Mercedes-Benz · Oil & Lubrication

AdBlue (DEF)

The urea solution injected into the exhaust of a BlueTEC diesel to break down nitrogen oxides.

Also called DEF, urea, BlueTEC fluid.

How you know it is this

  • An AdBlue level warning, then a countdown of starts remaining
  • A car that will not restart once the countdown reaches zero
  • An AdBlue quality or injection fault

Worth knowing before you buy

  • When the tank runs dry the car will not restart. This is by design and it is not a fault.
  • It crystallises around the injector and in the lines, and that is what causes most AdBlue faults rather than the fluid itself.
  • It has a shelf life and degrades in heat, which matters here — buy what you will use.
  • Only BlueTEC and later diesels take it. A petrol car and an older diesel have no tank.

What we need to quote it. Confirmation the car is a BlueTEC or later diesel. The chassis number settles the generation, the body and usually the engine in seventeen characters — it is on your mulkiya. A photograph of the old part helps where there is more than one version.

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AdBlue (DEF) for your Mercedes-Benz?

Send the chassis number and a photograph of the old part. We come back with genuine, OEM and aftermarket options priced side by side, with lead times.

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