Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Abersychan
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then put this page down for now, leave the ignition and engine off, then call 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a full flush, carried out right where your vehicle stands in Abersychan, is usually what it needs when caught before your motor runs. Nothing happened yet? Further down, the page covers the why it occurs and the how to prevent it altogether.
AdBlue in a diesel motor, and its separate tank
No single liquid but two: that's what plenty of modern diesels near Abersychan and Golynos run, with diesel for your motor. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Each tank has one filler of its own. Under one flap, side by side: that's the layout on many cars. Elsewhere, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. Diesel gets filled on each forecourt visit, week in, week out. Rarely topped up, AdBlue usually goes in from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think which cap it needs. The error lives in that gap.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank happen around Abersychan?
Seldom is it carelessness: normally three things line up.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from your car, and letting it run out means limp mode — hence a rushed top-up, perhaps before work off Stanley Road, or at Garndiffaith Workmans on the way home after work.
The old car's cap is where your hand reaches — yet a hire car, a new vehicle or a company car keeps the fillers somewhere else. That is the second thing: a strange vehicle.
A spouted bottle meets no resistance at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, after started, carries on. The same few seconds settle it, in the middle of Abersychan or out in Garndiffaith.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Waterloo or a forecourt around Abersychan, check these. They take a couple of seconds.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap normally isn't. Read it rather than going by position.
- On plenty of motors, the size gives it away: AdBlue has the smaller filler neck.
- A label inside the fuel flap frequently shows which fuel goes where, on plenty of cars. Check for it.
- The handbook shows which it is if your filler is not next to the diesel cap: your boot, or under the bonnet.
- Picking up a hire or company car, say at the car park at Pontypool and New Inn? Ask whoever drove the vehicle last before you set off, rather than once the light comes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
Wherever around Torfaen the light comes on, this is a routine for that day.
- Switch off once parked — flat ground, motor off, and never in a rush by Gelli Rhwy Road at the roadside.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after you find the AdBlue filler and read it. Silly, yes, but it does the trick.
- Both behind one flap? So confirm the lid on your diesel side is still closed ahead of raising the bottle.
- Stop once your tank fills or the bottle runs dry; until then, pour gently through the built-in spout.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Find during the second or third step that AdBlue went into the wrong tank? That's where you stop. Don't carry on to step five.
Abersychan: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Brief order, then. Top of that: the engine stays unstarted. On many diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so don't switch it on. Do not top up with diesel to thin it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where your fuel is sucked from.
Ask the attendants to help push the car clear of the pump if you're on a forecourt — the Texaco, the another forecourt nearby or anywhere else. If you are on your own driveway around Abersychan, leave the car where it stands.
If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Abersychan lies under 10 miles from the M4; there, use the next junction. Distance counts — a short hop across Abersychan makes a smaller job than driving under 15 miles towards Newport — so tell us about how far it went.
Abersychan: what occurs when our technicians get there
Our engineers come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside the local primary school, near Garndiffaith Millennium Hall or on your own drive. What fluid went in, the quantity, and whether it ran: our technicians ask since the replies set both work and price. The price comes over the phone, ahead of any van leaving.
Next: draining, then a full flush of the entire system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own — which is why that matters more here than with petrol. The filter flushed or, if it must be, replaced; fresh diesel in; then a check of the car. We don't go until it has been fired up and is running properly.
Most jobs are done in about half an hour after we get there, as long as the motor hasn't run — and the pumps we use are safe on a busy forecourt yet quiet after dark outside a house. Payment happens on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. While we travel, have a look at your policy; many carry cover for misfuelling.
About Abersychan and where it is
Abersychan is a town situated in a riverside location in Torfaen, Wales. Abersychan is positioned to the north of Pontypool, placing it in a notable area of the country. The town has strong historical connections, being part of the traditional county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Abersychan's setting and location make it a distinct town in the region.
AdBlue drains across Torfaen, Abersychan included
Abersychan is a riverside town, and the vans that cover it also work the places around it, Victoria Village and Talywain among them, across the NP postcode area. Our van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting NP4 7.
Your car stays where it is. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Garndiffaith Welfare Park, a side street near Garnsychan Partnership: we drain it where it sits. Guessing doesn't help behind Sardis Congregational Chapel, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
Abersychan drivers: the short version
Tip no AdBlue till you've read the cap. Even so AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it wherever it is, anywhere in Torfaen: switch it off then phone 0333 366 0103.