Vehicle containing urea water / injection time / injection location / price
Due to the recent shortage of urea water, the anxiety of those who own vehicles filled with urea water is growing. Let’s find out which vehicles require urea. In addition, I would like to introduce you to where to add urea and the price.
What is the number of elements?
Urea water is called diesel exhaust fluid. Urea water is sprayed into the exhaust gases to change nitrogen oxides into clean nitrogen and water. Since nitrogen oxides are a major cause of global warming, urea water filters out bad substances and cleans the environment.
If there is no urea water, the operation of vehicles such as parcel delivery, cargo transportation, buses, and fire trucks may be stopped immediately, which may result in serious damage.
Why did the urea crisis occur?
Urea water is mainly used in products exported from China, but recently, exports of urea water to China have been restricted, leading to a shortage of urea water. The reason for this is that China, which traded coal in Australia, recently had a strained relationship with Australia, and as coal exports from Australia were blocked, it said it would only give urea water to itself. I hope the coal issue with Australia is resolved as soon as possible. As this phenomenon of urea water shortage appears, the anxiety of those who drive vehicles containing urea water is increasing. Let’s find out what kind of vehicle contains the number of elements.
vehicle containing urea
The vehicle in which urea water is added is a diesel vehicle equipped with an SCR system.
Diesel vehicles released within the last 5 to 10 years require urea injection according to the Euro 6 policy6.
These include diesel passenger cars, diesel SUVs, sedans, trucks, fire trucks, buses, and large vehicles.
Representative car models include diesel vehicles such as Santa Fe, Tucson, Sorento, Sportage, and Palisade, which require urea injection.
Timing of urea injection
Truck: Replenish urea every 300-400 km
Passenger car: replenish urea every 15,000~20,000km
The timing of urea water injection is as above, and you can check the remaining amount of urea water through the instrument panel. If the urea water warning light comes on, you need to add urea water, so look at the instrument panel and prepare in advance. If there is no urea water, contaminants are not filtered out and the engine may not start at all.
Where to enter the number of elements
Urea water can be injected at a nearby gas station that sells urea water, but it is currently in short supply due to a shortage. Therefore, it is difficult to inject it at a gas station, but it can be injected through internet purchase, personal transaction, or a company specializing in urea water.
element price
The average price of urea water was about 1,200 won per liter at major stores, but due to the current shortage, the price is said to have risen by more than 50% to about 4,000 to 10,000 won.