Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Abbey Gate: Why It Happens
Keep your motor and ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103 first — the rest can wait if AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Caught before the engine runs, it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Abbey Gate. Here in advance? In that case the rest covers how it comes about and what to prevent it happening at all.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel vehicle need its own filler?
Diesel goes to your engine — but many current diesels seen around Abbey Gate and Trill hold a second fluid too. Its own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to the exhaust, where a spray cleans the fumes.
Different tanks, different fillers. Under one flap, next to each other: that is the layout on a lot of vehicles. On others, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in your boot instead. Diesel gets filled on each forecourt call-out, week in, week out. Someone who has to stop and work out where it goes usually fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less frequently. The error lives in that gap.
Abbey Gate: how AdBlue in the diesel tank happens
It is hardly ever carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
Hurry follows from the warning. The car tells you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank puts it into limp mode — so the top-up gets done in a rush, before work on a drive off Woodbury Lane, or on the way home in the car park at Axminster Inn.
New-to-you vehicles are second, as well. Rentals, new vehicles and company cars put their fillers differently, and habit reaches for the cap used on the old one.
A spout-topped bottle meets no obstacle at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, once begun, keeps on. Whether it takes place in Axminster or the middle of Abbey Gate, it's the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Whether a Abbey Gate forecourt or a drive over in Millway Rise, take a few seconds on these before any is poured in.
- Position can mislead; the cap does not. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or bear the word "AdBlue" — diesel caps normally don't.
- The size. On many motors the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- A label inside the fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on many vehicles. Look for it.
- Cannot see it next to your diesel inlet? Then look beneath the bonnet or in your boot — the owner's manual will say which.
- The previous driver will know. Ask as you collect a rental or company car — from Axminster's car park, say — rather than when the light appears.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
For the day the light comes on — wherever you are around Devon — a simple routine to follow.
- Not in a rush on the side of Athelstan Close, not on a slope, not with your engine running: park and switch off first.
- Find the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and say the word "AdBlue" out loud as unscrewing it. It seems silly. It works.
- The diesel cap stays on. When both sit under a flap, make sure it is closed before lifting the bottle.
- Slowly is best, through the bottle's own spout, till it's full or the bottle runs out.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check again, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you have already poured into your diesel side. Never carry on to step five.
Put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Abbey Gate already?
The short order of things, starting with not starting your engine. On plenty of diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so don't switch the vehicle on. Filling up with diesel will not thin it: instead, AdBlue sinks to the bottom of your tank, just where fuel is drawn from.
Ask the attendants to help push the car clear of the petrol pump if you're on a forecourt — the Tesco, the Harvest Energy or anywhere else. Leave it where it is if you are on your own drive in Abbey Gate.
Already started? Pull over when it's safe, then switch off. The next junction is the place to come off if you're on the M5, under 25 miles from Abbey Gate. A short hop across Abbey Gate is a smaller job than a run towards Exeter, under 25 miles away, so tell us roughly how far it went.
Our arrival in Abbey Gate, and what happens next
Outside St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster, near Moridunum or on your own driveway: wherever your car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Both the work and the quote depend on three replies — what fluid, which amount, and if it has run — so our technicians ask. The price is given over the phone, before any van leaves.
Then your tank is cleared and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly. More than with petrol, it counts here: crystals form, certain metals corrode, and nothing washes out unaided, no matter how long it is left. Testing comes last: before that, fresh diesel is added, and the fuel filter is cleaned or changed as needed. Your engine is fired up next and checked to make sure it runs smoothly, all before our technicians head off.
Using pumps fine on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs in which your motor has not run take about half an hour after we are there. No money in advance; you settle up on the day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer go to you for the insurer. While we travel, take a look at your insurance documents; plenty include cover for misfuelling.
About Abbey Gate
Abbey Gate is a locality situated on the riverside in Devon, with a relatively low elevation of 55 metres. Abbey Gate lies near the cities of Exeter and Axminster, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Abbey Gate is a small community, with a population of around 894 residents, and is located approximately 23.5 miles from Exeter. Abbey Gate benefits from its proximity to the surrounding countryside and nearby places like Wyke Green and Sector.
AdBlue drains across Devon, Abbey Gate included
As a small village, Abbey Gate has the same vans as surrounding areas — Wyke Green, Sector — right across EX postcodes and the wider area around them. Quote a postcode that starts EX13 5, and our van arrives quickest.
The vehicle does not need to move. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Jubilee Field, a side street close to Newenham Abbey: we drain the vehicle where it stands. Tricky to pin down, like the back of Axminster Guildhall? By a border? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
Abbey Gate drivers: the short version
Read the cap before you pour. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank all the same, leave it off then ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it sits, anywhere in Devon.