Boothroyd: How Does AdBlue End Up in a Diesel Tank, and How Do You Prevent It?
Stop here for a moment if your diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, and call 0333 366 0103. In Boothroyd, catching it before the engine turns usually means a drain and a thorough flush where it stands. The rest of this page explains why it happens and how to make sure it does not — useful if you're reading ahead of time.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Diesel goes to the engine — but plenty of newer diesels seen about Boothroyd and The Flatts hold a second liquid as well. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Every tank has one filler of its own. Some cars keep the AdBlue filler in your boot or under the bonnet; a lot more place both together under one flap. Topping up your diesel side at the pump goes on constantly. Rarely filled, AdBlue normally goes in from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think what cap to use. The mistake grows in that gap between the two.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Boothroyd: how it happens
It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off St John Close before work, or in the car park outside St Paulinus Social Club heading home: that is where the rushed top-up takes place. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low the car tells you, and once it is empty, limp mode follows.
The old car's filler is where your hand reaches — but a hire car, a new car or a company car keeps the fillers elsewhere. That's the second thing: a new vehicle.
Nothing halts the tip once it has started, because a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as readily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. It's a few seconds, be it in Daw Green or right in the centre of Boothroyd.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Before you pour anything, whether on a driveway in Dewsbury Moor or a forecourt in Boothroyd, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Position can mislead; the cap does not. AdBlue caps are often blue or carry the word "AdBlue" — diesel caps normally don't.
- On many motors, the size tells: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck.
- Check inside your fuel flap: many motors have a label there showing which fuel goes where.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where your filler sits if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- Collecting a hire or company car, say at the car park at Dewsbury? Check with whoever drove it last before you set off, not when the light goes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Wherever across West Yorkshire the light comes on, this is a routine for the day.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with the motor running, and not in a rush on the side of St John Street.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, check the cap, and say the word "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew it. It seems silly. It works.
- Both under a single flap? So confirm the cap on the diesel side is still shut before raising the bottle.
- Gently does it, through the bottle's own spout, till it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Only after that, start the car: close the cap, check again, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Spot at step two or three that it has already gone into the diesel side? So stop just there. Never carry on to step five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Boothroyd already?
What follows is a short order of things, beginning with no starting the motor. On many diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, and so do not switch the vehicle on. Don't top up with diesel to thin it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where the fuel is sucked from.
The attendants at Shell, Asda or any forecourt will usually lend a hand to push the car clear when asked. If you are on your own drive in Boothroyd, leave it where it sits.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your engine has already run. Boothroyd lies under 5 miles from the M62; there, take the first exit. Mileage counts — a quick hop across Boothroyd makes a smaller job than heading under 10 miles to Wakefield — so say about how far it went.
Boothroyd: what occurs when our technicians arrive
Our engineers come to the vehicle wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside St John’s CE Primary School, near St John the Evangelist or on your own driveway. Both the work and our price depend on three answers — which liquid, what amount, and whether it has run — so our technicians ask. You get that quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining the tank comes next, then a full flush of your system. With AdBlue that counts more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own. Once your filter has been cleaned — or replaced, if required — clean diesel is added, and then your car gets tested. Before we leave, we start the engine and check that it is running correctly.
With pumps safe on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs where the motor hasn't run take roughly half an hour after we arrive. Payment is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents your insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Boothroyd itself
Boothroyd is a suburban area situated on the riverside in West Yorkshire, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Boothroyd sits at an elevation of 104 metres, close to the nearby communities of Daw Green, West Town, and Westborough. Boothroyd is located near Wakefield, which is approximately 6 miles away, and is part of the larger West Yorkshire urban landscape. Boothroyd has a population of around 6733 residents, living in a predominantly terraced housing environment.
Boothroyd and West Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Boothroyd is a residential suburb, and the vans that cover it also work the towns around it, West Town and Westborough among them, across the WF postcode area. Quickest of all: give a WF13 2 postcode for our van.
There's no need to shift the car. The drain happens right there, be it a drive, a road near The Unknown Warrior, or a layby on the way to Crow Nest Park. If you're near a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Jamia Masjid Gulzar-E-Madina, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The short version for Boothroyd people
First, the cap; then, the pour. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, anywhere in West Yorkshire, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank anyway — and so leave it off and phone 0333 366 0103.