[beerglass007]

Got a loan car at the moment which is a 320D M sport 2018 and noticed it has an adblue tank

Whats the score with this now then, do all new cars have this or an extra

Does it reduce the tax, make it euro 6 or above rating

I currently have a 330D 64 plate and its euro 5 and wonder what makes the newer LCI 330D euro 6 ? Do they have adblue

Driving the 320D is awful and can't wait to get back into the 330D. The 320D when booted just makes a noise, its ok but doesn't feel like its going to kill you and reminds you that its rear wheel drive like a 330D does

[aquazi]

My 67 435d is Euro 6 and no adblue.

[speedski]

Originally Posted by beerglass007

Got a loan car at the moment which is a 320D M sport 2018 and noticed it has an adblue tank

Whats the score with this now then, do all new cars have this or an extra

Does it reduce the tax, make it euro 6 or above rating

I currently have a 330D 64 plate and its euro 5 and wonder what makes the newer LCI 330D euro 6 ? Do they have adblue

Driving the 320D is awful and can't wait to get back into the 330D. The 320D when booted just makes a noise, its ok but doesn't feel like its going to kill you and reminds you that its rear wheel drive like a 330D does

My 17 420D doesn't have adblue.

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by beerglass007

Got a loan car at the moment which is a 320D M sport 2018 and noticed it has an adblue tank

Whats the score with this now then, do all new cars have this or an extra

Does it reduce the tax, make it euro 6 or above rating

Adding the SCR exhaust after treatment system with AdBlue, gets it through the latest WLTP emissions test.

[doncarlyon]

My 68 plate 420d has adblue

[TiredGeek]

My mates May built 18 plate 335d doesn't have AdBlue but my August built 68 does, so it's started being fitted sometime between. It's not a big issue though, the car is reporting I'll need to put in a whole 2 litres in around 8000 miles!!!

I also heard an unconfirmed rumour that the AdBlue equipped cars have had a small power hike to around 325hp but I have no idea if this is true. It came from a tuner who noticed cars were coming through suddenly with 325 - 330 on the rolling road whereas before he was seeing 305 - 315. No difference in tuning potential though, still 370-380 from them
TBH I think there might be some element of cow excrement there though as no one else on the forums has mentioned this and I'm sure it would have been noted by someone else by now if true....

[doncarlyon]

Originally Posted by TiredGeek

My mates May built 18 plate 335d doesn't have AdBlue but my August built 68 does, so it's started being fitted sometime between. It's not a big issue though, the car is reporting I'll need to put in a whole 2 litres in around 8000 miles!!!

I also heard an unconfirmed rumour that the AdBlue equipped cars have had a small power hike to around 325hp but I have no idea if this is true. It came from a tuner who noticed cars were coming through suddenly with 325 - 330 on the rolling road whereas before he was seeing 305 - 315. No difference in tuning potential though, still 370-380 from them
TBH I think there might be some element of cow excrement there though as no one else on the forums has mentioned this and I'm sure it would have been noted by someone else by now if true....

Not sure about cow excrement but defo some pig urine

[teaston]

Originally Posted by aquazi

My 67 435d is Euro 6 and no adblue.

435d & 335d have always been euro 6.

[speedski]

Originally Posted by TiredGeek

My mates May built 18 plate 335d doesn't have AdBlue but my August built 68 does, so it's started being fitted sometime between. It's not a big issue though, the car is reporting I'll need to put in a whole 2 litres in around 8000 miles!!!

I also heard an unconfirmed rumour that the AdBlue equipped cars have had a small power hike to around 325hp but I have no idea if this is true. It came from a tuner who noticed cars were coming through suddenly with 325 - 330 on the rolling road whereas before he was seeing 305 - 315. No difference in tuning potential though, still 370-380 from them
TBH I think there might be some element of cow excrement there though as no one else on the forums has mentioned this and I'm sure it would have been noted by someone else by now if true....

All the owners I speak to with it (E class, Evoque, Q5 for example) say they get no where near the quoted mileage out of the amount.

Oh and the evoque owner was pissed she had to open the bonnet to top it up!

And, yeah its not cow crap, but pig pee

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by speedski

All the owners I speak to with it (E class, Evoque, Q5 for example) say they get no where near the quoted mileage out of the amount.

A lot depends on driving conditions and how hard an engine is working. My nephew has a VW T6 Transporter bi-turbo diesel, uses far more AdBlue than VW's predicted range. Then he does work it hard and it's often fully loaded.

[beerglass007]

Originally Posted by teaston

435d & 335d have always been euro 6.

Why is the 335D euro 6 and not the 330D

Is it different ?

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by beerglass007

Why is the 335D euro 6 and not the 330D

Is it different ?

330d changed during production. 330d had the initial option of Blue Performance (at cost) to make it EU6.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by beerglass007

Why is the 335D euro 6 and not the 330D

Is it different ?

335d came with a more advanced catalytic converter I believe. 330d was updated around LCI to be euro 6.

[330Stevie]

Originally Posted by teaston

335d came with a more advanced catalytic converter I believe. 330d was updated around LCI to be euro 6.

Yep, some point early 2015 it was standard, a few months before LCI

[xenon]

My A6 uses way more AdBlue than predicted but it does a lot of city driving. I've done 9000 miles since new and filled the 25 litre AdBlue tank twice.

[goodbyalfa]

I had an April 2015 built f30 330d. Euro 6 and no ad blue.

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by goodbyalfa

I had an April 2015 built f30 330d. Euro 6 and no ad blue.

Whether the earlier optional 'Blue Performance', or later standard builds to EU6, neither required AdBlue to be compliant.

BMW achieved EU6 in the 330d and 335d with the addition of the NOx Storage Catalyst (NSC), so didn't require the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system. So no need for AdBlue at that time, under the old NEDC test regime.

[speedski]

Originally Posted by xenon

My A6 uses way more AdBlue than predicted but it does a lot of city driving. I've done 9000 miles since new and filled the 25 litre AdBlue tank twice.

Holy crap thats horrendous. 50l of Adblue for 9000 miles is mental!

[billshoreham]

my Oct 14 built pre LCI 335D is euro 6 and has no ad blue.

[Watsey]

Originally Posted by xenon

My A6 uses way more AdBlue than predicted but it does a lot of city driving. I've done 9000 miles since new and filled the 25 litre AdBlue tank twice.

The AdBlue tank holds 25 litres ??!! That's a significant amount of additional weight to be hauling around.

[320dAsh]

My 16 320d is Euro 6 and not subject to ULEZ. No adblue. Why do they need to introduce it? Cheaper to produce?

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by 320dAsh

My 16 320d is Euro 6 and not subject to ULEZ. No adblue. Why do they need to introduce it? Cheaper to produce?

SCR with AdBlue is required to meet the latest (current) WLTP emission levels. More complex, more expensive than the earlier NOx trap (which just managed EU6 on many models), added costs to run.