I realize this is a question you would expect from a newbie, but when I passed my test the walkround checks were not part of it and the preshift checks I do are self taught, no one has ever shown me what to do or checked up on me.
I keep seeing adblue mentioned on the other boards and wondered what it was and if its something that needs checking or is it something exclusive to artics?
tin hat firmly on, flame away, but its a serious question.
No need for the hat mate-if you don’t ask,you don’t learn.
Adblue is a chemical that is added into the exhaust chamber/system,and it basically cleans up the emissions.
So more daisys grow in fields,and there are more hippys with a smile on their henna tattoo ridden faces.
Forgot to mention,it doesn’t use very much,so don’t worry if you only have a quarter tank or so!
thanks eagarbeaver, so I look for a expansion tank sort of thing? will 18/26/32t use it? or is it only found on artics?
what happened to the diaries? I was really enjoying reading them 
jbaz73:
thanks eagarbeaver, so I look for a expansion tank sort of thing? will 18/26/32t use it? or is it only found on artics?When I was driving buses all the newer buses had ad-blue; normally every 3 days or so it would need topping up, the newer hybrid buses actually had a gauge for it just like your fuel gauge.
It’s normally a tank at the side of the diesel tank. It will have a blue cap which is a bit of a giveaway. You may well have to hunt through the menu on the computer check to find the level. The amount used depends on the type of mileage the truck is doing.
It’s not a hazardous substance as such, but the advice is to wash it straight off skin. (And it’s best not to drink it apparently). Urban myth is that it’s a derivative of pig pee; I’ll leave that one with you.
Trucks from 7.5 onwards may have it. Some have an alternative system to deal with emissions so don’t worry if you cant find it near the fuel tank.
Hope this helps, Pete 
The diaries have been on hold temporarily,as the beaver has discovered the joys of never having a minute for f**k all,due to being a member of the ’ bad ■■■ ’ class 1 club!
As regards the adblue level-most of the newer wagons tend to have a digital ’ series of bars ’ as a gauge.
I heard that some Euro 6 vans will have it soon too. Don’t know if there’s any truth in that.
Paul. Enough van talk mate. A man who drives a TGX should know better.Lol!
I heard that some Euro 6 vans will have it soon too. Don’t know if there’s any truth in that.
Logical cos I’m told some cars are on it already.
Pete
thanks guys
I heard that some Euro 6 vans will have it soon too. Don’t know if there’s any truth in that.
Logical cos I’m told some cars are on it already.
Pete
eagerbeaver:
Paul. Enough van talk mate. A man who drives a TGX should know better.Lol!
I’ve not missed putting that stuff into my motor one bit. Filthy slimy messy ■■■■ awful stuff. My old 7.5 and 12 ran on it, we used to pump it into old garage bottles with knackered nozzles. Weren’t allowed to fill up at pumps. I’d say half went over me and the ground, possibly half made it into the tank.
I only made the van comment as a lad who still works where I used to, said all the vans there will be replaced by the middle of this year, as any that they get after that will need it.
Peter Smythe:
It’s not a hazardous substance as such, but the advice is to wash it straight off skin. (And it’s best not to drink it apparently). Urban myth is that it’s a derivative of pig pee; I’ll leave that one with you.Trucks from 7.5 onwards may have it. Some have an alternative system to deal with emissions so don’t worry if you cant find it near the fuel tank.
Hope this helps, Pete
It’s not pig pee; it’s artificial urea, made in a lab. (We’d have heard from the animal rights people by now if they were hooking up pigs to collect their pee.)
The only recently-built trucks that don’t use it are Euro 4 and 5 MANs. All others (including Euro 6 MANs) use it.
You can get the engine remapped (to increase bhp etc) and you can have the adblue system switched off. Apparently it still will go through an MOT test as long as the adblue light comes on on the dashboard when the ignition is switched on (that yellow wind icon). Also it’s advisable to leave some in the tank before remapping so it doesn’t look too obvious.
I don’t know if this really works, if it does then why doesn’t everybody do it?
IndigoJo:
The only recently-built trucks that don’t use it are Euro 4 and 5 MANs. All others (including Euro 6 MANs) use it.
And some Scanias. Earthlines’ 11 and 13 plate 8wheelers don’t use adblue.
No longer just a truck thing, modern Diesel cars have it too, from VW to Volvo, Vauxhall, Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot. Most manufacturers use the word Blue in some description, bluetec, blueHDI, BlueTD etc.
peugeot.com/en/technology/en … gy-bluehdi
techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/en/ … etail.html
volkswagen.co.uk/technology/diesel/adblue
vauxhall.co.uk/about-vauxhal … ology.html
wheelnutt:
No longer just a truck thing, modern Diesel cars have it too, from VW to Volvo, Vauxhall, Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot. Most manufacturers use the word Blue in some description, bluetec, blueHDI, BlueTD etc.peugeot.com/en/technology/en … gy-bluehdi
techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/en/ … etail.html
volkswagen.co.uk/technology/diesel/adblue
vauxhall.co.uk/about-vauxhal … ology.html
I have a VW Bluemotion. Don’t put Adblue in it though.
PaulNowak:
wheelnutt:
No longer just a truck thing, modern Diesel cars have it too, from VW to Volvo, Vauxhall, Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot. Most manufacturers use the word Blue in some description, bluetec, blueHDI, BlueTD etc.peugeot.com/en/technology/en … gy-bluehdi
techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/en/ … etail.html
volkswagen.co.uk/technology/diesel/adblue
vauxhall.co.uk/about-vauxhal … ology.htmlI have a VW Bluemotion. Don’t put Adblue in it though.
Yeah, VW used the word bluemotion before adblue came out, they call it SCR, I did say Most not All, just to confuse the issue even further, the new Golf EU6 Bluemotion TDI does use Adblue, it isn’t available in the UK yet. The Passat EU6 in the UK does have adblue but is not called Bluemotion, unless you add the stop/start option…….
Muckaway:
I don’t know if this really works, if it does then why doesn’t everybody do it?
Because in the words of the Judas Priest Song- it’s Breaking the Law.
Question on a Webb site -
If I drive a vehicle without AdBlue[emoji768] am I breaking the law?
Yes. Exceeding maximum emissions runs the same risk whether the system is SCR or EGR.