Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Bromborough: Why It Happens
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103. A drain and a full flush, carried out just where the vehicle stands in Bromborough, is normally what it needs when caught before the motor runs. Not happened yet? Below, the page covers the why it takes place and the ways to prevent it for good.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel motor need its own filler?
Not one liquid but two: that's what many modern diesels around Bromborough and Bromborough Pool carry, with diesel for the engine. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into your exhaust gas to clean it.
There's a filler on every tank. Under one flap, next to each other: that is the arrangement on a lot of cars. On others, AdBlue's filler sits under the bonnet or in the boot instead. Topping up your diesel side at the pump goes on all the time. Rarely topped up, AdBlue usually goes in out of a bottle, poured by someone who has to stop and think which filler to use. The slip lives in that gap.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank happen around Bromborough?
It is seldom carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
Haste comes from the warning. Your car warns you as AdBlue runs low, and an empty tank sends it into limp mode — so the top-up happens quickly, before work on a drive off Bromborough Village Road, or heading home in the car park outside The Bromborough Hotel.
New-to-you vehicles come second, too. Hire cars, new vehicles and company motors place their fillers differently, and the hand reaches for the cap 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. Whether it happens in Bebington or the middle of Bromborough, it is the same few seconds.
Telling the AdBlue filler from your diesel filler
Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Poulton or a forecourt around Bromborough, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Check the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are often blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps usually are not.
- Many cars fit AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- Open the flap and check for a label — many motors mark which belongs in which filler right there.
- Cannot find it beside the diesel inlet? In that case check below the bonnet or inside your boot — the owner's manual says which.
- Collecting a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park at Bromborough Rake? Ask whoever drove it last before leaving, rather than once the light comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in the diesel tank
For the day the light comes on — anywhere you are across Merseyside — a routine to use.
- Park and switch off. Not on a slope, not with your engine running, and not in a rush on the side of Spital Road.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap works — after you've found your filler and read the cap.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Stop when your tank is topped up or the bottle runs dry; until then, pour gently using the built-in spout.
- Only after that, start the car: close the cap, check again, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Discover during the second or third step that the bottle went in the diesel filler? That's where you stop. Leave out step five altogether.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Bromborough?
Do not start your motor: that's how the short order of things begins. The fuel pump runs on many diesels the moment your ignition goes 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 pulled from.
If you're at a forecourt, whether it's the BP or the Asda, ask the attendants to help push the vehicle clear of the pump. On your own drive around Bromborough? So your car stays put.
When your engine has run already, pull over somewhere safe then turn the vehicle off. Bromborough sits under 3 miles from the M53; there, use the first exit. About how far did it go? Hopping across Bromborough is less a job than a trip of under 10 miles to Liverpool, and so tell us.
When we turn up around Bromborough, what happens?
We come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside Co-op Academy Woodslee, close to Saint Barnabas's Church or on your own driveway. Those replies settle this work and the quote, so our engineers ask what was put in, about how much, and whether it has run. You get that price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
After that: a drain, then a full flush of the whole system. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and neither washes away by itself. That is why it counts more. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The engine is fired up next and tested to be sure it runs properly, all before our engineers head off.
If the 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 at night. Your insurer usually wants an engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours once the job is done. Payment comes on the day, with no money upfront. It is worth checking your policy while we travel to you: misfuelling cover is included with plenty of policies.
About Bromborough and where it is
Bromborough is a suburban area on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, situated near the coast at an elevation of around 29 metres. Bromborough lies close to the cities of Liverpool and Birkenhead, with nearby places including Bebington, Spital, and Eastham Ferry. Bromborough has a population of approximately 3009 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Bromborough is located about 5 miles from Liverpool, making it a commuter-friendly area.
AdBlue drains in Bromborough and across Merseyside
Bromborough is a residential suburb, and the vans that cover it also work the towns near it, Spital and Eastham Ferry among them, across the CH postcode area. The van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting CH62 7.
The vehicle does not need to move. We drain it where it is — a side street near Bromborough Civic Hall & Library, a lay-by on the way to Cowpasture Wood, a drive. Tricky to explain, like the back of Brotherton Park Ranger Centre? By a border? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
For Bromborough motorists, the short version
Read the cap before you pour. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, anywhere in Merseyside, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless — and so leave the vehicle off then ring 0333 366 0103.