Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Barnetby le Wold
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the motor and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103. Caught before your engine runs, it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Barnetby le Wold. Nothing happened yet? Below, the rest of the page explains the reasons it occurs and the ways to prevent it altogether.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car
Diesel feeds the motor — but plenty of newer diesels seen round Barnetby le Wold and Bigby carry a second liquid too. Kept in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into the exhaust gas and cleans it.
Each tank has its own filler. On a lot of vehicles the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Diesel gets filled on each forecourt visit, again and again. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes usually fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less commonly. It is in the gap that the slip happens.
Barnetby le Wold: how AdBlue in your diesel tank occurs
Carelessness rarely causes it. Instead is three things coming up together.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a warning from the vehicle, and letting it run dry leads to limp mode — so a rushed top-up, perhaps before work off Silver Street, perhaps at Whistle and Flute on the way home that evening.
New-to-you cars are second, as well. Rentals, new vehicles and company motors put their fillers differently, and habit reaches for the cap it used on the old one.
A spout-topped bottle finds no resistance at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. So the tip, once started, keeps on. Whether it takes place in Coskills or the middle of Barnetby le Wold, it is the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
A few seconds is all the checks take — so run through them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Elsham or a forecourt around Barnetby le Wold.
- Where it sits can mislead; the cap doesn't. AdBlue ones are often blue or carry the word "AdBlue" — diesel ones usually don't.
- The size. On many motors the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- The flap. Look inside your fuel flap for a label. Many cars say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook says where it is if your filler isn't next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The person who drove it last. On a hire or company car picked up from somewhere like the car park at Barnetby, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
For the day the warning appears — anywhere it is in Lincolnshire — a simple routine to use.
- Not in a rush on the side of Victoria Road, not on a slope, not with your motor running: park then switch off properly.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after finding the AdBlue filler and read it. Silly, yes, yet it does the trick.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave it on.
- Stop once that tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; before that, pour gently using the built-in spout.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Spot at step two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? So stop right there. Leave out stage five altogether.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank in Barnetby le Wold?
Do not start your motor: that is where the short order of things starts. Leave your ignition off as well, because on plenty of diesels it by itself runs the pump. Diluting it with more diesel fails, because AdBlue sinks to the base instead of blending — and that's where your fuel is drawn from.
Ask the attendants to help roll your car away from the petrol pump if you're on a forecourt — the Gallows Wood Service Station & Recovery, the BP or anywhere else. If you're on your own drive in Barnetby le Wold, leave the car where it is.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. Barnetby le Wold sits under a mile from the M180; on it, take the next junction. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Kingston upon Hull, under 15 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Barnetby le Wold.
What occurs when our technicians turn up around Barnetby le Wold
By St Barnabas CofE Primary School, Barnetby, close to St Barnabas or on your own drive: wherever the vehicle has stopped, we come to it. Both the work and the quote rest on three replies — which liquid, what quantity, and if it's run — so our technicians ask. Nobody sets off until you've heard our quote by phone.
The fuel system is then rinsed thoroughly, after the tank is emptied. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not wash out on its own — which is why that counts more with AdBlue than with petrol. After your filter has been cleaned — or renewed, if needed — fresh diesel goes in, and finally the vehicle gets tested. Before we leave, our technicians fire it up and make sure that it is running smoothly.
Unrun vehicles mostly need a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive. The equipment is safe on a busy forecourt, and hushed enough for a residential street late at night. The 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 money upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Barnetby le Wold, briefly
Barnetby le Wold is a village in northern Lincolnshire, situated near the banks of the River Ancholme. Barnetby le Wold has a relatively low elevation of 21 metres above sea level and is located near several smaller settlements, including Coskills and Melton Ross. Barnetby le Wold is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is within commuting distance of Kingston upon Hull.
AdBlue drains around Barnetby le Wold and across Lincolnshire
Being a village, Barnetby le Wold shares its vans surrounding areas — Melton Ross, New Barnetby — right through DN postcodes and the wider area beyond. A postcode starting DN38 6 gets our van to you fastest.
Moving the vehicle isn't necessary. Our engineers drain it where it is — a side street near Church of The Ascension, a lay-by on the way to Low Wood, a driveway. Guessing doesn't help behind Burial Ground, close to a border, or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
For Barnetby le Wold people, the short version
Read the cap before you pour. Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, anywhere around Lincolnshire, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank anyway — and so leave the car off and call 0333 366 0103.