AdBlue Mercedes

masterboy123

I an unable to find how much AdBlue is required on a C180 Mercedes (W205 model). Anyone knows?
And can i buy it myself or need to go to the dealer?

Toyotafanboi

The tank in the C Class is in the spare wheel well. Iirc the tank in those is a 30l but obviously the tank isn't completely empty. You can buy it where ever suits, I think some Maxols and Topaz do it from the pump now.

colm_mcm

You can't fill the car straight from the pump can you?

Toyotafanboi

Apparently you can. Havn't seen one myself though.

tcawley29

colm_mcm wrote: »

You can't fill the car straight from the pump can you?

Yeah its possible but not many places have it. Couldn't name a place off the top of my head but I have come across them before.

colm_mcm

Topaz sell it by the litre but I thought you had to put it in a container first.

vandriver

The unmanned station in ballymount sells it.

masterboy123

It's next to diesel filling outlet.

I haven't seen any pump in tipperary where i could fill up AdBlue directly in just like diesel.

So it's 30 litres? How am i gonna get 30 x 1 bottles? Still got 2000 kms left though

R.O.R

If you can't find a car AdBlue pump to fill from, and don't fancy paying Mercedes through the nose, then most Advance Pitstop / Fast Fit / First Stop tyre centres can fill up AdBlue now. Hell of a lot cheaper than going to a main dealer, or buying 30 x 1 litre bottles.

D Trent

masterboy123 wrote: »

It's next to diesel filling outlet.

I haven't seen any pump in tipperary where i could fill up AdBlue directly in just like diesel.

So it's 30 litres? How am i gonna get 30 x 1 bottles? Still got 2000 kms left though

Cashel Topaz beside motorway have it where the trucks refuel

masterboy123

I live in Clonmel. Do you mean the Topaz at Cashel roundabout?

D Trent wrote: »

Cashel Topaz beside motorway have it where the trucks refuel

D Trent

masterboy123 wrote: »

I live in Clonmel. Do you mean the Topaz at Cashel roundabout?

Yeah it's beside the roundabout for the access to Motorway, the Topaz beside McDonalds

masterboy123

Thanks for the heads up. There is Advance Pitstop near my home.
Is 30 litres gonna range in the 50 euros?

R.O.R wrote: »

If you can't find a car AdBlue pump to fill from, and don't fancy paying Mercedes through the nose, then most Advance Pitstop / Fast Fit / First Stop tyre centres can fill up AdBlue now. Hell of a lot cheaper than going to a main dealer, or buying 30 x 1 litre bottles.

masterboy123

Advanced pitstop is charging 7 euro per litre.
Isn't it too pricey?

R.O.R wrote: »

If you can't find a car AdBlue pump to fill from, and don't fancy paying Mercedes through the nose, then most Advance Pitstop / Fast Fit / First Stop tyre centres can fill up AdBlue now. Hell of a lot cheaper than going to a main dealer, or buying 30 x 1 litre bottles.

SBPhoto

Thats very pricey, I bought the 10L Bottle Adblue in Halfords for €14

colm_mcm

Jesus, are you sure?

blackwhite

masterboy123 wrote: »

Advanced pitstop is charging 7 euro per litre.
Isn't it too pricey?

€7 a litre is a joke.

Wolesale AdBlue (for pump dispensing) costs so little that you could sell it at less than €1 per litre and be making over 100% margin on it.

Atlantic Dawn

It's basically piss your buying, anything over €2 a litre is pure extortion.

R.O.R

masterboy123 wrote: »

Advanced pitstop is charging 7 euro per litre.
Isn't it too pricey?

That's ridiculous. I'm sure we were getting 12l fills on Audis for about 25 quid

Toyotafanboi

The bottles with the cut off valve in them around that price. They are handy to recycle as a funnel for when you buy a bulk container in future. Lots of places retail these for around €7-8 for the 1.8 litre bottles.

It is expensive that way though because you can but the 20 litre bottles for €12-14 ish.

martinr5232

Ford dealers are selling add blue 10 litres for 10 euro cheapest around.

masterboy123

Ok maybe he meant one these bottles.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The bottles with the cut off valve in them around that price. They are handy to recycle as a funnel for when you buy a bulk container in future. Lots of places retail these for around €7-8 for the 1.8 litre bottles.

It is expensive that way though because you can but the 20 litre bottles for €12-14 ish.

vandriver

Last time I went by,it was 79.9 c / litre in Ballymount.

masterboy123

Damn! Wow!! Multiply that by 10 times and thats what i am getting 😂

Sorry being to ask this stupid question.
This is first car with Adblue and i don't know how many litres are required. It's C class 2015. In the manual, it only says how to view the range left and that it will give warning sign when it's low level.

vandriver wrote: »

Last time I went by,it was 79.9 c / litre in Ballymount.

R.O.R

masterboy123 wrote: »

Damn! Wow!! Multiply that by 10 times and thats what i am getting 😂

Sorry being to ask this stupid question.
This is first car with Adblue and i don't know how many litres are required. It's C class 2015. In the manual, it only says how to view the range left and that it will give warning sign when it's low level.

Doesn't say the tank capacity inside the filler door by any chance?

Should get around 1,000km per litre so any idea what mileage was done since the last fill? First warning should come when there's about 3 litres left.

Google says it's either an 8 litre tank or a 26 litre tank.

Whatever you do, don't spill it over the car as it's highly corrosive.

masterboy123

Then i say it's 8 litres adblue tank. It says range left is 4100 km and shows half bottle. So 8000 km on a full bottle which will be equal to 8 litres.
Thank you

R.O.R wrote: »

Doesn't say the tank capacity inside the filler door by any chance?

Should get around 1,000km per litre so any idea what mileage was done since the last fill? First warning should come when there's about 3 litres left.

Google says it's either an 8 litre tank or a 26 litre tank.

Whatever you do, don't spill it over the car as it's highly corrosive.

THEDONWALDO

Usually the adblue required in the w205 and w213 is between 10 and 20 litres. Mercedes dealers sell it in 10 litre containers, costing approx ?12 + vat.

masterboy123

Thats actually a good price from the dealer. I was advised to avoid dealer as they could potentially charge 50e

THEDONWALDO wrote: »

Usually the adblue required in the w205 and w213 is between 10 and 20 litres. Mercedes dealers sell it in 10 litre containers, costing approx ?12 + vat.

masterboy123

I went there today and sadly they didn't let me use the Adblue pump as i don't have fuel card or something like that. Truck drivers carry that card and they can get adblue directly from the pump with that card.

D Trent wrote: »

Yeah it's beside the roundabout for the access to Motorway, the Topaz beside McDonalds

ei9go

Guy I know who has machinery in the UK tells me he buys it for 12p sterling per litre

Toyotafanboi

When he buys 10,000 litres.

blackwhite

ei9go wrote: »

Guy I know who has machinery in the UK tells me he buys it for 12p sterling per litre

He might be getting actual piss for that price instead of AdBlue

For bulk, pump-dispensed, across a network of service stations the big suppliers are charging between 24-30c per litre. I can't see how anyone would be able to get it for less than 17/18p in the U.K, even if handling delivery themselves.

grogi

blackwhite wrote: »

For bulk, pump-dispensed, across a network of service stations the big suppliers are charging between 24-30c per litre. I can't see how anyone would be able to get it for less than 17/18p in the U.K, even if handling delivery themselves.

They don't think about VAT.

blackwhite

grogi wrote: »

They don't think about VAT.

All the prices I'm quoting are ex VAT in the above.

If his friend is running a large fleet of machinery I'd assume he's able to reclaim VAT as well.

zilog_jones

masterboy123 wrote: »

Thats actually a good price from the dealer. I was advised to avoid dealer as they could potentially charge 50e

I think the difference here is just buying the bottles from the parts shop, versus getting the dealer to fill the car.