DIY DEF fill-up

[Price]

Originally Posted by coloexpat

I can purchase a 10L jug of DEF (AD-BLUE) for 65 Euro from the local Shell station.

A bit pricey, no?

[jfpx5d]

6 gallons??? the manual shows .75 gal as capacity.

[Lubehead]

Do a search on this forum, there is avery long thread. There are two tanks. When I let the message get to > 100 miles, it took 6 gallons to refill both of them. No way could .75 gallon last for the 10,000 miles or so before one gets a refill message.

[coloexpat]

Originally Posted by Price

A bit pricey, no?

Yes, that would be quite pricey! Either I misread the price label or, the had it marked incorrectly (most likely my error). But when I went back to purchase it was 6.50 Euro / Liter.

When speaking with the SA at the dealer this week when I dropped my truck off to have the hitch installed I was informed it would take 33L to fill both tanks completely. I purchased a 1L bottle from them mainly so I could have the thread on filler bottle. I have also been back to the Shell station and purchased 30 Liters of AdBlue. Next week when I get the truck back I'll fill the tanks.

Now I just need to ppurchase the oil change kit from ECS and have it shipped over here so I can get the first service completed.