AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Ben Rhydding: Why It Occurs and How to Avoid It
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103. A drain and a full flush, done right where the vehicle stands in Ben Rhydding, is usually what it needs if found before the engine runs. Nothing happened yet? Further down, the rest of the page explains the reasons it occurs and the how to prevent it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Not one liquid but two: that is how plenty of newer diesels around Ben Rhydding and Denton run, with diesel feeding your motor. AdBlue's own tank holds it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, and there spraying cleans the gas.
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 the boot or under the bonnet. Topping up your diesel side at the pump happens all the time. The AdBlue side is topped up far less frequently, usually from a bottle, and usually by somebody who has to stop and think where it goes. It is in that gap that the mistake happens.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Ben Rhydding: how it takes place
It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off Ben Rhydding Road before work, or in the car park outside The Wheatley Arms on the way home: that's where the rushed top-up happens. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low your car tells you, and once it's gone, limp mode follows.
The old car's filler is where your hand goes — but a rental car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers elsewhere. That is the second factor: an unfamiliar car.
A spout-topped bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. So the tip, after begun, keeps on. The same few seconds decide it, in the middle of Ben Rhydding or out in Ilkley.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
Before you tip anything, whether on a drive in Burley Woodhead or a forecourt in Ben Rhydding, check these. They take a couple of seconds.
- Check the cap instead of going by position: AdBlue ones are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally aren't.
- The size. On plenty of cars the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Open the filler flap and check for a label — plenty of motors mark what belongs in each inlet right there.
- Can't find it next to the diesel filler? In that case check beneath the bonnet or inside your boot — the handbook will say where.
- The person who drove the vehicle last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at the nearest station, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach your diesel tank
Wherever in West Yorkshire the light comes on, this is a routine for the day.
- Pull in somewhere level, engine off, with time in hand — never hurried on the side of Ryedale Park.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, once finding the AdBlue filler and reading it. Silly, yes, yet it does the trick.
- If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave the vehicle on.
- Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap, and check once more — making sure the diesel cap remained closed throughout. After that, start the vehicle.
Find at the second or third stage that AdBlue went into the wrong filler? That's where you stop. Don't carry on to stage five.
Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Ben Rhydding?
The short order of things, starting with no starting your engine. Keep the ignition off too, because on many diesels it by itself runs the pump. Do not top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where your fuel is drawn from.
Ask the attendants to help roll the vehicle away from the petrol pump if you're on a forecourt — the Texaco, the Esso or somewhere else. If you're on your own drive in Ben Rhydding, leave the vehicle where it is.
Already run? Pull over when it is sensible, then turn off. Ben Rhydding lies under 15 miles from the M606; there, use the next junction. A short hop across Ben Rhydding is a smaller job than a run towards Bradford, under 10 miles away, so tell us roughly how far it went.
What happens when our technicians turn up around Ben Rhydding
The van reaches the vehicle wherever it has come to rest — your own driveway, beside Beck Stone, or outside Ben Rhydding Primary School. We ask what was put in, roughly how much, and if it's run, since the answers determine this work and our price. You hear that price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
Then that tank is cleared and your system cleaned 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 the flush matters more here than with petrol. Testing is at the end: before that, fresh diesel goes in, and the fuel filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. The motor is started next and tested to be sure it runs smoothly, all before our engineers leave.
Most jobs are finished in about half an hour after our engineers arrive, as long as the engine has not run — and the pumps our engineers use are fine on a busy forecourt and quiet at night beside a house. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Misfuelling cover is included in many insurance policies — so make use of the wait to look at yours.
About Ben Rhydding itself
Ben Rhydding is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated on the banks of the River Wharfe at an elevation of 151 metres. Ben Rhydding lies approximately 9 miles from Bradford and is close to the town of Ilkley, with the surrounding countryside offering scenic views. Ben Rhydding is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its development as a residential area. Ben Rhydding has a population of around 2747 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains in Ben Rhydding and across West Yorkshire
Throughout LS postcodes, the teams that cover Ben Rhydding — a residential suburb — work the surrounding places too, Middleton and Stead included. The van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting LS29 8.
There's no need to move the vehicle. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street close to Stanza Stone, a lay-by on the way to Wheatley Rakes, a driveway. Ring and ask rather than guessing if you are close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Cow and Calf.
Ben Rhydding people: the short version
Always, the cap; after that, the pour. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it where it is, wherever around West Yorkshire: switch it off then ring 0333 366 0103.