Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Chattle Hill: Why It Happens
Leave the motor and ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103 first — the rest can wait if AdBlue is already in your diesel tank. Caught before your engine runs, it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Chattle Hill. The rest of this page explains why it occurs and how to ensure it does not — useful if you are reading ahead of time.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
Plenty of newer diesels in Blyth End, as well as Chattle Hill, run on two liquids; your motor gets just your diesel. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is sprayed into your exhaust gas and cleans it.
There's a filler for every tank. On a lot of cars the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. At the pump, the diesel side gets filled constantly. Far less often, the AdBlue side gets filled — normally from a bottle, by someone working out where it goes. That gap is where the mistake lives.
How AdBlue in your diesel tank happens in Chattle Hill
It is hardly ever carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off Imperial Rise before work, or in the car park outside Bell Inn heading home: that's where the hurried top-up happens. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low your car tells you, and if it's gone, limp mode kicks in.
Then, the hand goes for the cap it knew on the old motor — because a hire car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers where 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 after it has started. The same few seconds settle it, in the middle of Chattle Hill or out in Gilson.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
A couple of seconds is all these take — so run through them before you pour anything, on a driveway in Kingshurst or a forecourt around Chattle Hill.
- Read the cap rather than going by position: AdBlue ones are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones normally aren't.
- Plenty of motors give AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- The flap. Look inside your fuel flap for a label. Many vehicles say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook shows which it lives if the filler isn't next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The person who drove the car last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at Coleshill Parkway, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach the diesel tank
Anywhere across Warwickshire the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Stop on level, engine off, with time in hand — never rushing on the side of Temple Way.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly and it does the trick.
- The two under a single flap? So make sure the lid on your diesel filler stays closed before lifting the bottle.
- Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the vehicle.
Stop there if you find, at step two or three, that you've already poured into the diesel side. Don't go on to step five.
Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Chattle Hill?
What follows is a short order of things, beginning with not starting the engine. On plenty of diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so don't switch it on. Thinning it with extra diesel won't work, because AdBlue sinks to the bottom rather than blending — and that's where your fuel is pulled from.
If you're on a forecourt, whether it's the Shell or the Gulf, ask the staff to help roll the vehicle clear of the pump. If you're on your own driveway around Chattle Hill, leave the car where it stands.
If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Chattle Hill sits under a mile from the M42; on it, use the next junction. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Chattle Hill is less work than a trip of under 10 miles towards Birmingham, so tell us.
Our arrival around Chattle Hill, and what takes place next
We come to the vehicle wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside High Meadow Community School, near Coleshill Community Centre or on your own drive. What liquid was put in, the amount, and whether it ran: we ask because those replies set both work and quote. That price is given on the call, ahead of any van leaving.
Then your tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly. Unlike petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and neither clears out by itself. That is why it matters more. Filter flushed or, where it must be, replaced; clean diesel in; and then a check of the vehicle. After that our engineers fire it up and check it runs properly before leaving.
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 at night. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It's worth checking your policy as the van travels to you: misfuelling cover is included with plenty of policies.
About Chattle Hill itself
Chattle Hill is a locality in Warwickshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of 84 metres, and is located near the cities of Birmingham and Coventry. Chattle Hill has a mix of semi-detached housing and is close to nearby places such as Gilson, Coleshill, and Water Orton. Chattle Hill is approximately 96.8 miles northwest of London and 8.3 miles southeast of Birmingham, making it a commuter-friendly area.
AdBlue drains in Chattle Hill and across Warwickshire
Being a small village, Chattle Hill shares its vans nearby areas — Coleshill, Water Orton — right through B postcodes and the surrounding area around them. Our van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting B46 1.
No need to move the car. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Cole End Park & Nature Reserve, a side street close to Gilson Hall: our technicians drain it where it sits. If you're close to a border, or somewhere hard to describe like the back of Old Saltleians RFC, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In short, for Chattle Hill people
Always, the cap; after that, the tip. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank all the same, leave it off then ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, anywhere around Warwickshire.