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RE: DEF fluid
DEF formula is specified in Federal regulations. There is no allowance for any sort of "secret sauce." It is all the same, the only variation being the price they can sucker someone into paying for it. What's more, the only two allowed components are two of the cheapest chemicals known to mankind. Regardless of what you pay for it, somebody somewhere is making a killing.
The only caveat is to make sure that you get an unopened jug of it. There have been reports of cheapskates taking advantage of the return policy of some stores (WallyWorld, I'm looking at you) to return a jug full of tap water for credit. So before you head to the checkout, inspect the safety seal to make sure you get the real stuff.
Being somewhat anal about DEF, I have a DEF refractometer and check each jug. It shows the DEF concentration. Of course every jug I have tested has been spot on, but it should catch a jug that had been tampered with that had somehow been sealed up
I actually found a jug that had the inner seal removed at my local Wally World. I dipped a finger in and stood there like a fool for a few minutes to let it dry. Guess what? No white crystal residue on said finger. Took that jug to customer service, 'splained the issue, showed the evidence, and left them to figure out what to do with it. Hopefully saved some poor fool from getting the dread "incorrect fluid" message.
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naturist
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09/25/23 12:59pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: DEF fluid
DEF formula is specified in Federal regulations. There is no allowance for any sort of "secret sauce." It is all the same, the only variation being the price they can sucker someone into paying for it. What's more, the only two allowed components are two of the cheapest chemicals known to mankind. Regardless of what you pay for it, somebody somewhere is making a killing.
The only caveat is to make sure that you get an unopened jug of it. There have been reports of cheapskates taking advantage of the return policy of some stores (WallyWorld, I'm looking at you) to return a jug full of tap water for credit. So before you head to the checkout, inspect the safety seal to make sure you get the real stuff.
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naturist
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09/20/23 11:48am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Carbon Monoxide alarm going off
Carbon monoxide alarms have a limited service life of about 7 years from date of manufacture. If you allow for warehouse time, this means maybe as short as 5 years after you buy them. If yours are old, they will indeed alarm constantly to let you know it is time to replace the alarm. For obvious reasons, this is better than simply quietly ceasing to work at all.
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naturist
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07/03/23 07:42pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Recall on sledgehammers !!
Do you need it if you can't fix it?
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naturist
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05/10/23 02:33pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: EB I-40 From Kingman AZ to Ash Fork AZ is Horrendous
Thanks for the heads up. Nobody wants to need an alignment, new tires and rims after driving 25 miles on a broken-up road.
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naturist
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05/10/23 02:31pm |
Roads and Routes
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