Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Bailey Grove
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your engine and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103. Normally, if the motor hasn't turned, it's drained and thoroughly rinsed where the vehicle sits in Bailey Grove. If you're reading before it has happened, the rest of this page is about why it happens and how to make sure it does not.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel vehicle need its own filler?
Plenty of current diesels on the roads about Bailey Grove and Langley carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the motor. Kept in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into the exhaust stream to clean it.
There's a filler on each tank. Other cars keep the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot more have both together under one flap. At the petrol pump, the diesel side is topped up constantly. The AdBlue side is fuelled far less commonly, usually from a bottle, and normally by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. The mistake lives in that gap.
AdBlue in the diesel tank in Bailey Grove: how it takes place
Carelessness seldom explains it. What does is three things coming up together.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from the vehicle, and running dry means limp mode — hence a hurried top-up, maybe before work off Scalby Close, perhaps outside Sun Inn on the way home after work.
Then the car is unfamiliar. A hire car, a new car or a company car puts the fillers where your last one did not, and the hand hits for the cap it would have used on the old one.
No part halts the tip once it has started, since a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. Whether it takes place in New Eastwood or the middle of Bailey Grove, it is the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Before you pour anything, whether on a drive in Shipley Gate or a forecourt in Bailey Grove, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Read the cap instead of going by position: AdBlue ones are often blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones usually are not.
- The size. On many vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- The flap. Look inside the fuel flap for a label. Many cars say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook says where it lives if your filler is not next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The previous driver knows. Ask as you collect a hire car or fleet car — from Langley Mill's car park, perhaps — rather than when the warning appears.
Keeping AdBlue out of your diesel tank when you top up
Anywhere across Nottinghamshire the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Switch off once parked — flat ground, engine off, and never in a rush beside Great Northern Road on the verge.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it does the trick.
- The diesel cap remains on. Where the two sit under a flap, confirm it is shut before lifting the bottle.
- Finish when your tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; before that, pour slowly through its built-in spout.
- Close the cap, then check again — making sure your diesel filler stayed shut throughout. Only then, start the vehicle.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you've already poured into your diesel side. Never go on to stage five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Bailey Grove already?
The short order of things, starting with not starting the engine. Do not switch your ignition on; on many diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Diluting it with extra diesel fails, since AdBlue sinks to the base instead of mixing — and that is where the fuel is drawn from.
On a forecourt — Morrisons, Esso or another — the attendants will normally help roll the vehicle away, if you ask. Leave it where it is if you are on your own driveway around Bailey Grove.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. On the M1, under 3 miles from Bailey Grove, that means the next exit. Roughly how far did it go? Hopping across Bailey Grove is less a job than a run of under 10 miles to Nottingham, and so say.
Bailey Grove: what occurs when our engineers arrive
We come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside Springbank Academy, close to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or on your own driveway. Which liquid went in, the amount, and whether it ran: we ask because the answers set the work and price. You get that price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Then that tank is emptied and your system rinsed thoroughly. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why that counts more here than with petrol. Testing is last: before that, fresh diesel goes in, and the filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. Your engine is started next and tested to make sure it runs smoothly, all before we leave.
With pumps fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough for use outside a house at night, most jobs where your engine has not run take roughly half an hour after our engineers are there. Your insurer will ask for the engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and you get both once the job is done. Payment is on the day, with no deposit. Before we get there, have a look at your policy; many include cover for misfuelling.
About Bailey Grove and where it is
Bailey Grove is a suburban area situated near the River Erewash in Nottinghamshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Bailey Grove sits at an elevation of around 70 metres, close to the nearby towns of Eastwood and New Eastwood. Bailey Grove is located approximately 8 miles from Nottingham, making it a commuter-friendly residential area. Bailey Grove has a population of around 2463 people, with a range of community facilities and services available.
AdBlue drains in Bailey Grove and across Nottinghamshire
As a residential suburb, Bailey Grove shares its vans nearby places — Eastwood, Eastwood Hall — right across NG postcodes and the wider area around them. A postcode starting NG16 3 gets our van to you fastest.
No need to shift the car. The drain takes place on the spot, whether a drive, a street near Eastwood Young People's Centre, or a layby on the way to Hall Park. Awkward to pin down, like the back of Eastwood Theatre? By a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so phone.
In short, for Bailey Grove drivers
Before you tip, read the cap. Petrol in Diesel drains it on the spot, anywhere in Nottinghamshire, if AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank regardless — and so leave the car off then call 0333 366 0103.