really? Where did you find the figures?
More woe for the oil-burners.
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really? Where did you find the figures?
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Reading a bit deeper into the VW scandal it seems the way it works is that the software allows more urea to enter the system which makes the cat work better thus giving a cleaner exhaust. Now surely the obvious answer here is to have vehicles fitted with a larger urea tank and run with it at all times. Urea is literally as cheap as pis s .
Not VW Urea! Last time I priced some up it was about £5 a litre (and the Sharan holds 17 litres)! True, you can get (non-genuine) ISO 2241 AdBlue much cheaper, but who is going to take the risk during the warranty period? Also ,they don't inject it near the cat. There's another box after the cat called the "SCR Burner" that it goes into.
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Yeah was a bit of a flippant remark although I didn't realise it was so expensive . Out of interest do you happen to know how long does a litre last in normal driving? Thinking along the lines of how feasible it would be to simply have those vehicles using it at the same rate as they do in the dodgy tests.
In a related matter , good to see that Winterkorn is being investigated by the German police for possible fraud.
In a related matter , good to see that Winterkorn is being investigated by the German police for possible fraud.
I'm sure it varies from vehicle to vehicle somewhat. I drive a (cough!) Sharan 2 litre 115 bhp and I get about 16,000 miles before the warning light comes on. The AdBlue tank is about 17 litres and I guess the light will come on when there is a litre or so left. I suppose about 1000 miles to the litre. Trouble is, for all I know, it could be one of the dodgy ones and I should be using twice as much!
I think I am right in saying, if the Adblue tank runs dry, you can't start up?
John
John
I don't know John, but if you're right then I reckon it just confirms to me that the car world has gone mad!I think I am right in saying, if the Adblue tank runs dry, you can't start up?
John
It strikes me that somewhere down the line there's a break even point between common sense "what is practical" and what the politicians would like to happen so that they can look good.
After all's said and done we need transport, and there is an environmental cost to that.
Petrol for me next time, as I've said before.
I'm due a change maybe next year....I fancy an A3 but I'd really like the powerful diesel.
I'd be most poked though to find it was worth nowt after 4 more years!
Don't really know what to do.
John
I'd be most poked though to find it was worth nowt after 4 more years!
Don't really know what to do.
John
Yes, it's certainly looking like a tricky choice if you are thinking of changing in the nearish. I'll run this one for a bit anyway. No point having a fast motor down here with most main roads being little more than lanes, and I don't do enough mileage to warrant it anyway. This one's six years old, so another four years and it won't owe anything really.
Don't know much about Audis. Don't they do a big petrol lump for performance?
Don't know much about Audis. Don't they do a big petrol lump for performance?
The popular size is the 1.4...... A few years ago I would have laughed at that!
I like around 140 BHP but I'm so used to the torque and low rpm of a diesel I think I'd struggle with a petrol. The last petrol I had was a Clio 182 or something......horrible bit of nonsense, you had to rev the nuts off it to get anywhere.
John
I like around 140 BHP but I'm so used to the torque and low rpm of a diesel I think I'd struggle with a petrol. The last petrol I had was a Clio 182 or something......horrible bit of nonsense, you had to rev the nuts off it to get anywhere.
John
We bought a 4 year old A3 2.0 tdi last year, didnt really want diesel but i couldnt find enough evidence on the 1.4 lumps reliability in the vag group.
The 2.0 tdi common rail 140bhp is a peach of an engine with bags of torque.
The 2.0 tdi common rail 140bhp is a peach of an engine with bags of torque.
Yep, its a beaut, that one....I wonder if the pumpe deuse lump has bitten the bullet? They always were on the smoky side.
John
John
I guess so, still a great engine though in 1.9 form, just a little unrefined.
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