335d f31 with adblue, when did that happen!

TiredGeek · 09-01-2018, 03:57 PM

Picked up the car today and had a surprise - the thing has a blue filler next to the fuel filler. Damn thing needs adblue!
My mates six month old hasn't got this, anybody else have it or am I the first????

teaston · 09-01-2018, 04:04 PM

WLTP kicks in today!

TiredGeek · 09-01-2018, 04:09 PM

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WLTP kicks in today!

I had to google that

JustChris · 09-01-2018, 04:20 PM

Had it on 2 cars now yes, but if a pain but basically about £12 every 10,000 miles to top up.

RRS wanted 15 litres, thirsty beast!!

A local petrol station has a truck pump for it now too, which I tried on the RRS but although it would physically fit it would not pump!! Must be set up for tricks only.

So the new car pics then....

dopper99 · 09-01-2018, 05:22 PM

Does adblue have any effect on performance or economy? Know nothing about it.

teaston · 09-01-2018, 05:56 PM

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Does adblue have any effect on performance or economy? Know nothing about it.

No, it gets squirted on the exhaust fumes basically.

goodbyalfa · 09-02-2018, 12:47 AM

Contains urea.
You might as will just take a piss in the fuel filler

kzg1969 · 09-02-2018, 01:36 AM

my nephew picked up a 335d about 8weeks ago and he has it too.

i did wonder why BMW added it to a outgoing model after all these years

teaston · 09-02-2018, 03:45 AM

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Contains urea.
You might as will just take a piss in the fuel filler

Comtrary to popular belief they don’t get the urea from pig piss, it’s actually man made.

Sasquartch · 09-02-2018, 03:49 AM

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Comtrary to popular belief they don’t get the urea from pig piss, it’s actually man made.

I can interpret that one of two ways....

teaston · 09-02-2018, 03:53 AM

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I can interpret that one of two ways....

no not from human piss either! It’s created by exposing synthetic ammonia and carbon dioxide to heat.

Ahoydolphin1 · 09-02-2018, 05:55 AM

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I can interpret that one of two ways....

...talk about BMW taking the p.ss!

...sorry guys just couldn't help it

...back to the topic

RobUK · 09-02-2018, 06:03 AM

Yeah it's about 33% urea and the rest is de-ionized water... and it can apparently tell the difference if you piss in it (human piss is about 2½% urea, 1½% salts and 96% water - although in Glasgow...).

Had heard that some cars will 'reduce' performance if the Adblu runs out, don't know if that applies in BMWs

teaston · 09-02-2018, 06:15 AM

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Yeah it's about 33% urea and the rest is de-ionized water... and it can apparently tell the difference if you piss in it (human piss is about 2½% urea, 1½% salts and 96% water - although in Glasgow...).

Had heard that some cars will 'reduce' performance if the Adblu runs out, don't know if that applies in BMWs

Worse than that, the car won’t start at all!

Martyn88 · 09-02-2018, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

A local petrol station has a truck pump for it now too, which I tried on the RRS but although it would physically fit it would not pump!! Must be set up for tricks only.

So the new car pics then....

I'm a HGV driver and all our trucks use adblue. The reason it won't pump is HGVs have a magnet in the filler to active the pump. It's to stop drivers accidently putting adblue in the diesel tanks

HighlandPete · 09-02-2018, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dopper99

Does adblue have any effect on performance or economy? Know nothing about it.

There is obviously an extra expense to add into total running costs.

Drive quite hard and it can be as much as 1 litre of AdBlue per 300 miles.

My nephew drives a VW Transporter and that uses much more AdBlue than VW say is average. VW's figures are not too optimistic to start with.

Sasquartch · 09-02-2018, 10:29 AM

My mate with a diesel Discovery Sport seems to go through it very quickly

He gets free top ups as part of his service plan, not sure if it's the same with BMW

JustChris · 09-02-2018, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Martyn88

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Originally Posted by JustChris

A local petrol station has a truck pump for it now too, which I tried on the RRS but although it would physically fit it would not pump!! Must be set up for tricks only.

So the new car pics then....

I'm a HGV driver and all our trucks use adblue. The reason it won't pump is HGVs have a magnet in the filler to active the pump. It's to stop drivers accidently putting adblue in the diesel tanks

Thank you, I knew it was something like that as it physically fitted, in certain the diesel pump is physically bigger than a cars and pumps way quicker as you have about a zillion litres to get in.
Cheers

Martyn88 · 09-02-2018, 11:08 AM

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Thank you, I knew it was something like that as it physically fitted, in certain the diesel pump is physically bigger than a cars and pumps way quicker as you have about a zillion litres to get in.
Cheers

Yes the HGV diesel pump nozzles are bigger than the standard nozzles and pump fuel at about 3 or 4 times the speed. My current truck has twin fuel tanks and holds about 850 litres. In the past I've filled up using a standard pump and it took nearly 15 mins to fill just the main tank (about 500 litres)

teaston · 09-02-2018, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Thank you, I knew it was something like that as it physically fitted, in certain the diesel pump is physically bigger than a cars and pumps way quicker as you have about a zillion litres to get in.
Cheers

Yes the HGV diesel pump nozzles are bigger than the standard nozzles and pump fuel at about 3 or 4 times the speed. My current truck has twin fuel tanks and holds about 850 litres. In the past I've filled up using a standard pump and it took nearly 15 mins to fill just the main tank (about 500 litres)

Jesus Christ that's about £1,100 to fill up then!!

Laney · 09-02-2018, 11:36 AM

I've got it on my 3 month old 435D.

Kal101 · 09-02-2018, 12:24 PM

So who’s going to br8ng out super ad blue first.

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JustChris General 17486 Rep 25,112 Posts Drives: Tesla MYRWD Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Had it on 2 cars now yes, but if a pain but basically about £12 every 10,000 miles to top up. RRS wanted 15 litres, thirsty beast!! A local petrol station has a truck pump for it now too, which I tried on the RRS but although it would physically fit it would not pump!! Must be set up for tricks only. So the new car pics then.... __________________ My car made front page of Bimmerpost
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kzg1969 Lieutenant Colonel 1299 Rep 1,924 Posts Drives: X3M Comp / M3 E93 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: AberFreeze iTrader: (1)	my nephew picked up a 335d about 8weeks ago and he has it too. i did wonder why BMW added it to a outgoing model after all these years
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Sasquartch Major 606 Rep 1,455 Posts Drives: 520i G30 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Herts iTrader: (0)	My mate with a diesel Discovery Sport seems to go through it very quickly He gets free top ups as part of his service plan, not sure if it's the same with BMW
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