying it bulk elsewhere.
Also what actually happens if you run out of this stuff?
Does the engine shut down or will a lack of ad-blue damage the engine or catalytic converter?

You could purchase 1 top up bottle from your Land Rover retailer & then buy a bulk 5, 10
or 20 litre from an Adblue supplier. Make sure it meets Land Rover's specifications.

If you purchase a Service plan with your new Discovery it comes with 3x complimentary top ups in addition to topping up the fluid at each of the 5 yearly services (excluding 2.0 diesel which has a 24month service)

Autobahn sell the air1 brand that is used in service station in a 1 litre bottle with a filling nozzle that fits the disco sport perfectly. I have a bulk drum that I use to refill the one litre container ( ~$5/litre)
It takes around 2.5l and 5 mins of driving to get the light to go out.

Originally Posted by whyatts

You could purchase 1 top up bottle from your Land Rover retailer & then buy a bulk 5, 10
or 20 litre from an Adblue supplier. Make sure it meets Land Rover's specifications.

If you purchase a Service plan with your new Discovery it comes with 3x complimentary top ups in addition to topping up the fluid at each of the 5 yearly services (excluding 2.0 diesel which has a 24month service)

If you read my post you would see that that is what I do. The bottles are 900ml and I fill them from a 20l bulk container. There is nothing special about the Ad Blue, just the container you need to fill it from..

Once it runs out the car will not start. It gives you various degrees of warnings as it gets closer to running out, until it will not start. It's a Euro legal requirement I think.