Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Bexhill: Why It Happens
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? In that case set this page aside a moment, keep your ignition and motor off, then call 0333 366 0103. A drain and a full flush, done just where your car stands in Bexhill, is normally what it needs if found before the motor runs. The rest of this page explains why it occurs and how to make sure it does not — handy if you are reading before it has happened.
AdBlue in a diesel car: two tanks, two fillers
Many newer diesels around Bexhill-on-Sea, like those in Bexhill, run on two liquids; your engine gets just the diesel. AdBlue's own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, and there a spray treats the fumes.
There's a filler on every tank. Some motors put the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot of others place the two side by side under one flap. At the pump, the diesel side gets filled all the time. Seldom filled, AdBlue usually goes in from a bottle, tipped by a driver who has to stop and think what filler to use. That gap is where the mistake lives.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Bexhill: how it takes place
Three things tend to come together, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
Hurry comes from the warning. The car warns you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank puts it into limp mode — so the top-up gets done in a rush, before work on a driveway off Park Lane, or on the way home in the car park at New Inn.
The old car's cap is where your hand goes — but a hire car, a new vehicle or a company car keeps the fillers elsewhere. That's the second thing: a strange vehicle.
Third, the spout goes in: a diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in just as readily, and after the pour starts, nothing stops it. Whether it takes place in Glenleigh Park or the middle of Bexhill, it is the same few seconds.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Be it a Bexhill forecourt or a driveway out in Little Common, take a couple of seconds on these before any is poured in.
- Read the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally are not.
- Look at the size: the smaller neck is, on plenty of cars, the AdBlue one.
- Check inside your fuel flap: plenty of cars have a label there saying which fuel goes where.
- The handbook shows where it lives when your filler isn't next to the diesel cap: your boot, or under the bonnet.
- Ask the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you collect a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park outside Collington.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever around East Sussex that is.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with your motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Newlands Avenue.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after you find the AdBlue filler and read it. Daft, yes, yet it does the trick.
- The diesel cap remains on. When the two share a flap, confirm it's shut before lifting the bottle.
- Using the bottle's own spout, pour slowly — and stop when it's full or the bottle is empty.
- Shut the cap, and check again — making sure your diesel filler stayed shut the whole time. Only then, start the vehicle.
If at stage two or three you find you have already poured into the diesel side, stop there. Do not go on to stage five.
Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Bexhill?
The short order of things, beginning with not starting your motor. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels as soon as the ignition is switched on — and so leave it off. Don't 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 sucked from.
The attendants at Pace, BP or another forecourt will normally lend a hand to push the car away if you ask. Your own drive around Bexhill is where it stays.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. The next junction means where to leave if you are on the M20, under 50 miles from Bexhill. Distance counts — a short hop across Bexhill is a smaller job than heading under 50 miles to Brighton and Hove — so say roughly how far it went.
What happens when our technicians turn up in Bexhill
By King Offa Primary Academy, near St. Stephen's Church or on your own driveway: wherever the vehicle has stopped, our technicians come to it. Those replies settle this work and the quote, and so our technicians ask what got in, about how much, and whether it's run. During the call itself, you hear our quote — ahead of dispatch.
Then the tank is drained and the system purged thoroughly. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain fuel-system metals, and neither clears away unaided. Hence it matters more. Filter flushed or, where it must be, swapped; clean diesel in; then a check of the vehicle. Before we go, our engineers fire it up and confirm that it is running properly.
With pumps fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs in which your motor hasn't run need roughly half an hour after our engineers arrive. The insurer usually wants the engineer's report and your VAT invoice, and both are yours once this job is done. Payment is on the day, with no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Bexhill
Bexhill is a seaside town in East Sussex, situated on the coast of the English Channel at an elevation of around 39 metres. Bexhill has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are particularly prevalent, and the town is close to nearby places such as Glenleigh Park and Sidley. Bexhill is located near the South Downs National Park and is within commuting distance of London, being around 52 miles from the capital. Bexhill has a population of approximately 25651 people and includes areas such as Old Town.
Bexhill and East Sussex: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout TN postcodes, our teams covering Bexhill — a coastal town — work the surrounding spots too, Old Town and Sidley included. A postcode starting TN39 4 gets our van to you fastest.
The vehicle does not need to shift. Draining happens right there, whether a drive, a road near Marian Pycroft, or a lay-by on the way to King Offa Wood. Assuming won't help behind Bexhill Amateur Athletic Club, on a boundary, or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
For Bexhill drivers, the short version
Before you tip, read the cap. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank all the same, leave the car off and call 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel clears it where it stands, anywhere across East Sussex.