--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Bushby: Explained canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/bushby-leicestershire/ location: Bushby county: Leicestershire latitude: 52.629440 longitude: -1.036160 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-28 --- # Bushby: How Does AdBlue End Up in a Diesel Tank, and How Do You Avoid It? AdBlue already in the diesel tank? In that case put this page down a moment, keep your ignition and engine off, then call 0333 366 0103. Caught before the engine runs, it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Bushby. If you're reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it occurs and how to make sure it does not. ## Why does AdBlue in a diesel vehicle need its own filler? Diesel goes to the engine — but plenty of newer diesels driven about Bushby and Stoughton hold a second liquid as well. Its own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to the exhaust, where a spray cleans the fumes. Each tank has its own filler. Many of motors share a single flap for the two, while others put the AdBlue filler to the boot or under the bonnet. Filling your diesel side at the pump goes on all the time. The AdBlue side is fuelled far less commonly, usually from a bottle, and normally by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. The mistake lives in that gap. ## How does AdBlue in your diesel tank occur around Bushby? Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is seldom one of them. To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a warning from your car, and letting it run dry means limp mode — hence a rushed top-up, maybe before work off Chestnut Drive, perhaps at Rose and Crown on the way home after work. Then the car is new. A hire car, a new car or a company car puts the fillers where your last one didn't, and your hand hits for the cap it would have used on the old one. Lastly, the bottle goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in as readily, and after the pour starts, no part stops it. It's a few seconds, whether out in Thurnby or bang in the centre of Bushby. ## Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler Check these first, on a forecourt in Bushby or a driveway over in Houghton on the Hill. A few seconds, that's all. - The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap normally is not. Read it instead of going by where it sits. - Many vehicles fit AdBlue the smaller filler of the two. - Open the flap and look for a label — plenty of cars mark which goes in each inlet right there. - The handbook shows where it is if your filler isn't next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet. - Picking up a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park outside Leicester? Ask the person who drove it last before leaving, rather than once the light comes on. ## Keeping AdBlue out of your diesel tank when you top up Wherever across Leicestershire the light comes on, this is a routine for the day. - Stop on level, motor off, with time to spare — not hurried on the side of Newstead Avenue. - Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it does the trick. - Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle. - Slowly is best, through the bottle's own spout, until it's full or the bottle runs out. - Before starting the car, close the cap and check again that your diesel cap was never came off. If at stage two or three you find you have already poured into your diesel side, stop there. Do not go on to stage five. ## Bushby: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank? Then the order of things is short. Don't start your engine. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels the moment your ignition goes on — so keep it off. Thinning it with extra diesel fails, since AdBlue sinks to the bottom instead of mixing — and that's where the fuel is sucked from. If you're on a forecourt, whether it's the BP or the Tesco, ask the attendants to help roll your car away from the pump. Your own driveway in Bushby is the place it stays. If the engine has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Bushby sits under 10 miles from the M1; on it, take the first exit. Roughly how far did it go? Hopping across Bushby is less a job than a trip of under 5 miles towards Leicester, so tell us. ## Bushby: what takes place when our engineers get there Anywhere the car came to rest, be it by Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School, near St Luke's or on your own drive, the van travels to it. Which liquid went in, the amount, and whether it ran: our engineers ask because the answers decide both work and quote. During the call itself, you hear our quote — before dispatch. The fuel system is then flushed thoroughly, after the tank is drained. 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 doesn't wash out on its own. After the filter is flushed — or replaced, if needed — clean diesel is added, and finally your car gets tested. We do not go until it has been fired up and is running properly. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are safe on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house after dark. The insurer usually wants the engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours at the end. Payment comes on the day, with no money upfront. Before we get there, have a look at your policy; many include cover for misfuelling. ## About Bushby and where it is Bushby is a suburban area situated near the River Soar in Leicestershire, with a mix of housing types although predominantly detached homes. Bushby sits at an elevation of 131 metres, close to the city of Leicester and nearby places such as Thurnby and Scraptoft. Bushby is located approximately 4 miles from Leicester city centre, making it a commuter-friendly location. Bushby has a population of around 2443 residents, according to recent estimates. ## AdBlue drains across Leicestershire, Bushby included Bushby is a residential suburb, and our vans that cover it also work the places near it, Thurnby Lodge and Scraptoft among them, across the LE postcode area. Quote a postcode beginning LE7 9, and our van gets there quickest. The car remains where it is. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street close to Thurnby Lodge Library, a lay-by on the way to Sedgebrook Road Open Space, a drive. If you're near a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of The Peace Centre, ring and ask instead of assuming. ## For Bushby drivers, the short version Before you tip, read the cap. AdBlue in the diesel tank after all? Keep the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, throughout Leicestershire.