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  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    Labbix,

    Are you saying that you cannot buy Ad-blu anywhere in Albania?

    That sounds rather unbelievable!! Thumbs Up
    29th Oct 2018 5:48 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Luckily this is not my country Wink I’m Flemish! But we will be here for the next 2, max 3 years. Dealer only has ad blue in bulk and ‘can not’ sell it. I can buy it in Greece I suppose, but of course JLR will say it’s not the same nor same quality and I only go to Greece once a year or so, and that will be with 3 small kids, so not too much time to look around for ad blue, but I might next time.
    Amazon is not really an option, as customs are ridiculous over here. To give you an example: the anti theft plate from Mr. Ray was cheaper to buy and send over here by plane than the tax I had to pay locally...
    29th Oct 2018 5:58 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    I have been told there exist some Turkish ‘side import’
    Other example, friend of mine his xc90 stopped. No idea why, so he thought quality of diesel. Emptied the tank and found 3 liters of water in it... It’s Albania after all, you can ‘find’ everything, but you never know what it is, same for medication,... and apparently the same with the D5 I bought, unfortunately.
    29th Oct 2018 6:02 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     



    Wink
    29th Oct 2018 6:05 pm
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    I do not mean JLR, Ad-blu must be available in filling stations, car accessory shops?


    Last edited by jimbg on 29th Oct 2018 6:32 pm. Edited 1 time in total
    29th Oct 2018 6:08 pm
  • Arslanoff
    Member Since: 03 Aug 2017
    Location: Prague
    Posts: 140
    Czech Republic 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    I buy adblue by any Shell petrol station (shell and Bosch are official adblue sellers) every time before service by LR, as they top up without asking and it is 4x time more expensive than adblue from shell. It is standard everywhere with ISO 22241 standard and costs about 10euro per 5 Liter.
    Land Rover Discovery 5 HSE Luxury Td6 in Carpathian Grey
    29th Oct 2018 6:08 pm
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    Exactly, would you only go to your dealer to buy oil?
    29th Oct 2018 6:34 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Albanian petrol stations are not really like in Europe (although a few try to look like) Albania doesn’t even have real highways... I can’t even buy tires for the D5 in this country! And no one who works at a petrol station will speak anything else than Albanian. Anyway, I will ask next time and really wonder what they will tell me. But seeing the incredible black smoke behind the cars, I don’t think they really care about clean air.
    Even worse, everyone burns everything in his own garden or field as here exists no official ‘recycling’ or waste treatment. So no potable water neither. Every week I have to close the windows as even the smell from burning stuff (batteries, microwaves, clothes, food, plastic,medication, you name it) is vomiting inducing... and yes I live in the capital.
    29th Oct 2018 7:00 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Google maps with the highways Wink




    And more specific Albania, the one that seems to be a highway is not. Max 90km/hour, but even 30 or 40 and with pedestrians, cows, donkeys almost everywhere



    29th Oct 2018 7:13 pm
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

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    2016 D4 TDV6
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    29th Oct 2018 8:08 pm
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 766
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    Labbix wrote:
    Google maps with the highways Wink

    And more specific Albania, the one that seems to be a highway is not. Max 90km/hour, but even 30 or 40 and with pedestrians, cows, donkeys almost everywhere



    Ironically, the D5 Td6 is the ideal vehicle for that kind of area - poor roads, a long way between fill-ups, diesel is easy to find...

    I wonder, does Albania mandate Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel? If not, you are actually generating a lot more soot than the car is designed to handle, and that's going to legitimately increase your rate of post-injection to actively clean the DPF, which will fill up faster than if you are using ULSD.
    29th Oct 2018 8:48 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Officially it’s 10ppm Wink
    29th Oct 2018 9:11 pm
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    https://autotrend.al/en/86-additives

    https://www.facebook.com/VoulisCompanyAlba...783448160/
    29th Oct 2018 10:28 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Perfect Jimbg, I definitely gonna bring them a visit, although it’s a neighborhood we normally won’t go.

    The website looks promising Wink

    Thanks!
    30th Oct 2018 7:21 am
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Jimbg, if you would find the Dutatracs 20 inch over here as well, I buy you some Belgian beers!
    30th Oct 2018 7:24 am
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