I understand that Adblue got its name after the marketing disaster of the more honest and accurate Golden Showers Additive.

@markdudley3831

3 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

This just reminded me of the absolute pleasure I experienced the other day. Following a 70s bus/motorhome, running a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel. Not only were my ears blessed with that fabulous music they produce with their straight pipes, but I also got to enjoy the very different smell of purely burnt Diesel fuel, without any of this BS between combustion and release to the surroundings. Bliss!

@kadmow

8 ай бұрын

(as late as 2015 - Aussie output, still suffered the same diesel product..)

@DesperateForSanity

8 ай бұрын

Native Detroiter, that was poetic 😊

@peglor

8 ай бұрын

If it was actually burning the fuel properly you wouldn't have been able to smell anything from the exhaust at all.

@Gazzxy

8 ай бұрын

@@peglor not to mention they didnt really change the way the diesel is burned, if anything they got better at getting the diesel to ACTUALLY burn which would arguably mean its more "purely burnt", and filtered the garbage it emits out. bit odd to describe the smell of straight up hardcore carcinogens as "bliss" though, no objections to the sound though, they are pretty sweet. just not to stand near huffing on the exhaust like its a bong.

@buncha5651

8 ай бұрын

I loved the music of a Detroit Diesel at full throttle.

As a diesel mechanic in the US i have a different slant on adblue or def fluid as we know it. The problem.... polution The solution as you mentioned of 66% de-ionized water and urea (a byproduct of petroleum) Dispenced in a plastic jug, placed in cardboard boxes stacked on wood pallets wrapped with plastic shrinkwrap. Placed in diesel trucks and distributed to every ass bleeding retail establishment from the hollars of Appalachia to the desert of Arizona and the Canadian tundra. Purchase the product and pour the contents in your tank then throw away the bottle, shrink-wrap and cardboard (upon which another truck will take to the landfill)... congratulations you have helped solve pollution!

@Nofanboyz

2 ай бұрын

If you could spell better, I might have paid attention. The illiterate shouldn't share opinions, as opinion is just cranial flatulence.

So if you burn recycled cooking oil and adblue... do you get the unmistakable odour of piss and chips 😕.

@nickbouvy8851

5 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great informative video John. As an automotive tech of 35 years +. The changes to comply with Euro emissions standards have even confused me. I'm an Australian based automotive technician. Highly Bosch trained. The general automotive public wouldn't know there is a difference in exhaust after treatment. Dpf. Diesel particulate filter. Deals with the fine soot particles that are produced with normal combustion of the fuel . Due to the high energy density of diesel fuel and the low energy conversion . Incomplete combustion ends in the production of soot. So the Dpf was designed to trap and capture the fine soot particles which will pass through the upper airways of human lungs . As mentioned in your video that primarily captures them in a small furnace to be dealt with later. Such the term. "After treatment". SCR is selective catalyst reduction. The addition of urea in to the exhaust is to combine nox ( oxides of nitrogen) with a readily available source of nitrogen to scavenge the nox with nn2 to reduce nitrogen oxides to produce nitrogen dioxide. With the vehicle density of a population of Australia it is not an emissions regulation to meet 0.005 gas per km. Due to the square km to vehicle ratio. Manufacturers can not justify the small amount of vehicles sold here on Australia soil. That will aid to the total emissions goals of the company. This is the reasons why "adblue' isn't a major requirement on most vehicles. Certain manufacturers that want there vehicles here won't delete emissions equipment to allow that vehicle to be sold in this country. Due to the cost of retooling for a certain market. But it still asks the question of when the nox sensor is in the realm of $600 plus for one sensor. Why isn't it just not fitted and a software rewrite just implemented.

@prizecowproductions

8 ай бұрын

Because dealers make more out of parts than any other point after sales.

@stevejantke6769

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@billinudgelexhaust138

7 ай бұрын

35+ Years Exhaust fitter almost full understanding of the Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems, not brainwashing from interested party's training groups and government agency's re Green agenda political green house gas emissions that have very little to do with DPF's other than black soot bad white steam looking stuff good. DPF's were designed to trap heavy Diesel particulates not light particles, and the associated burn back system either Diesel or Urea to release the same Heavy Particulates as much smaller particulates that in the public's view of what they are told is good and much better than Heavy particulates, or is it? Particulates in the old form pumped out as black soot from exhaust's of mostly older or overly adjusted diesel injector pumps look horrible smelled like crap and did in very high concentrations (city's) cause some problems, properly tuned systems and well maintained vehicles did not cause any real problems other than the normal range given of by combustion engines. The new systems now give of white smoke that looks like steam while a burnback is in motion, this process generates 64nm (Nanometers) size diesel particulates that can and do bypass the epidermis of our feeble human bodies and enters our blood steam (

@gregspencer7111

7 ай бұрын

Well we asked for it - now Euro 6 is coming to Oz

@johnfroehlich5984

6 ай бұрын

If you could come to the point rather than stirring around in your not funny saucepans of humour.

Just changed the (fully clogged) DPF filter of my car by myself. I took the old one to the recycling center and throw it in a big container of metallic stuff. Do you guess where all those kilos of trapped ashes will go when they will press and triturate that metall stuff? Bingo! In the air. Pure genius.

@simony2801

8 ай бұрын

You do know it contains precious metals don't you and has value don't you.

Engineer's mantra. "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is."

You have to remember that engineers are subject to the whims of the bean counters, so what is actually best engineering wise is not always what makes it into the final product as cost quite often trumps good ideas. Then you also have the lawyers who determine if the business can get away with cutting corners to save more money, this was evident with the VW diesel scam even after the penalties they still made out like bandits.

Great explanation! My Euro car uses one tank of Adblue (about 10 litres) for approximately 15,000 km. There are early indications of low Adblue. However,a friend of mine has a Euro campervan that uses almost as much Adblue as diesel! All things are not equal so the warning about being out in the bush with low Adblue is very valid.

@kadmow

8 ай бұрын

( there is a "ratio" - basically it is a pseudo stoichiometric ratio, supposed to be "so much ad-blue", to "so - much diesel" - difference in fuel consumption.in particular vehicles means, a per km rate doesn't mean a whole lot.)

@teovm

8 ай бұрын

Yep, it all depends on the vehicle and its usage

@SoulTouchMusic93

8 ай бұрын

@@kadmow trucker here and you're both wrong. what adblue does is that it binds with the nox in the exhast and it turns it into something harmless. now when a diesel runs you add more air, it runs cleaner as less particulate but it also runs hotter which means more nox. that's why early 2k diesels do 60 mpg then they went to shit barely eeking 45mpg. what adblue does for your car is that instead of running it rich to deal with nox and letting the dpf catch the particulate and ruining your fuel consumption, they instead run the engine leaner, make less particulate and better mpg and not only helping the dpf by having it do less work but also due to the hotter exhaust it naturally regens the dpf so it has fewer forced regen cycles and with the extra nox created? well, the adblue deals with it later. tldr: adblue is a crotch to help clean up the emisions. if your engine is not particularly clean you can add a bit more adblue to help with that and as a bonus they only advertise fuel consumption not adblue consumption. also just as much adblue as diesel is definetly wrong and you should have that thing checked out.

@Gazzxy

8 ай бұрын

wouldnt you just top it off when ya refuel ? dont really know my personal car dosnt have it, and i dont tramp so I just top the trucks adblue up when am refueling in our yard.

@harrywalker968

8 ай бұрын

why,,oh,,why,,buy a vehicle with all this bs on it.. my 4.2tdi, s/duty, has 700nm.. gets 14 lt 100.. tows 5t... NO FKN COMPUTER.no glow plugs... cost, 25k.. how do you feel...[ 510 std, bit bigger turbo 700nm..].7 yrs, no probs.. go toyota,yeeeehh...

My sister bought an Audi Q7 brand new which kept running out of AdBlue and stopping. Turned out the plastic container had a crack in it. It took four visits for Audi to figure out they had used a plastic tank that wasn't even as good as Tupperware.

I worked at a Company in Norway, that had a total world monopoly on Adblue, (which is a trademark for DEF. diesel exhaust fluid) heaters and quality sensors, also fuel level sensors for all commercial vehicles. Look at the fuel sensor and adblue installations on your Trucks, Tractors etc., they all look similar that's because they all came from the same place, (made in China). The process what DEF does is known as SCR (Selective catalytic reduction) converting Nox into N2 and H2O, DEF is only distilled water and urea but you can't make it yourself because there is the quality sensor in the installation and it's so finely tuned that you will never get the right mix, It is measured optically but they were trying to make a sensor that measured the quality ultrasonically, don't know if they got so far as left 6 six years when the Yanks bought the company and moved it out to low paying lands, the company who now has the monopoly is called TE Connectivity.

@WEMBLEYNE

7 ай бұрын

​@@filespec like the Norwegian guy above said those sensors are so fine tuned you can't use anything else. I tried water once I run out only to get an ad blue error "add blue of bad quality please visit service" 😅

I like this guy. Basic common truth presented in a humorous way. Salut John. From South Africa.

Thanks for this John. I'd often wondered about ad blue but couldn't be arsed to look it up, anyway your explanation is much more entertaining than Google. My S class Merc. Uses it.

Let's fix it by having the engineers actually spending time with those who will be using the product out in the actual world, instead of just sat in an office thinking they know what the customer wants!

@Sgt_Bill_T_Co

8 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with the engineers, we design great products, but then the accountants take it through 'value engineering'' - which basically means it'll fail the day after any Guarantee expires.

@tyrantwitness2482

8 ай бұрын

@@Sgt_Bill_T_Co Yes I know! One of my inlaws was a drivetrain development engineer for Ford Australia. What lifespan do Ford develop their vehicles for? How long is the warranty! Two year servicing! 18K oil changes! Yes it should last just past the warranty period! So don't be the poor sucker who buys the vehicle after the warranty runs out!

@TheRealWindlePoons

8 ай бұрын

Biggest problem for engineers in my experience is customers who never RTFM. I think some customers just sit on the manual and expect to understand everything by osmosis.

A ten gallon spill of adblue covers a fair bit of workshop floor. It was all hands on deck to clear it up,an eye watering experience!

@gingernutpreacher

8 ай бұрын

American gallons or imperial gallons?

@Levenstone132

8 ай бұрын

@@gingernutpreacher Imperial (U.K)

Hi, John! Just stumbled on your channel, have subscribed. Your explanation of AdBlue, and Catalytic Converter, was just the best I’ve come across. 👍

Sending love from Canada dude!!!!! From the top of the globe to bottom! Love the content John.

The Adblue systems on PSA Europe vehicles had a clever system of using a plastic impellor on the Adblue pump, which is guaranteed to fail, leaving you with a £1000 bill for metal impellor pump, and a new tank as the pump is built-in! When the warning light comes on you had 1500 miles before engine "re-start" was blocked, if you didn't switch off it would keep running, as they cannot turn the engine off on a car doing 70mph on the motorway

@steve8567

7 ай бұрын

Helps explain why my 2017 Peugoet 508 with only 60,000 kms on the clock cost me $2,060 Adblue reservoir and fluid injector. First replacement was under warranty, this one was not. I intend to sell the vehicle before I need its 4th tank. Ridiculous. Great car if it wasn't for bloody emissions issues.

ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC info....nailed it John...BRAVO!!!

Adblue is nice when it freezes and cracks the tank. Cheap too with Mercedes.

John you are truly a font of knowledge, thankyou for sharing with us mere mortals.

Thank goodness for the diligent work done by our Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. The other thing John, my Holden Ute takes offence at being referred to as a shitbox. It was built in 1982 anyway. It and I do not care what comes out of the exhaust except the sweet 253 note from its twin system. I will go back to walking before I use either adblue or an electric car. Jeff.

I haven’t checked recently but when I lived in Edithvale on the edge of Port Phillip Bay, it was possible to see a tinge of nitrogen dioxide on the horizon and the edges of the bay. It was the colour of black tea, cola drinks or bromine. This all goes away on a clear windy day.

Great video John, very informative.

Currently replacing the engine in a 2001 TD42 powered Patrol ute that the owner "cleaned out" with one litre of Add Blue. In the fuel tank.

The problem with adblue is it tends to crystallise, had to have my tank replaced in January, Citroen paid £750 towards the cost of replacement - £1250. Most people don’t realise that adblue should be stored between 0-30C. Friends tank went again after replacement, now had it coded out.

@18_rabbit

8 ай бұрын

crystalized in very hot ambient temps?

@bordersw1239

8 ай бұрын

@@18_rabbit . I didn’t say it crystallises at 30c but above 30 can produce cyanates.

@Gazzxy

8 ай бұрын

not to mention dont spill that crap on ya paintwork

@bordersw1239

8 ай бұрын

@@Gazzxy or even worse - your carpet, driving 500 miles with a strong smell of piss is no fun!

@oldcynic6964

8 ай бұрын

A 30C limit seems completely inappropriate for Oz. Fine in Iceland, but not here. Stick to Euro5 if that's the case. Anyway, if they do bring it in, surely the engineers or beer strokers will be able to find the location of the tube that carries the Ad-Blu to the engine - somewhere beyond the "empty tank" sensor. Quick snip, "down there" , add a bit of new tube, and route it back to the Ad Blu tank. Problem solved !

Hi sir. Thank you for explaining what everything does and the reasons why it does it , I know nothing about cars but I’m still interested in the aspects that are relevant to the owner . As my late father would often quote ( knowledge is king ) , admittedly at the age of 70 I might be leaving a bit late . But of course there is another saying that rebuffs the as well . Kind regards

I can remember driving heavy B-Doubles for a major company and the shortage of Ad-blue in early 2022. I had to get Ad-blue from another of our companies depots (ours had run out) and it was an all in bun fight to get permission.......my depot boss had to have written permission from the other depot boss in a chain of emails that then had to filter down to guy in the workshop with the bowser key. Fleets were paying $4 per liter for the stuff.

My previous car was a Citroen C3 1.5 diesel from 2019 and it would warn you when you had 2400km of adblue left. Would have to be some serious roadtrip in the middle of absolutely nowhere for that to be a problem :D.

@givemespace2742

8 ай бұрын

Although I got caught out once not realising how much more Adblue my car uses towing at highway speed. Now I just top up before a long trip. Not a problem.

@teovm

8 ай бұрын

Try that in a pickup or another big vehicle 3.0l diesel and then brim it to it's max weight. You will be lucky to get 5000km in total.

@PeteTheL337

8 ай бұрын

@@teovm yeah I know the bigger vehicles drink AdBlue much quicker. I drive a diesel van at work and that doesn't last 20k km per fill up as my C3 did.

@riccicrozzie8204

5 ай бұрын

Stralya mate 👍

yep; hired a Ford Everest from Melbourne to Perth last September, had to top up the AdBlue tank at Norseman. A real learning experience. ps: was not aware the engine would stop if the AdBlue tank was empty,. so glad I did fill it up when I did. Book said one tank would last 5000Km.

@IT-sq5rj

8 ай бұрын

AdBlue. I thought it was a range extender tank🤣

@kadmow

8 ай бұрын

@@IT-sq5rj - ha ha - top-er-up... diesel or 98 (the best you could get).... lol...

@steve8567

7 ай бұрын

You're lucky just topping it up fixed the problem. In my Peugeot, simply topping it up has no effect. The software needs to be re-set using genuine Peugeot OBD software. Generic OBD devices do not fix the problem. Great little earner for the PSA Group.

@markseehawer3762

6 ай бұрын

@@steve8567I.m in Canada, and i drive a 1994 dodge Cumins Diesel They have mechanical injector pumps and injectors No catalitic convertor, or egr, or ADblue tanks, just a muffler and tail pipe.It's so mechanical and simple it will run completely with out electrical devices except to run the starter.I just hope they Goverment lets me keep it. We are in -35c weather right know so its pretty smokey on start up and clears right out when warmed up. I've replaced the entire fuel system a year ago so i know it's running right. It will be my one and only Diesel truck. My hope is there are less and less of them on the road each year, An maybe the goverment will leave me alone

Our GWM Cannon has a DPF. It does automatic burns but if you dare interrupt a burn three times, it can and does go into limp mode and drop the power immediately. Weirdly enough, the owners handbook shows that overseas models have adblue, the filler a smaller nozzle beside the normal fuel filler. I wondered why they had a long rectangular fuel door and when you open it, you notice that the diesel filler set well over to one side. That’s why. Overseas the second filler would be beside it taking up the free space that’s there on our version.

@viperidaenz1

7 ай бұрын

Probably goes into limp mode cause a full dpf will restrict the exhaust flow. With no EGT sensors, the safe thing to do is burn less fuel so things don't overheat

🤣STOP having so much fun making your vids John !! - its starting to show 😃

Hi john, i just purchased the olight Baton 4 and the Perun 2. I just have to say the quality of the lights and the packaging is one of the best I've seen so far i can see why you endorse this company. I would encourage everyone to try this product. 👌 And my new isuzu truck does not have a DPF or Addblue 👌

@AutoExpertJC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for letting me know, Matthew. I'm quite sincere about Olight. Glad you're impressed mate. (The packaging is first-rate, too, as you said - they make great gifts for these reasons.)

So good...a pleasure ro watch !

I got both DPF and AdBlue on my 2.0L diesel hatchback, and being a frenchie, the DPF uses a special aditive to lower the regen temperatures (Eolys 176).

@pinkdispatcher

8 ай бұрын

Yup, we now have two Euro6 French cars, and it took me a long time to understand that the special additive for the DPF (or "FAP", as Peugeot calls it) is not used during the regenerative cycles (that is just accomplished by creating hotter exhaust by injecting more fuel later in the stroke), but is added to all fuel that ever goes through the engine, in order to modify the type of particles, lowering the temperature at which they burn off. This both lowers the amount of additional fuel that needs to be burned during regeneration (aka "burn-off"), but also allows the use of much more moderately priced materials. I seem to recall that it lowers regen temperaturs from somewhere around 600°C to just over 400°C or so. Brilliant stuff.

@peglor

8 ай бұрын

@@pinkdispatcher The AdBlue is added to the exhaust, not the intake air (Unless you've got one of Toyota's new - and very frightening when you look at the properties of ammonia - ammonia engines) all that's added to the intake air, apart from fuel and mechanical work to compress the air, is recirculated exhaust gas as this reduces combustion temperatures (At the expense of peak thermodynamic efficiency) in order to break fewer nitrogen molecules apart so fewer NOx compounds are formed. Regeneration is a sign your car is not being used for what it's good at, namely intercity travel at 80+ km/h. Any car that's able to spend a decent amount of it's time cruising at those speeds will burn the soot out of the DPF in normal operation and never need to regen at all.

@paulbarry1044

2 ай бұрын

@@peglor The last paragraph is incorrect.I do 350Km at 110km/hr regularly non stop in our Land Cruiser or a Diesel Hi Ace,both regen at regular intervals during the trip.It is good to have a DPF guage on the dash read out so the driver can see how often it regends,and the Diff Pressure across the DPF,and a regen switch if neeeded,but i have never had to use it.

@peglor

2 ай бұрын

@@paulbarry1044 Apologies for not being clear - when I say never have a regen I mean never suffer the raised idle speed, lumpy idling, smelly exhaust and so on that go with a forced regen, where the engine is trying to create exhaust temperatures high enough to burn the soot off the filter while being driven slowly in traffic.

@paulbarry1044

2 ай бұрын

@@peglor Even driving slow in traffic with some idling, they will do a burn.I think problems happen with numerous short runs,and the vehicle never gets a chance to regen.Engine also not getting up to temperature during short runs does not help.With our Diesels,we have never had a DPF issues,and some are over 8 yrs old and done huge mileage.

Your cutting mat is so clean. :)

@swedishpsychopath8795

8 ай бұрын

I'm guessing he is an ebay doofus that watches youtube videos and gets just enough inspired to buy the tools used planning to make an empire using the tools. But when the tools has arrived his interest has moved on to something else.

@TheWombat2012

8 ай бұрын

A clean and tidy workshop is the sign of a sick mind. 😂😂

@johnwade1095

8 ай бұрын

​@TheWombat2012 can't have the bloodstains on video I guess.

@1Longranger

2 ай бұрын

Spends a lot of time polishing tools.

Thank you John. Good information.

Great explanation but I'd have to take issue with a couple of things. As for "e" being the first key to fail on a computer just by virtue of it being most used, I find keys fail randomly depending where the crumbs fall on my laptop and even move around. Also, you seem to deride sorting out issues in the pub but I have to say that some of the World's best ideas have come from beerstorming sessions, I just can't remember what they were as I was pissed so fck yo, oh bgger, crmbs have got in the "" key now.

@snuscaboose1942

8 ай бұрын

WASD and spacebar are usually the most used keys...

@Ktmfan450

8 ай бұрын

And if you're a LoL player the keys wear out prematurely for spelling a bunch of six letters words

@ozspencers

8 ай бұрын

I'm s ck of rep acing my ke boa d so I jus put up w ith itn w. I don t th nk any ody noti es.

@tactileslut

6 ай бұрын

I remember the most worn out key being the one that makes the little space ship shoot at the other little space ships.

I'm willing to put a reasonable sum on the fact not a single ad blue system will last 100 thou km..Outside of the workshop are 3 everests and 2 rangers (ones a bt actually) all picked up as cheap ins write off..I don't care and neither should you the motors fit quite nicely under the bonnet of any previous bs 4wd..for the princely sum of about 8 grand I can give you 200kw without a single bit of bs to deal with..new car b fuct...thanks for the support John the second hand market in this country is doing quite well...cheers.

In europe, the Euro6 sprinkles the adblue even on idling. That cloggs up the DPF with the Urea stone. Also new 2023 hiluxes in farms go to the shops for DPF delete. Because the do the ReGen like in every 200kms and even when idling. For preventing to set a field in fire when harvesters do theyr job and you go to check the progress, chat with the operator and let the aircon work on a hot summer day. And the dpf starts burning with 600c and you are standing in a dry hay or crops field. Neighbor's 2016 hilux started to catch fire after driving in Peat moss

A large car manufacturer did wind up putting a heat shield on their DPFs as a recall a few years ago due to grass fire situation. I'm not sure that OEM engineers get it right every time.

I MADE IT DAD

Add blue works with the CAT not the DPF. This comment is not to John just other people who a watching who didn't pick that up.

Not sure how many AdBlue-cars you've driven, but here in Europe besides it being mandatory to prevent engine start when you out of AdBlue, a very early and generous warning system is also required, giving you the first warning that a refill is required 2400 km before the end, which should be plenty in all halfway civilised regions, including most places in Australia. It then gives subsequent warnings at every engine start, counting down remaining distance in 300 km increments, until, when you really get towards the end, it will say something like "5 engine starts remaining" until "One engine start remaining". If at that point, your one remaining trip does not take you to an AdBlue refill, it really and truly will refuse to start.

@kk-rc6dw

Ай бұрын

Hearing the beginning of AcDcs" problem child"

If you are stuck in Dingo Piss Creek with no AdBlue, can you not just get the dingos to piss in your AdBlue tank instead of the creek?

To drive to drunk had me there for a minute hahaha,love your work John.

I drive Kenworths with both Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines. The Euro 5 only use AdBlue and not a lot per trip. Average about 20 litres a trip. The Euro 6 have a DPF and AdBlue. They use about 3 times as much AdBlue for an equivalent trip. Supposedly better fuel consumption because it runs dirty/efficient and gets cleaned up in the after treatment. Not sure if it saves 70 litres of fuel a trip but it uses a tank of AdBlue for a tank of fuel pretty much. A bit of a wow the first time I drove one. My trucks are towing 100 tonne roadtrains so with less full load running it would probably not be quite as severe

@Gazzxy

8 ай бұрын

well theres ya problem.. I think if ya towing 100+ tonnes there is always gona be the expectation of the engine drinking all the things somewhat rapidly

@robmcd

7 ай бұрын

my truck was chewing adblue til the filters got changed now its a lot better.

@davidjamieson3001

3 ай бұрын

Ah, and have we prepared for the next Ad blue shortage?

Before I watch, in the UK I think it's the difference between Euro 5 DPF and Euro 6 with add blue. And after watching, the difference is £12.50 per day to enter the ulez zone inside the M25 around London.

Very well explained JC, thanks. My current diesel powered vehicle is most likely the last I'll ever be driving so I may not get to enjoy the feeling of ever having artificially concocted pseudo "piss" in a tank onboard, (makes me think of an acoustic mobile shitoire` for some reason).

Ad Blue its great for the garden makes everything grow really good !!!!!!!

Thank-you for another informative technical video. I'm in the UK and I have a 2016 Skoda (so VW control logic) with a 2 litre diesel engine which uses AdBlue. A full tank is good for about 4500+ miles. The tank level is monitored and when the AdBlue range is down to 1500 miles, you get a nagging warning message every time you start the car. I understand that the warning becomes permanent when you get down to 500 miles but I've never run it that low. To run this out of AdBlue, you either need to be one of those who ignores warning messages or on a very long journey indeed. AdBlue is a minor chore but I'm one of those who ran a two-stroke bike for years so it really doesn't bother me. Only elephant trap is that when you've just filled up the AdBlue you need to switch on the ignition for 30+ seconds before starting the engine or the controller responsible doesn't update the AdBlue level (weird German logic if you ask me).

@gingernutpreacher

8 ай бұрын

Design flaw we need to stop taking crap off the Germans had a Skoda dealer tell me timing belt was recommended not a service interval after getting banned from the dealership I got Skoda them self's to pay for it to be replaced

Hi John. Very informative video. Thank you. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but my understanding is the catalytic converters fitted to diesel engines, don’t actually deal with NOx at all. This is the job of the EGR system or the scr systems only. Only three way converters on petrol (non lean burn) engines can deal with NOx. Keep up the good work. I am envious of your deep engineering knowledge.

really useful and informative tu

When euro 4 came out for trucks in Australia, I was working for Volvo trucks at the time, an engineer was explaining to us that the difference between egr and scr systems was that you can tune the engine lean or rich, rich gets more soot and treat it with a dpf, or run the engine lean and treat the exhaust with adblue, and for the early introduction of euro4 with trucks, most the smaller trucks could be egr and the bigger trucks needed to be scr. Probably got it all wrong. Guessing the emissions regs are so tight now that they probably need both?

There's a dpd/f disable mode on trucks when the pto is on, aimed at fire trucks to stop the fires starting from the 600°c the dpd/f's get to. Old mate hasn't worked on many vehicles if he thinks a full guard doesn't get full of grass... Plus it holds heat in at freeway speeds instead.

I learnt today that there is a Silverton in South Africa. The only other Silverton I knew of was an outback ghost town in NSW, 25 kms NW of Broken Hill.

@peter_peter_pumpkin_eater

8 ай бұрын

TIL there's a Silverton in SA and one in NSW. The only one I knew of is an old saxon village in Devon.

@Richard-sl8we

8 ай бұрын

Just outside Pretoria.

John, I have one of the first Euro 4 compliant NS Pajero’s that hit the country. I had nothing but problems with the DPF system for the first 3 years of its life and the dealer’s had no idea on how to fix it. I fixed the F@#ken thing though.😉 and you would probably guess how. I still have it now with no issues since.

@Hathrandir

8 ай бұрын

I was too scared to have the EGR altered. I sold my diesel. I gave up trying to give a crap about the fracking DPF.

You are lucky to avoid the constant stream of ad blue warnings, EML and limp mode events caused by this technology. Along with blocked nozzles, control units and never ending software updates

The engineering behind all this stuff is fantastic. It's a great shame that diesel is falling out of favor when one considers how clean it can be if these systems are operating correctly. Countries like the UK do however need to put a little more regulation around modifications and emissions checks to make sure these systems do keep working through the life of the vehicle. At the moment one can broomstick the lot of it and get it all programmed out and still pass an MOT emissions check.. I suspect many are removed due to the huge costs when things go wrong.

@Screwy9758

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, Ford commercial vehicles seem to be most prone to add-blue problems.

@peglor

8 ай бұрын

When the emissions check looks for smoke under no engine load and very little else, no diesel that's running half way competently at all will fail emissions on this, even without a DPF.

I recall that during the covid disaster it was reported that Ad Blue was in such short supply there was a very real possibility that the road transport industry faced closure. Is Ad Blue produced in Australia or is it imported?

@javic1979

8 ай бұрын

it was a world wide shortage of urea that was the problem. many trucks had the systems deleted or coded out so they could keep running with water or diluted adblue.

My VW Touran warning light came on when the ECU estimated there was 1000 miles (1600km) of Adblue remaining. As far as I know, the system permits Adblue top ups at any time, not just when the warning light comes on.

When i join the SES again next year I know what spotlights im getting 😊

Glad to see your handlers have cleaned you up a bit and got you to have a shave, was it with your rechargeable BATTERY shaver? that’s good they got you to have a wash, that should help to get rid of the slight odour of urine around you. How’s the weather down your way? Queensland doesn’t seem to be doing to well.

My favorite is the fuel extender you plug into the USB socket in your car.

There are quite a few Euro 6 Diesels around without AdBlue. The later Subaru diesel is one example and the last of the Volvo 5cyl Diesels is another (I drive a 2015 XC70 D5 so can confirm its Euro 6 compliance and lack of AdBlue).

I booked a VW diesel hire car in Rome. The dashboard said the car would not start if the adblue ran out. I had no idea what adblue was. Had to google it. Luckily, we returned the car with 50 kms left in the adblue tank. What a con. I was contemplating filling it with urine as didn't want to interrupt our driving tour.

John does make me laugh. The comment "The EU cuntries being the most advanced democracies in the world" almost induced an episode of urinary incontinence ...

@orwellboy1958

8 ай бұрын

How true.👏

@ducthman4737

8 ай бұрын

You mean the EUSSR .

@phprofYT

8 ай бұрын

Yes, they are if you call being an organized crime syndicate given legal legitimacy by people unable and unwilling to take responsibility for their lives whom thrive on being told what to do, when to do it, and how to do it all while watching those that raise questions and question decision be tortured and put on display. That is "modern" democracy. That is what politicians are saying when they state "we must save our democracy".

@kadmow

8 ай бұрын

least it wasn't "Add-Blue" incontinency... more Ureic instancies than the standard blue urea. ...the spare grass buildup about the DPF - could mean a difference here or there in the outcome... lol. of course eth-oh makes a huge difference.

@j.russell5419

8 ай бұрын

The EU may not be perfect but its citizens have more rights and protections than most.

What's so fantastically typical, is that at the vehicle registration office in Germany they will only issue up to a euro 4 stickers. Regardless if your car is euro 5 or 6.

Our works Berlingo has a warning of about 3k that you need to refill the adblue. I always thought the adblue is a direct replacement for a egr, but how you explained this it seems to work in a better functional way then an egr. Egr's are fun to clean out, but a new adblue tank with all its funky electronics on a Peugeot, costs 4k to replace. Owch!

@kadmow

8 ай бұрын

- uhuh, it is the modern "engine rebuild" replacement - for cars whose engines don't break down (all too often..) - lets hope Ad-blue can be bypassed for those countries where bakkies / 'technical's' operation is more important than emissions (per km^2) Ad blue elimination is a task for any remote operation - "off highway" of course...

Out in rural areas, you have the issue of people stealing your AdBlue. That is quite literally taking the piss.

Ive got a V6 2023 next gen Ford Everest they have a 18ltr Adblue tank that lasts around 15000kms so not worried about running out to much

To abide by Euro 5, there were 2 techniques that most manufacturers went with. Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Ad Blue. Euro 6 pretty much requires both to comply.

@peglor

8 ай бұрын

You forgot the other option - program the car to detect it's being emissions tested and only move to a low emissions mode while the test is in progress. It worked great for the shitweasels in VW - For a while.

I was quite ignorant about this topic, thanks for explaining it. Curious to get your analysis about the use of recycled cooking oil in diesel engines. Is this an environmentally effective thing to do as far as emissions go ? (not CO2 neutrality as I know your thoughts on that from other videos eg Polestar, Nullabor video). Love the Skunkworks t-shirt btw.

If you choose high egr use you can avoid nox, but more sooting, higher load on dpf, and oil detergent, intake carbon. If you treat nox with nh4, raise compression, reduce egr, better lkngevity? More complicated more ship to go wrong.

I absolutely enjoyed this video whilst I sat and stroked my beard. Thank you John.

Great explanation John thank you , im running around in an old series one Porsche cayenne 955 V8S petrol . I believe it has twin "secondary air pumps that feed pressurised cold air into the exhaust only on start ups ? to minimise emissions from exhaust gasses . This sounds like the petrol version of euro diesel emission controls involving the add Blue enabled vehicles . Do you really need this secondary air pump ? what happens if you disconnect it ? will you achieve better performance fuel economy ?

AdBlue is implemanted in euro6 ( either a , b, c...and now revision ap i believe) to get NOX down. Some euro6 engines have it some not as they comply. In some cases the same engine has different power output the lower power 2l turbo diesel under 150hp will get away without adblue but the same engine with higher power and over 150hp will require adblue to comply. And addblue will not be used at a rate that you will need to fill up like you do with diesel.... i did not realized in Australia a car could be brand new and not be euro6 equivalent emission standard...

Hi John, here in the UK my Amarok 2018 does have Adblue. A neccessary evil says I, but boy is it temperamental. At one point a warning light came up to say I had "too much oil", (dealer had serviced it for warranty purposes). I did have too much oil purely down to the level rising because of the adblue overdosing! Who knew!

@NatesToolbox

7 ай бұрын

Except Adblue has no relation to motor oil level it was definitely slightly overfilled.

Here in the UK, our diesels had DPF a decade or more back. AD blue is a later inclusion in cars and vans that was firstly introduced on HGV's and buses. EURO 6, I believe.

New Amarok (2023) uses Adblue in Europe same as Ranger (2023)

@theairstig9164

8 ай бұрын

It’s the same engine

For anyone who hasn't experienced it, the fumes from a new London bus are reminiscent of what you would get if you stood outside from an extractor fan on an indoor swimming pool. Definitely a hint of chlorine or ammonia but far more fragrant than the sooty guff of 20 years ago. Literally no diesel smell at all.

Yet another entertaining production John, thank you sir. The boffins at Subaru made my 2016 XV, (you may call it Crosstrek), a Euro 6 2.0D; without the need for adblue. But then they stopped making diesel engines, which is a shame, because I get awesome economy and torque from my wee XV. Which is especially useful when towing my old caravan Velma. So called because she used to get shacked up to Scooby-Doo my old Legacy. Many Cities in Scotland are becoming ULEZ next year, so will require Euro6 for Diesel and 4 for petrol ice's. But I like driving my old 300TDI defender most, and she does start the day by tossing a cup of oil into the atmosphere like a sacrifice to Satin, after which she produces very little smoke. She will run on almost whatever fuel you have to hand; paraffin, veg oil, whatever! I think Subaru tossed a really good engine here because of political pressure, and I'm glad I have one, even if the car is not of the same high quality of previous Subaru's.

FYI: Ford Ranger Wildtrak X requires AdBlue as it’s Euro 6 compliant.

Have a 2013 Peugeot Partner diesel van, which has a DPF and a bladder of Adblue which is located down the rear under the floor pan. It is automatically blended with the diesel. Of course this has to be installed by Peugeot and computer updated for the remaining kms to empty. However it will notify you that ad blue needs to be refilled, i have to say JC that the engine doesnt stop running.. just annoying chime notifications that its empty.

@stephandolby

8 ай бұрын

Sorry to be a pedant, but that's Eolys or PAT fluid rather than AdBlue. It's dosed at fill up which causes a regular clicking sound. It can be refilled; Jimmy at O'Riley's Autos (UK-based) gravity feeds it back into the pouch and resets the counter.

Adblue's nothing like urine - there's no blood in it for starters. (You can scrape Euro 5 with about 170 bar peak cycle pressure, with adblue you can go nuts, so 210-220 or more with consummate efficiency gains as limited by the engine structure. It also tends not to cut in for up to an hour of engine start so your Euro6 engine will very likely be substantially dirtier than Euro5, especially on short trips. It's good technology for machines which run all day, but not for commuter cars.) Off highway seems to have a break point at 100kW below which machines don't need it, so there is a sweet spot for tractors at about 140hp

AdBlue does have an expiration date and isn’t to be stored in direct sunlight as it often is in garage for courts . Urea breaks down with heat and uv .Always check the underside of the bottle. A lot of times it’s expired by some substantial time .

So in a pinch, being stuck on the Gun barrel Highway, with an empty Adblue tank, could I just piss in it to fool the ECU? Bushcraft, love it!

My 2015 MB E220 had AdBlue/BlueTEC system. NOx sensors failed EVERY year - a painful expense... Hated it (but the car was a nice drive, clean and good MPG)

Adblue treats NOx and Particulate filters filter particulates … seems pretty straight forward. As I understand it reducing particulates requires high combustion temperatures which means that more NOx is produced and most NOx compounds are lower energy than Carbon Dioxide, so carbon rich fuels like diesel produce more.

@AutoEngineerVideos

8 ай бұрын

NOx generally requires high temperature and pressure to form. NOx production during DPF regeneration burn is negligible.

@DrDezaro

8 ай бұрын

@@AutoEngineerVideos I was talking about the combustion chamber … modern diesels product higher combustion temps …

@AutoEngineerVideos

7 ай бұрын

@@DrDezaronow I see what you're saying (I thought you were talking about the processes in the exhaust to clean up the emissions). Yes, you're correct.

Very informative. I've been told numerous times that Adblue was just an exhaust pollution masking agent.

Adblue can be coded out and is not tested for at MOT in the UK.

@di5grace

8 ай бұрын

not yet...... personally i feel that they will make the Uk MOT as difficult as poss soon, another way of forcing us down the EV route (have been thinking of having coded out of my t6 along with dpf bypass)

@stco2426

8 ай бұрын

@@di5grace , maybe but the MOT tests a lot more than emissions. I don't see heavier (etc) EVs being any less prone to typical MOT failures when they get to the difficult age, and they may get difficult well before ICE cars. Agree that adblue may be included at some point. It's a finickety system where failures seem to involve swapping expensive parts.

@partymanau

8 ай бұрын

Fooler boxes can fake the required inputs to the cars computer too.

John, great video but when the first warning light for any car fitted with an AD Blue system flashes on the dashboard alerting the driver that it needs topping up there is at least a minimum of a 1000 miles that can still be driven before the ECU shuts the engine down and with many many cars now, like my DS7, it's 1500 miles, then another warning at 1000, then 800, then every 100 until it stops altogether and lets face it if you do let it get to zero then you probably don't have the IQ to be allowed a licence anyway. I know Aussie land is vast but even a 1000 mile warning of impending doom is far more than any driver needs to enable a top up.

John, Could you do a video about add-on Propane Injection. I have seen these mentioned as a small performance enhancement on diesels and maybe also gasoline engines. I realize they aren't like a nitrous injection system but used to help a truck or motorhome climb a long or steep grade for a little extra oomph. Even a simple system that only provides and extra 20-30HP can be helpful at times. What is the story on these units and their applications?

@peterolsen9131

8 ай бұрын

propane has an "octane rating" or anti-knock rating of 120 , with a diesels high compression ratio of 16 or 18 to one plus , propane performs very well , even better than a petrol engine with a ratio of 9 to 10.5 [ like my ls1] , i actually run my ls1 on propane and it goes like a scolded cat ! its due for a head recondition /headgasket replacement [ using water gradually now and after 300,000 km's could probably use a valve grind ] so would love to take this oppertunity to fit a racing cam i got for a swap for my old high ratio diff gears some old mate wanted for his turbo ls1 [ for top speed] while i send the heads to pavtek [victoria] and take advantage of their deal that includes bigger stainless valves/new seats/5angle valve job/ cnc machined combustion chambers and port job , flowed on the bench to 700hp on pump gas , and get them to give me the 12.5 to one pistons to take further advantage of lpg's 120 octane to make my commie ss a environmentally friendly friggin monster!

A very informative video. Here in NZ I drive an off road euro truck totally in the forest/Bush and it uses adblue or it won't go!!. But all the forest harvesting machinery use far more diesel than the trucks don't require adblue . Where is the logic in this?? Poor possums breathing in all the shit from the machinery but at least the trucks are helping with clean possum air!! Keep up the good videos (dude)

Good as ever. Not all Euro6 cars (anyway) use adblue btw. Mine just has a dpf.

I own a euro 6 add blue diesel here in the UK and the dash gives you a 1500 mile warning before your add blue runs out so if you do run out its your own silly fault, the advantage with the add blue system is that the DPF is now incorportated within the add blue system and now mounted closer to nthe exhaust manifold in other words under the bonnet as opposed to a DPF being mounted under the car, these are getting stolen at a rate of Knots because they are easily accessable, just try getting you battery recipricating saw up past the front sub frame and close to the exhaust manifold to remove the add blue can and combined DPF its virtually impossible.

@chrisz8532

8 ай бұрын

I think you might be confusing the DPF with the Catalytic Converter? There’s no platinum in a DPF, just diesel soot. 👍

The engine will not “stop” (a simple thought experiment might just illuminate just how dangerous this would be), rather it may not restart on a subsequent ignition cycle to the AdBlue tank depletion (or perhaps as John might put it…..’deplete-i-on’). Some models may just reduce power. Cheers.

Great comment about AdBlue and Canning stock route..brings up interesting point about could one pee into the AdBlue container to circumvent the system until stocks of AdBlue were attainable..interesting exhaust smells.. I look forward to your KZread expose ( no French agrave on my keyboard)

@richyfoster7694

8 ай бұрын

If your keyboard has a Windows PC you can access extra characters by holding alt while typing numbers. O233 for example é. On my Samsung tablet I push and hold e to get a menu of all different types of e , and select.

I think you'll find a significant number of great innovations in engineering started in a front bar. *Started*. Because the following day people followed up.

Turn it up. I'm def