Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Charford: Why It Occurs
Pause here a minute if the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, motor off, and call 0333 366 0103. In Charford, catching it before the engine runs normally leaves draining and a thorough flush on the spot. Reading before the event? In that case what follows covers how it comes about and how to stop it ever happening.
AdBlue in a diesel car: two tanks, two fillers
Diesel feeds your motor — yet many modern diesels driven round Charford and Aston Fields hold another liquid as well. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is sprayed into your exhaust stream to clean it.
There's a filler for each tank. On a lot of cars the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Filling the diesel side at the pump goes on constantly. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes usually fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less commonly. It is in the gap that the error happens.
AdBlue in your diesel tank in Charford: how it happens
It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the car tells you, and if it runs out altogether, the car goes into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a driveway off Fox Lane before work, or in the car park outside Court Leet on the way home.
Unfamiliar cars come next, as well. Rentals, new motors and company motors place their fillers differently, and habit goes for the cap it used on the old one.
A spouted bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. So the pour, once started, keeps on. Whether it takes place in Stoke Heath or the middle of Charford, it is the same few seconds.
The AdBlue filler and your diesel filler: telling them apart
A few seconds is all these take — so check them before you pour anything, on a driveway in Red Cross or a forecourt around Charford.
- Read the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones usually are not.
- Many cars fit AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- A label inside your fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on plenty of motors. Look for it.
- The handbook shows which it lives when the filler is not next to your diesel cap: your boot, or under the bonnet.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you pick up a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at Bromsgrove.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach your diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across Worcestershire that is.
- Not in a rush on the side of Rock Hill, not on a slope, not with your engine running: park then switch off properly.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and speak the word "AdBlue" aloud as unscrewing it. It sounds daft. It works.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave it on.
- Using the bottle's own spout, pour slowly — and stop when it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Before starting the vehicle, shut the cap and check a second time that the diesel cap was never opened off.
Find at stage two or three that it's already gone into the diesel side? So stop right there. Don't go on to stage five.
Charford: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
The short order of things, beginning with no starting your motor. Do not switch your ignition on; on many diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Filling up with diesel won't thin it: rather than mixing, AdBlue sinks to the base of your tank, right where the fuel is drawn from.
At a forecourt — Morrisons, BP or any other — the staff will usually help push the vehicle clear, when you ask. Leave it where it is if you are on your own driveway around Charford.
Where the engine has run already, pull over safely then switch it off. On the M5, under a mile from Charford, that means the next junction. Distance counts — a short hop across Charford is a smaller job than driving under 15 miles towards Worcester — so tell us about how far it went.
Our arrival around Charford, and what takes place next
By St Peter's Catholic First School, near St Peter's Catholic Church or on your own driveway: wherever the vehicle has stopped, our technicians come to it. Our engineers ask what got in, about how much, and whether it has run, since those replies determine this work and the price. On the phone call itself, you hear our price — before anything else.
Then that tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some fuel-system metals, and none of it washes away unaided. Hence it counts more. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The engine is started next and checked to be sure it runs correctly, all before we go.
Most jobs are done in roughly half an hour after our technicians get there, as long as your engine hasn't run — and the pumps our technicians use are fine on a busy forecourt and quiet after dark beside a house. No money upfront; you settle up that day. At the end, a VAT invoice and the report from the engineer go to you for your insurer. It's worth checking your policy while we travel to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About Charford
Charford is a suburban area in Worcestershire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 92 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Charford lies approximately 11 miles north of Worcester and 100 miles west of London, near the communities of Stoke Heath and Stoney Hill. Charford is part of the larger Bromsgrove area, with a population of around 6433 residents. Charford's location near the river contributes to its scenic setting.
AdBlue drains across Worcestershire, Charford included
Charford is a residential suburb, and our vans that cover it also work the places near it, Stoney Hill and Bromsgrove among them, across the B postcode area. Fastest of all: give a B61 7 postcode for our van.
Your car does not need to shift. Draining takes place right there, whether a drive, a road by St Andrew, or a lay-by towards Sanders Park. Tricky to pin down, like the back of Old Sports Hall? By a border? Asking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Charford people: the short version
Always, the cap; then, the tip. AdBlue in the diesel tank regardless? Keep the vehicle off and call 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel drains it on the spot, throughout Worcestershire.