AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Bevere: Why It Happens and How to Avoid It
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then set this page aside a moment, keep your ignition and engine off, and call 0333 366 0103. In Bevere, catching it before the motor runs normally means a drain and a full flush where it stands. The remainder of this page explains why it takes place and how to make sure it does not — handy if you are reading ahead of time.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
Plenty of current diesels on the roads around Bevere and Hallow carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the engine. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Separate tanks, different fillers. Other motors put the AdBlue filler in your boot or under the bonnet; plenty more have the two together under one flap. Diesel goes in at each forecourt call-out, again and again. Far less commonly, the AdBlue side is topped up — normally from a bottle, by a person working out where it goes. The mistake grows in the gap between the two.
Bevere: how AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place
It's seldom carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a driveway off Bevere Lane before work, or in the car park outside Camp House on the way home: that is where the rushed top-up happens. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue gets low your car warns you, and if it's empty, limp mode follows.
Then, your hand reaches for the cap it knew on the old motor — because a rental car, a new motor or a company car places the fillers where your last one did not.
A spout-topped bottle finds no resistance at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, once begun, keeps on. The same few seconds decide it, in the middle of Bevere or out in Claines.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Be it a Bevere forecourt or a drive over in Hallow Heath, take a few seconds on these before any is poured in.
- Check the cap rather than going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are commonly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones usually are not.
- Look at the size: the smaller neck is, on many cars, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside the fuel flap often says which fuel goes where, on plenty of motors. Look for it.
- Cannot see it beside your diesel inlet? Then check below the bonnet or in your boot — the handbook says where.
- Picking up a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park at Worcester Foregate Street? Check with the person who drove the vehicle last before you set off, not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching your diesel tank
The day the light comes on, wherever around Worcestershire, follow this routine.
- Switch off after you park — flat ground, engine stopped, and never rushed beside Telford Close at the roadside.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it works.
- Both behind one flap? So make sure the lid on the diesel filler is still closed ahead of raising the bottle.
- Slowly does it, through the bottle's own spout, till it is full or the bottle runs out.
- Only after that, start the car: close the cap, check again, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
If at step two or three you find you have already poured into your diesel side, stop there. Step five stays off limits.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Bevere?
Don't start your engine: that's how the short order of things begins. Leave your ignition off as well, because on many diesels switching it on alone runs your fuel pump. Don't top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where your fuel is drawn from.
If you are at a forecourt, whether it's the Esso or the Texaco, ask the attendants to help push the car away from the petrol pump. Your own drive in Bevere is the place it should stay.
When your engine has been run already, stop safely then switch the vehicle off. Leave the M5 — under 5 miles out of Bevere — at the next exit. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Worcester, under 3 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Bevere.
What takes place when our technicians arrive around Bevere
Anywhere your car has stopped, whether outside Claines CofE Primary School, beside Plymouth Brethren Christian Church or at home, the van comes to it. Both the work and our price rest on three answers — which liquid, what quantity, and if it has run — so our technicians ask. The price comes over the phone, ahead of any van leaving.
After that: 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 with AdBlue than with petrol. Once the fuel filter has been flushed — or renewed, if needed — clean diesel is added, and finally the vehicle gets tested. Before leaving, our technicians fire it up and confirm that it's running properly.
If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are safe on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house after dark. Paying happens on the day, not upfront, and you are given the paperwork your insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. It is worth looking at your insurance as the van travels to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About Bevere and where it is
Bevere is a small village situated on the banks of the River Severn in Worcestershire, with a low elevation of around 30 metres. Bevere lies close to the city of Worcester, being only 2.6 miles away, and is near other villages such as Claines and Grimley. Bevere has a population of approximately 740 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Bevere is located in the West Midlands region, about 102.8 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Bevere, and Worcestershire beyond
Being a village, Bevere shares its vans nearby areas — Grimley, Northwick — all the way through WR postcodes and the surrounding area beyond. The van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting WR3 7.
The vehicle doesn't need to shift. Anywhere it sits — beside Saint John Baptist, in a layby heading to Tinkers' Coppice, at home — that is where it is drained. Ring and ask rather than guessing if you're near a border, or somewhere hard to describe, like the back of Claines Parish Church.
The short version for Bevere people
Before you tip, read the cap. AdBlue in the diesel tank after all? Keep it off then ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, across Worcestershire.