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Old 11-19-2021, 08:50 PM   #16 (permalink)
Blue Angel
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Previous Car - '12 Chevrolet Cruze Eco MT
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
It's usual for the tanks to hold enough DEF for such long mileages, but it's also worth to consider cars often resort to both EGR and DEF while heavy-duty trucks and buses usually have either one or another, so a car would use fewer DEF proportionately to the fuel consumption, even though the DEF tank of a truck might hold a volume proportionately closer to that of the fuel tank.
Makes sense. This car was asking for an oil change when I bought it, so I wonder if it got an oil change and a DEF top-up when it was returned at the end of its lease and they forgot to reset the oil life monitor? Possible I guess.

I've had a jug of DEF sitting in my garage since I bought the car assuming it will run out. Now I'm curious to see how far it will go before needing a refill. Also curious if that 9.5L (2.5 US Gal) jug will even top up the tank?

OK, so a little Googling says BMW claims 10k miles on a fill, so it must have been topped-up right before I bought it. 15k kms is getting close to 10k miles.
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