AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Boorley Green: How It Occurs and How to Prevent It
Stop here for a moment when the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, then call 0333 366 0103. In Boorley Green, catching it before your engine turns normally means draining and a full flush where it stands. Not happened yet? Below, the rest of the page covers the why it happens and the how to prevent it altogether.
AdBlue in a diesel car, and its separate tank
Many newer diesels in Wildern, as well as Boorley Green, carry on two liquids; your motor gets only your diesel. Its own tank keeps it, and from there it is sent to your exhaust, where spraying cleans the fumes.
Separate tanks, different fillers. Some motors keep the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot of others have the two together under one flap. At the pump, your diesel side is topped up all the time. Far less frequently, the AdBlue side gets topped up — normally from a bottle, by someone working out where it goes. That gap is where the mistake lives.
How AdBlue in your diesel tank occurs around Boorley Green
Three things tend to come together, and carelessness is seldom one of them.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the vehicle tells you, and if it runs out completely, the car goes into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a driveway off Orchard Close before work, or in the car park at Pear Tree on the way home.
Then the car is strange. A hire car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers where your last one did not, and your hand gets to for the cap it would have used on the old one.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, and so nothing stops the pour after it has started. It takes seconds, be it in Botley or bang in the heart of Boorley Green.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
Look at these before pouring, on a forecourt around Boorley Green or a driveway out in Curdridge. A few seconds, no more.
- Colour and marking: an AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually does not. Trust the cap, not where it sits.
- Many cars give AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- Lift the filler flap and check for a label — plenty of vehicles show which belongs in which inlet right there.
- Can't find it beside your diesel filler? Then check beneath the bonnet or inside your boot — the handbook will say where.
- Whoever had it before will know. Ask as you pick up a hire car or fleet car — at Hedge End's car park, perhaps — rather than once the light appears.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Wherever across Hampshire the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Stop on level, engine off, with time to spare — never hurried on the side of Maddoxford Lane.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly and it works.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — then leave the car on.
- Using the bottle's own spout, tip slowly — and stop when it's full or the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check once more. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Stop there if you find, at step two or three, that you've already poured into the diesel side. Leave out stage five entirely.
AdBlue in your diesel tank already, around Boorley Green?
Short order, then. First: your motor remains off. The fuel pump starts on many diesels as soon as the ignition is switched on — and so keep it off. Do not top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is drawn from.
Ask the staff to help push your car away from the petrol pump if you are at a forecourt — the Texaco, the BP or somewhere else. Leave it where it is if you are on your own drive around Boorley Green.
If your engine has already run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The next junction is where to leave when you are on the M27, under 3 miles from Boorley Green. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Southampton, under 10 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Boorley Green.
What occurs when our technicians arrive around Boorley Green
The van reaches the vehicle wherever it has come to rest — your own driveway, beside All Saints, or outside Boorley Park. What liquid went in, the amount, and if it ran: our technicians ask since the answers set both work and quote. The quote comes on the call, ahead of any van leaving.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a thorough flush of the system. With AdBlue that counts more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Then we start the engine and make sure it runs correctly before leaving.
Unrun cars mostly mean a half-hour visit after arrival. The equipment is safe on a live forecourt, and quiet enough for a residential street late at night. The insurer will ask for an engineer's report and your 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 insurance documents; plenty include cover for misfuelling.
About Boorley Green and where it is
Boorley Green is a village in Hampshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 28 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Boorley Green lies near the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, and is close to nearby places such as Botley and Shamblehurst. Boorley Green has a population of approximately 1003 residents, and is located about 63.9 miles from London. Boorley Green is characterized by its rural setting and proximity to the water.
AdBlue drains in Boorley Green and across Hampshire
Over SO postcodes, the vans that cover Boorley Green — a village — work the surrounding locations too, Dowds Farm and Shamblehurst included. Quickest of all: give a SO32 2 postcode to our van.
The vehicle stays where it is. The drain happens on the spot, whether a drive, a street near William Cobbett, or a lay-by towards Wangfield Copse. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you're close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Drummond Community Centre.
In short, for Boorley Green drivers
Read the cap before you tip. AdBlue in the diesel tank after all? Keep it off then phone 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, across Hampshire.