Topping up Adblue

[mogsyman]

I'm driving to the South of France Monday to take the ankle biters skiing and having had reason to go to Halfords I took the opportunity to buy some Adblue as my 50d suggests I have used half of the tank and it needs a 5ltr top up having driven 5300 miles from new - it still has 5ltrs in the tank, the car is still good to drive for 5000 odd miles but I thought why not.

The Best Buy is a 10ltr bottle at £14 however that doesn't come with the screw fitting required to ensure as little as possible is spilt either on the car or on your hands so I opted for the 4ltr bottle at £12........there is reason to my appeared madness 

The 4ltr bottle has the screw fitting ensuring a proper fit when filling the reservoir so I've kept that and will in future buy the 10ltr and decant into the 4ltr bottle.

Simply open the bonnet, the current F15 doesn't have two tanks as it appears some of the E70's have and it's simply a case of unscrewing the blue cap in the engine bay, screw the provided spout onto the 4ltr bottle and then turn it upside down and screw the fitting onto the now revealed screw thread where the blue cap was.

With some gentle pressure downwards the bottle empties itself into the tank and hey-presto, I'm now nearly full again.

I had thought of taking the car to the dealer to refill it however it appears as ever they pull your pants down and it really is an easy 2 minute job. I didn't spill a drop however I did wash around the filler with a little water just in case as I understand it's pretty horrible stuff.

Anyway, some may have done this but if you're like me and the wrong side of 50 don't be concerned and save yourself some money.

[X5Sport]

I have taken the same approach with my Škoda Superb.  Its filler point is next to the fuel cap and a bit awkward to hold a 10L container with no control valve.  The first time I filled it I bought a 10L and 4L (with the special attachment) and just fill from the 4L container.  Now I buy 10L every 8,000 miles or so and top up with the 4L.

No fuss, no mess, job done 

There are service stations equipped with AdBlue pumps that sell the stuff much cheaper, unfortunately the nearest is 20 miles away!

Dealers charge way too much!

[Golfather]

Yep, easy as you like. Each time I've bought 10l it's come with the screw on spout.

[Golfather]

In fact I need to top up so a timely reminder [emoji106]