It' sbeen standard now in many US model diesel cars..
just guessing, perhaps at least 6 years , for Mercedes Benz dieselshere.

called 'urea injection' I believe.
you can pee in the diesel fluid tank in an emergency.

recently a diesel ambulance would not go due to shortage of that fluid,
another abulance had to be called ....it resulted in a patient death
...prettysure I read that recently.

How much time do vanagon list members spend reading per week I wonder ?

On 9/5/2013 4:16 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Shows how modern I am. I have heard of the chemical urea, but had no idea
> it had any use in a diesel engine.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:
>
>>   You are not familiar with Urea , a liquid  that most modern US model
>> diesel cars and light trucks need these days ?
>> Did you google it ?
>> Might learn readily by doing that.
>>
>> Chevagon ?
>>
>>
>>   On 9/5/2013 3:49 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>>
>> I will be traveling from early until late tomorrow, but I just have to have
>> input on this matter ASAP!
>>
>> I'm looking at a mailer that Chevrolet sent me advertising a Chevy Cruze
>> Clean Turbo Diesel, and the brochure compares it favorably (of course) with
>> a VW TDI.
>>
>> But here's the part that gets me:
>>
>> In the section that explains Chevy's 2-Year Schedule Maintenance Program,
>> there's this entry under the "free" category:
>>
>> "Diesel Exhaust Fluid Refills"
>>
>> Huh? Is this to be filed with Johnson Rods and Overhead Muffler Bearing
>> pranks? What is a "Diesel Exhaust Fluid Refill," and what exactly is Diesel
>> Exhaust Fluid?
>>
>> Anxious to find out what my Diesel Westy is missing,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> PS What a Vanagon conversion this Chevy engine would make if it is any
>> good! I have heard nothing but good from people I know who have driven them.
>>
>>
>>
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