Wal Mart's Super Tech DEF?
Has anyone used the Wal Mart brand Super Tech DEF? If so, opinions?
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- Thanks for the info!
- No end to what low lifes will do to save a buck. It happens AND I have been a victim of buying new oil in the 10 quart bottle and when opened found that it was used.
- Deadbeats at Walmart switch oil filters and boxes, IE, put a $10 premium oil filter in a $3.00 econo filter box.
I always check them before I buy! - Use that or pump DEF. No issues so far.
naturist wrote:
On the one hand, the recipe for DEF is fixed in the law like no other product. The result is that one brand is identical to the next. No "secret ingredients" or "special sauce" is allowed.
On the other hand, some retailers have fallen prey to disreputable customers buying a jug, filling their truck, putting tap water back in the jug, then returning it for refund, with the result that when you go to the store, you need to check that the container still has intact factory seals, and if it does not, don't buy that one.
Other than that caveat, buy the cheapest you can find; it is all the same. Really.
aqueous urea solution made with 32.5% urea and 67.5% deionized water.Ron3rd wrote:
Has anyone used the Wal Mart brand Super Tech DEF? If so, opinions?
Haven't used WAlly brand but I did use another cheap brand. I got repeated check engine lights for insufficient catalyst on a run to Minnesota and back. After that I drained the DEF tank and refilled with Peak Blue DEF. I haven't had a CEL since then.
It could be coincidence, but the few $$ savings isn't worth it to me now.
KJLIKE2BUILD wrote:
Ron3rd wrote:
Has anyone used the Wal Mart brand Super Tech DEF? If so, opinions?
Haven't used WAlly brand but I did use another cheap brand. I got repeated check engine lights for insufficient catalyst on a run to Minnesota and back. After that I drained the DEF tank and refilled with Peak Blue DEF. I haven't had a CEL since then.
It could be coincidence, but the few $$ savings isn't worth it to me now.
KJ
Good to know; the Peak is $11.88 and the Super Tech is $7.88, both are 2.5 gal jugs- I use the Super Tech DEF. You do have to be careful though, there is a Walmart near me and most of the jugs they have on the shelf usually are just water. You can tell when someone has refilled with water and returned it. Look for crystals around the cap, and ALWAYS take the cap off and check the seal. And use your finger to check the edges of the seal, most of the time the low lifes have tried to re-seal but you can tell its not a good seal.
I have warned the staff at the store of what I have seen, but they didn't seem to interested in it.
The Walmart on the other side of town doesn't seem to have the same low lifes shopping there! LIKE2BUILD wrote:
You either got old DEF, or DEF that was replaced with water. It had NOTHING to do with the brand.Ron3rd wrote:
Has anyone used the Wal Mart brand Super Tech DEF? If so, opinions?
Haven't used WAlly brand but I did use another cheap brand. I got repeated check engine lights for insufficient catalyst on a run to Minnesota and back. After that I drained the DEF tank and refilled with Peak Blue DEF. I haven't had a CEL since then.
It could be coincidence, but the few $$ savings isn't worth it to me now.
KJ
ALL DEF is EXACTLY the same.- I have bought alot of them from WalMart that had the crystals around the opening and the seals were not good and never had an issue. Multiple jugs on the shelf were that way.
