The New Daily- ‘We’ll spend whatever it takes’: Australia scrambles to fill AdBlue shortage
AdBlue is injected into the exhaust systems of modern diesel vehicles and is a legal requirement for trucks in Australia as it helps to reduce emissions. The Australian government and fuel industry are therefore scrambling to secure enough supplies to keep supermarket shelves stocked with essential supplies.
I don’t know … I am much more willing to risk death from Co2 concentration (about 0.0014 of the atmosphere) … than I am willing to risk starvation.
But I keep getting outvoted here in CA
” But I keep getting outvoted here in CA ”
” I see dead people “
And Typical Stupidity of every measure to reduce vehicle “emissions”…mileage falls off – ergo now you need to burn MORE Fossil fuel to go a set distance.
All part of the utter bullshit of “IIEEEeeee… ” “The Sky is falling” The Earth will Die…blah blah blah. Climate Change dontcha know….
As most of you know, I drive an 06 Duramax Diesel 603k on the clock.
Mods Help big time.
I Deleted the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation), system – to me backwards thinking idiocy whereby by some exhaust gas displaces Oxygen in ones “air intake”.
Added PPE Manifolds (pretty much headers).
4″ Straight piped Turbo bk Tailpipe (with only a resonator) – Exhaust/Cat are gone.
Added EFI live (set on Tow).
Only time I roll “coal” (black soot) is when I goose it …which is very seldom.
Runs better now than when I bought it.
Oil is Dbl Filtered (1 std Filter- 1 Bypass) Oil changes every 20,000 kms
Fuel is Triple filtered (FASS lift pump)
Prior to the mods, my mileage in an Empty vehicle at 120km/hr: 17.5-18 Mpg.
Now…?? same set up – 21 mpg.
I have no doubt that would be applicable to most Every ICE product on the rd.
End of story.
Yup. Like I mentioned a while back, I had the emission control system in my 2013 Dodge TurboRam deleted because I kept getting a “Check Engine” light, which was traced to a flaky O2 sensor.
I didn’t note what my fuel consumption was before I had that work done, but I noticed afterwards that I was paying a lot less each time I refueled my truck.
Those systems are really logical, aren’t they? You have to burn fuel to reduce the exhaust emissions resulting from burning fuel. How about simply cutting emissions by not burning that extra fuel in the first place?
BA…
My point illustrated… well..!!
Stay warm bro..!!
Shortages of goods lead to bidding up of prices. Looks like much more inflation on the way. The government says inflation is 6%, our eyes say 20%, but the market might be saying 50%. We will quickly find out. We’ll see how much inflation truly is if golds soars through $4,000 per ounce in the next year or so. What is amazing is that precious metals and interest rates aren’t even keeping up with inflation. I suspect that when the economy finally digs its way out of the manure pile there will be a buttload of unsatisfied demand and sharply rising prices. Those 1/2 % term deposits are going to cease being a place to park money.
Pretty common to bypass the bluegoo system. (Or so I’ve heard from anonymous sources in quebec. Nobody in Alberta would do that to their diesels as Albertans prefer to keep their rig rockets bone stock)
The more common term is DEF. It is a mixture of urea and water that reacts to form ammonia which then reacts with the NOx.
Pretty much every single semi truck since 2010 has this system. Worse yet, if it runs dry eventually you can only move the truck at 5 mph or something like that.
A DEF shortage hurts the economy. It’s no different than a diesel shortage.
A DEF shortage hurts the economy.
It doesn’t hurt me. I’ve had all that crapola taken out of my truck, so I don’t need DEF any more. My truck runs fine without it.
You couldn’t get your truck registered in CA. It would be junked.
That’s the reason why we got stuck with the #&*@%&# machinery in our vehicles in the first place. The emission control system in my truck didn’t work properly, and, no, it’s not just for an earlier model Dodge Ram.
At the Edmonton dealership that worked on my truck, I spoke with one of the maintenance staff. He used to work for a GM outfit and their trucks had similar problems.
Up in Fort St. John, I hear a lot of diesel pickups driving with a distinct whine. A lot of them are likely turbo-charged units in which the emission control systems have been removed once the warranty on them has expired.
Mine never had that crap..thankfully..!!
LBZ with an Ally rules….
Instituted to appease the Cimatistas’
All it takes to eliminate the limp home mode when it runs dry is to re-flash the ECU to not trigger limp-home when the DEF level drops to zero (or whatever the level for the warning message). My 2015 VW diesel is a bloody nanny on this, may very well take this solution at some point or go back to using the 2005 which does not have all the crap.
The “Check Engine” light in my truck kept coming on at random times and, each time, the dealership I would take it simply re-set the computer.
On one trip to my house, it came on after driving for 3 hours. On one return trip, it went on after 2. During the last time, I nearly made it all the way back to Edmonton before I heard the notorious “Bing!” That’s when the dealership here in the city offered to take all that stuff out.
I haven’t had a problem ever since, not to mention saving a lot of money on having it checked and fixed.
That truck was a garage queen for my father, which prompted him to say to me one day, “Ach, I think I bought myself a lemon.” I think the wobbly emission control system might well have been the reason for that.
I never cease to marvel how governments appear incapable of looking at an issue (no DEF available) then instead of running in circles in panic trying to secure more supply (from China probably), not decide to waive the requirement until the market comes back into balance. The effect of no DEF is so minuscule that the Vatnajokul volcano currently spewing gunk is probably swamping any imaginable benefit to well below zero.
IMHO the entire EPA, CAFE, CARB and any other government entity involved in regulatory activity can be eliminated and simply allow manufacturers to compete in the market. Anyone with a better solution can have at it or we can go back to deleting all the cost and inefficiencies larded onto vehicles and getting much higher mileage which reduces fuel burned per mile/Km.
Having survived the 50’s through present, pretty sure that the net effect of the above would be salutary.
Keep repeating the line. “This is what happens when you panic over Covid and Climate Change”.
Compounding that, is the “lucky country” concluding that it can continue voting itself better wages and conditions without driving essential industries offshore and making them insecure.
We – Australia – are major exporters of the raw material for urea manufacture… but it’s cheaper to ship it overseas for manufacture, and bring it back, than to manufacture here. What kind of foolery is that? Keep in mind that 90% of Urea is used for agriculture, not transport. The price of urea and ammonium fertiliser has already doubled since last year. Many farmers are considering taking a holiday this year “until things get back to normal”, because there is a high probability that growing wheat won’t be profitable.
The poor will suffer because food prices will rise.
Many businesses will suffer as people devote more of their disposable income to food and essentials. Keep a very wary eye on hw the “official” interest rates are calculated.
There is no free lunch. When you panic about Covid and Climate Change, this is what happens.
It is not “just the economy”. The economy is what keeps people fed, warmed and sheltered.
Peter
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Long overdue to trash the so called Information Economy..and get back to manufacturing world wide..and to hell with China..let them eat Little RED Books.
DEF=Pig Piss.
The price of the older vehicles that don’t use it have risen. I know a guy with a mint 2008 GMC 3500HD with only 47,000km on it. Bought it in a divorce sale, cheap.
He’s snowbirding in the states this winter, (it came with a huge 5th-wheel as well), I told him to be prepared to be continually asked if it’s for sale. He could sell that truck In the USA for more than the original purchaser payed for it in Canada!
The newer models (post 2011) use the dreaded DEF fluid, have regeneration and NOX Sensor issues, which are pricey.
Australia was one of the first countries to get the new V6 Duramax (VW in reality) Diesel Colorado, mid size pick ups. I was there in 2017 and they wanted almost $80,000 Auz for one!