Operators of trucks drive by the cost of contamination of AdBlue
AdBlue is very sensitive to dirt and fill in as little that 10 ml of oil in a 70 liter corrupt system can cause irreversible damage.
A trucking company based in Crewe has recently faced a bill for £ 3500 an injector failed on an SCR Renault Magnum, after a small amount of diesel fuel in the tank of AdBlue.
Richard Brain, regional service manager for PACCAR Australia, says DAF Trucks Only a small amount of chemical contamination in the tank can cause problems.
"It is costly for operators, if chemical additives in the AdBlue be mixed because they attack rubber seals, which damaged the terminal, "says Brian." Replacing an SCR unit is about $ 5,000 each, and what happens when Gasoline or other chemical contamination, "he said. Although not common, said brain tries to anyone, 'boost' the performance of the unit by the SCR diesel, alcohol or other chemicals that will cause it to fail, which in turn means an adequate substitute.
"These devices are not repairable, they have a replacement just take and buy a new" Brain warned.
Can, of course, repair costs, even if they are important, even in the lesser evil compared with the potential for lost costs and downtime associated during recovery and repairs are made.
Many efforts have been made to try to ensure the dealer AdBlue, free delivery of the impurities of AdBlue. However, considerable risks of contamination exist, even after she AdBlue is for the truck. To meet since the introduction of SCR in the European legislation on emissions, it has a growing number of cases of contamination AdBlue by small amounts of diesel was put in AdBlue tanks were caused. Because this issue is not formally covered under warranty, operators of commercial vehicles could thousands of pounds on their own Be left pocket.
There are, however, the products of prophylactic the market that help you stop polluting the AdBlue powered vehicle and a small protective effect of investment that will save you a big repair bill and immobilization of your vehicle.
The diesel tank and all is running, run it through the holes, Drain and no one can give the AdBlue tank. AdBlue from the same key is polyoxymethylene (POM) material as the rest of the SCR system made in accordance with the same rigorous testing.
About the Author
Nick Panchaud is the CEO of Brooklands Innovations, a company committed to the prevention of diesel misfuelling and of AdBlue contamination.
Misfuelling and contamination of AdBlue tanks with diesel is now almost entirely avoidable by fitting an Adblue Key. For further information please visit http://www.brooklandsinnovations.com/adbluekey/.