Well done.
My 20 plate Ducato powered Knaus is Euro 6 and doesn't require adblue at all, atandard achieved with EGR. I was very surprised but it's true.
How does that help someone that needs sadblue
It wasn't supposed to help him, just make him aware that there are options to reduce adblue usage without remapping. Basically informing people that are not aware of something that might be a factor when choosing a MH.
I am sorry, that I do not know. If you have a dashboard indicator like we had on our Ford. I would assume it would judge the available power/torque and work accordingly.
It may be 20 plate, but it must be a 2019 model year 'van. 2019 models were Euro 6B and do not require AdBlu whereas 2020 MY are Euro 6D Temp. and definitely do. I've had both. I understand current models are Euro 6D Final.
My 2020 registered van is pre-adblue. But I'm pretty sure it was either sat on a dealer forecourt for a while before it was sold. All the plastic parts are stamped 2017. Before COVID, it was common for convertors to have a stock of vans for several months before they were built up and sold. Basically, the date of registration doesn't tell you that year the chassis was built.
Indeed, we walked away from the first 'new' Carthago we were buying as it was nearly 2 years old, we'd been told it was less than a year. It was only by chance that we found out - when we were exploring the cupboards etc we found a delivery document with it's true production date on.
Yes I believe it is a MY2019 so that explains why, thanks.
Perfectly possible, although obviously not road legal, undetectable in normal use, doesn't effect MOT
...and I would imagine given the nature of social media - there would be plenty of "Remap blew up my engine" posts if there were problems.
Yes.
I would think that the dash shift warnings can be deactivated in the gearbox module ecu
That is totally incorrect, there are many changes across the HP variations ranging from, external i.e. different turbo arrangement, to different engine components pistons, compression ratio etc.
I can speak from experience having owned a "mapped" 2.8 engined Ducato (244) it used clutches at an unacceptable rate, yes it had improved performance and it also improved the rate the fuel tank was depleted, if cruising in top gear simply accelerating hard would cause even a brand new clutch to slip, and despite much research there are no up rated ones available and at the time (a few years ago now) there was plenty of posts on motorhome forums that confirmed my statement.
As stated by @eurojohn there are a number of changes especially between 130 and 150,180 models including fixed to variable vane turbo bigger brakes better M40 gearbox (also on comformatic 130). So if you were to remap start with a 150 not a 130.
I feel compelled to point out that there are consequences if AdBlue is disabled. The nitrous oxides emissions will be much higher. OK not everyone cares about the environment but some do. If anyone else is thinking of doing this I would ask them to consider whether the savings they make are worth the harm they might do to others. I am not telling anyone what they should do just asking them to consider the consequences.
I thought the problem was that in some driving situations the twin EGR was ineffective. The new testing procedures that came in from September 2019 forced manufacturers to use real driving conditions for testing and the only way to achieve the standard was by using AdBlue.
Hence the quote more development time. Unfortunately manufacturers were more interested in conning the system than complying and pherhaps wasted time at the beggining. Papers I read from 2007 showed the way. Between them the Governments and Manufacturers had their own agendas, the end user was not on their list of priorities. Why are we still driving diesels when the Jappanese stopped in 99 (about)? Politics my boy nothing to do with Ecology or the environment.
Why do you think that the Japanese no longer drive diesel engined vehicles ?
www.statista.com
Diesel is still better for climate change. But worse for air pollution.Why do you think that the Japanese no longer drive diesel engined vehicles ?
Japan: number of diesel vehicles in use 2024 | Statista
As of December 31, 2024, Japan recorded a new peak of around 7.18 million diesel vehicles in use, increasing from roughly 7.13 million in the previous year.
I've seen some list ad-blue reduction and ad-blue removal
I think having AdBlue is more important than saving a few £s.
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