AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Brundall: Why It Happens and How to Stop It
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then put this page down a moment, leave the ignition and motor off, then call 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a full flush, done right where the car sits in Brundall, is normally all it needs if found before your motor runs. The remainder of this page explains why it occurs and how to ensure it doesn't — useful if you are reading ahead of time.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Diesel goes to your engine — but plenty of current diesels seen about Brundall and Strumpshaw carry another fluid too. Kept in a tank of its own, AdBlue is sprayed into your exhaust stream to clean it.
Each tank has one filler of its own. Plenty of vehicles share a single flap for the two, while others put the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. At the pump, the diesel side gets filled all the time. Seldom topped up, AdBlue usually goes in from a bottle, tipped by a driver who must stop and think which filler to use. The slip lives in that gap.
Brundall: how AdBlue in the diesel tank occurs
Rarely is it carelessness: normally three things coincide.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from your car, and running out leads to limp mode — so a rushed top-up, perhaps before work off Links Avenue, perhaps at The Ram on the way home that evening.
Next, the hand goes for the cap it would have used on the old motor — since a rental car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the pour once it has started. Whether it takes place in Blofield or the middle of Brundall, it's the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
A couple of seconds is all these take — so check them before you pour anything, on a driveway in Blofield Corner or a forecourt around Brundall.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap usually is not. Read it rather than going by position.
- The size. On plenty of cars the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Lift the flap and look for a label — plenty of vehicles mark what goes in which inlet right there.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where the filler sits if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook says which.
- Picking up a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park at the nearest station? Ask whoever drove the car last before leaving, not when the light comes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
Anywhere across Norfolk the light comes on, this is a routine for that day.
- Turn off once parked — flat ground, engine off, and never in a rush by The Street on the verge.
- Find the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and say the word "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly. It works.
- The two under a single flap? So make sure the lid on the diesel filler stays shut before lifting the bottle.
- Gently does it, through the bottle's own spout, until it is full or the bottle runs out.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the vehicle.
Find at stage two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? Then stop right there. Never go on to step five.
Brundall: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Short list, then. First: your motor stays off. The fuel pump starts on plenty of diesels the moment the ignition is switched on — and so keep it off. Don't top up with diesel to thin it: AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where your fuel is sucked from.
Ask the attendants to help push the vehicle clear of the pump if you are on a forecourt — the Shell, the Sainsbury's or anywhere else. On your own drive in Brundall? So the vehicle remains put.
If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Come off the M11 — over 50 miles out of Brundall — at the first junction. A short hop across Brundall is a smaller job than a run towards Norwich, under 10 miles away, and so tell us roughly how far it went.
Brundall: what occurs when our technicians arrive
Anywhere the vehicle came to rest, whether outside Brundall Primary School, near Brundall Village Sign or at home, the van comes to it. Both the work and our quote rest on three replies — which fluid, which quantity, and if it has run — so our technicians ask. Nobody sets off until you have had the price by phone.
Draining your tank comes next, then a thorough flush of the system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why the flush counts more with AdBlue than with petrol. A test comes at the end: before that, fresh diesel is added, and the filter is cleaned or replaced as needed. Your engine is started next and tested to be sure it runs smoothly, all before our engineers go.
Most jobs are finished in roughly half an hour once our engineers get there, as long as the engine has not run — and the pumps we use are safe on a busy forecourt yet quiet at night beside a house. No money in advance; you settle up on the day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer are handed to you for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Brundall
Brundall is a village situated on the River Yare in Norfolk, with a mix of detached housing and rural scenery. Brundall sits at an elevation of 21 metres, close to the nearby villages of Blofield and Surlingham. Brundall is located near the city of Norwich, approximately 5.9 miles away, and is part of the wider Eastern region. Brundall has a population of around 1432 residents, living in a predominantly detached housing environment.
Brundall and Norfolk: AdBlue drains across the area
Witton and Surlingham are among the towns near Brundall, a village, that the same teams cover, throughout NR postcodes. Quickest of all: quote a NR13 5 postcode to our van.
There's no need to move your car. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Memorial Hall Recreation Grounds, a side street close to Brundall Library: our engineers drain the vehicle where it stands. If you are close to a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Brundall Memorial Hall, ring and ask rather than assuming.
The short version for Brundall people
Always, the cap; then, the tip. Still AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it wherever it is, wherever across Norfolk: keep the car off then phone 0333 366 0103.