AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Central Lydbrook: How It Happens and How to Prevent It
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103. In Central Lydbrook, catching it before the motor runs normally means draining and a thorough flush on the spot. Nothing happened yet? Below, the rest of the page explains the why it happens and the ways to avoid it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel car: two tanks, two fillers
Plenty of modern diesels in Worrall Hill, like those in Central Lydbrook, carry on two liquids; your motor takes only the diesel. Your exhaust, not your motor, is where AdBlue ends up: dosed into the fumes to fresh them, from a separate tank.
There is a filler for each tank. Some motors put the AdBlue filler in your boot or under the bonnet; plenty more place both side by side behind one flap. At the pump, the diesel side gets filled constantly. Far less frequently, the AdBlue side is filled — normally from a bottle, by a person thinking about where it goes. The error lives in that gap.
How AdBlue in the diesel tank occurs in Central Lydbrook
Carelessness seldom explains it. Instead is three things lining up at once.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a message from the car, and running out leads to limp mode — hence a rushed top-up, maybe before work off New Road, perhaps at The Jovial Colliers on the way home that evening.
Unfamiliar motors are next, too. Rentals, new cars and company motors put their fillers differently, and habit goes 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. It takes a few seconds, whether out in Joys Green or bang in the centre of Central Lydbrook.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Whether a Central Lydbrook forecourt or a drive out in The Pludds, spend a few seconds on these before any is poured in.
- Blue and marking: an AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually does not. Go by the cap, not its position.
- The size. On plenty of cars the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Lift the filler flap and look for a label — plenty of motors show what goes in which inlet just there.
- The handbook says where it lives when the filler is not next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The previous driver knows. Check as you collect a rental or fleet car — from Lydney's car park, perhaps — not once the light appears.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Anywhere across Gloucestershire the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Not in a rush on the side of B4234, not on a slope, not with the motor running: park and switch off properly.
- Silly as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap works — once you've located the filler and read it.
- Both behind a single flap? Then make sure the lid on the diesel side stays closed before lifting the bottle.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Only after that, start the car: close the cap, check again, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Find at step two or three that it's already gone into your diesel side? So stop just there. Step five is out.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Central Lydbrook already?
Brief list, then. Top of that: the engine stays off. On many diesels your ignition alone runs the fuel pump, and so do not switch the vehicle on. Filling up with diesel will not dilute it: instead, AdBlue drops to the base of the tank, just where fuel is drawn from.
At a forecourt — BP, another forecourt nearby or any other — the attendants will usually help roll the vehicle away, when you ask. If you're on your own drive around Central Lydbrook, leave the car where it is.
Already run? Stop once it is sensible, then turn off. The next exit means where to come off when you are on the M50, under 10 miles from Central Lydbrook. Tell us roughly how far it went: a run towards Gloucester, under 15 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Central Lydbrook.
Our arrival around Central Lydbrook, and what happens next
The van reaches the vehicle wherever it stopped — your own driveway, beside Holy Jesus, or by Lydbrook Primary School. Which fluid got in, the amount, and whether it ran: we ask because the answers decide the work and quote. That quote is given over the phone, ahead of any van leaving.
Emptying that tank comes next, then a full flush of the fuel system. Much more than with petrol, it counts with AdBlue: crystals form, certain metals corrode, and none of that clears away on its own, no matter how long it sits. Testing comes at the end: before that, fresh diesel is added, and the filter is cleaned or changed as needed. Your engine is started next and checked to make sure it runs properly, all before we head off.
Most jobs are done in roughly half an hour once our technicians arrive, provided the motor hasn't run — and the pumps our technicians use are fine on a live forecourt yet quiet at night beside a house. No money in advance; you settle up on the day. At the end, the VAT invoice and the report from the engineer are handed to you for the insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Central Lydbrook, briefly
Central Lydbrook is a suburban area in Gloucestershire, situated near the River Lyd and surrounded by the villages of Joys Green, Upper Lydbrook, and Lower Lydbrook. Central Lydbrook sits at an elevation of 72 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Central Lydbrook is located approximately 14 miles from Gloucester and 107 miles from London, making it a relatively rural suburb in the South West region.
AdBlue drains round Central Lydbrook, and Gloucestershire beyond
As a residential suburb, Central Lydbrook shares its vans nearby places — Upper Lydbrook, Lower Lydbrook — all the way across GL postcodes and the wider area around them. Our van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting GL17 9.
Moving the car isn't needed. Wherever it sits — near Ragmans Lane Farm, in a lay-by en route to Lydbrook Recreation Ground, on a drive — that's where it is emptied. If you are near a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Saint Mary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Central Lydbrook drivers: the short version
Before you pour, read the cap. Even so AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it where it stands, wherever around Gloucestershire: keep it off then phone 0333 366 0103.