Adblue anticrystal additive C4 Grand Picasso

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Adblue anticrystal additive C4 Grand Picasso

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Hello
Could you please tell me
which anti crystal product is allowed to add for Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 2017 , Diesel 2 liters
I bought this one https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BV7BNHDT?ref ... asin_title and asked in a garage if it is ok and they said this does not for Citroen so I wonder which one is good
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Most people are using it, including me, I don't see why it wont do for yours
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I agree. I also now put Wynn's Crystal Clean in my 2015 BlueHDi 308.

Can I also say - Wow, that's expensive. I was looking just this morning on Ebay (UK) and I could easily get two bottles for that price. Denmark is possibly a bit more expensive but surely not that much. Look around. Don't limit yourself to Amazon, I seldom find things are cheaper there.
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dave101ua wrote: 11 Jun 2025, 15:39
Could you please tell me
which anti crystal product is allowed to add for Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 2017 ,
I'd be amazed if Citroen approve any additives in the adblue system at all.
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wheeler wrote: 11 Jun 2025, 21:04
dave101ua wrote: 11 Jun 2025, 15:39
Could you please tell me
which anti crystal product is allowed to add for Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 2017 ,
I'd be amazed if Citroen approve any additives in the adblue system at all.
They can make more money by selling new Adblue tanks when the injector fails unless they have to pay compensation viewtopic.php?t=84999.
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Adblue companies make a product not fit for use, then sell another product to try and rectify it..... All a con
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Um, since when do Wynn's, and other similar companies, make Adblue tanks and injectors?
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They make Adblue which needs another product buying to stop it crystalising, why cant it be including in the Adblue.
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Re: Adblue anticrystal additive C4 Grand Picasso

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Well, there is a premixed Version from Total available for commercial vehicles which are used in harsh conditions (many stops per day) to lower the risk of crystals forming.

Its called total clearnox.
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Steve Walsh wrote: Yesterday, 05:26 They make Adblue which needs another product buying to stop it crystalising, why cant it be including in the Adblue.
That Steve, is a very good point...
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CitroJim wrote: Yesterday, 05:58
Steve Walsh wrote: Yesterday, 05:26 They make Adblue which needs another product buying to stop it crystalising, why cant it be including in the Adblue.
That Steve, is a very good point...
Takes me back. I was an 'early adopter' of diesel in a car - BX 19RD no less, 1984 ish. Waxing in cold weather was an issue, particularly with trucks where the diesel filter was exposed, less so for cars but still in very cold weather we added a container of anti wax to every tankful - citroen called their version "additive anti-figeant" or somethnig. I guess now its all in the stuff that comes out of the pumps because you never see it to buy and I don't recall trucks being stranded on high passes with waxed diesel. So - yes a very very good point.
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Yes, the composition of diesel fuel changes between winter and summer.
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merlin667 wrote: Yesterday, 05:27 Well, there is a premixed Version from Total available for commercial vehicles which are used in harsh conditions (many stops per day) to lower the risk of crystals forming.

Its called total clearnox.
ive seen this advertised at only 1 place here in the uk ,expensive but could be worth it in the long run