johnplyler
2020 4x4
I have read about lots of (what seems like crazy) problems to me about DEF so I purchased a refractometer to check mine.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DLDZBS8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It has great reviews and looks extremely well made, but I am sure it is not lab. quality for $25.
I calibrated it to zero with distilled water. I then checked my pee. A friend once said that if you ever run out of DEF, just pee in your tank, it is after all only urea and water. Well, my pee only read 1.0
I then went and was going to check the DEF in the Sprinter. Even though it only has less than 2000 miles, it is almost two years old and the summer was hot. Well, you can not get a hose down pass some type of blockage to get to the fluid level and my tank is almost full.
I then went and checked the DEF from a new container of Blue DEF from Walmart. There was only one on the shelf, so it didn't appear to have been setting there long. The reading was 29.2. The reading should have been 32.5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is my question, has anyone been checking theirs? I sure don't want to see on the dash a WARNING: You have 19 tries to limp mode!
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DLDZBS8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It has great reviews and looks extremely well made, but I am sure it is not lab. quality for $25.
I calibrated it to zero with distilled water. I then checked my pee. A friend once said that if you ever run out of DEF, just pee in your tank, it is after all only urea and water. Well, my pee only read 1.0
I then went and was going to check the DEF in the Sprinter. Even though it only has less than 2000 miles, it is almost two years old and the summer was hot. Well, you can not get a hose down pass some type of blockage to get to the fluid level and my tank is almost full.
I then went and checked the DEF from a new container of Blue DEF from Walmart. There was only one on the shelf, so it didn't appear to have been setting there long. The reading was 29.2. The reading should have been 32.5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is my question, has anyone been checking theirs? I sure don't want to see on the dash a WARNING: You have 19 tries to limp mode!
Thanks