Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Cramhurst: Why It Occurs
Keep the motor and ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103 now — reading can wait if AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. A drain plus a thorough flush, done right where the vehicle stands in Cramhurst, is normally what it takes if caught before your engine runs. The rest of this page covers why it happens and how to ensure it does not — useful if you are reading ahead of time.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
No single liquid but two: that's what plenty of modern diesels around Cramhurst and Milford carry, with diesel feeding the engine. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Separate tanks, separate fillers. Under one flap, side by side: that is the arrangement on many vehicles. On others, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in your boot instead. At the pump, your diesel side is topped up all the time. Seldom filled, AdBlue normally goes in from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think what cap it needs. That gap is where the slip lives.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank take place around Cramhurst?
It is rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a driveway off Merry Acres before work, or in the car park at The Star heading home: that's where the hurried top-up takes place. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low the vehicle tells you, and once it is empty, limp mode follows.
Next, the hand goes for the cap it knew on the old motor — because a hire car, a new motor or a company car places the fillers where your last one did not.
Nothing stops the pour once it has started, because a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as readily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. Wheelerstreet or the middle of Cramhurst: it is the same few seconds in both.
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 drive in Great Enton or a forecourt in Cramhurst.
- Colour and lettering: an AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually does not. Go by the cap, not its position.
- On plenty of motors, the size tells: AdBlue has the smaller filler neck.
- Check inside the fuel flap: many cars carry a label there showing which fuel goes where.
- Cannot find it next to your diesel filler? In that case check below the bonnet or inside the boot — the handbook says which.
- Picking up a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park at Milford (Surrey)? Check with the person who drove the car last before leaving, not once the light goes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach the diesel tank
On the day the light appears — anywhere it is in Surrey — a simple routine to follow.
- Turn off after you park — flat ground, motor off, and never in a rush beside Cramhurst Lane on the verge.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and speak the name "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly. It works.
- The two under one flap? Then confirm the lid on the diesel filler stays shut before lifting the bottle.
- Finish once your tank fills or the bottle is empty; before that, tip gently using the own spout.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check a second time, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Spot at stage two or three that it has already gone into the diesel side? Then stop right there. Don't go on to step five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Cramhurst already?
Then the order of things is short. Do not start the motor. Do not switch the ignition on; on plenty of diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Diluting it with more diesel fails, since AdBlue sinks to the bottom rather than mixing — and that is where your fuel is sucked from.
The attendants at Esso, Shell or any forecourt will usually lend a hand to push the car clear if you ask. Your own drive in Cramhurst is where it stays.
Where the motor has been run already, stop somewhere safe then switch the car off. The next junction is where to leave when you're on the M3, under 15 miles from Cramhurst. Distance matters — a quick hop across Cramhurst makes a smaller job than driving under 25 miles to Chichester — so tell us roughly how far it went.
Cramhurst: what occurs when we turn up
By The Chandler CofE Aided Junior School, near Milford Baptist Church or on your own drive: wherever your car has stopped, our technicians come to it. Our engineers ask what was put in, about how much, and if it's run, since the answers determine the work and our price. You get that price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining your tank comes next, then a full flush of the system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own — which is why the flush counts more here than with petrol. A test comes last: before that, clean diesel goes in, and the filter is flushed or replaced as needed. We do not go until it has been fired up and is running properly.
Most jobs are finished in about half an hour after we arrive, as long as your engine hasn't run — and the pumps we use are fine on a live forecourt yet quiet after dark outside a house. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Cramhurst and where it is
Cramhurst is a small village in Surrey, situated inland at an elevation of 62 metres, and is located approximately 33 miles from London. Cramhurst has a population of around 854 residents and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Cramhurst is near several other small villages, including Wheelerstreet, Mousehill, and Witley. Cramhurst is also relatively close to the city of Chichester, which is 23 miles away.
Cramhurst and Surrey: AdBlue drains across the area
Cramhurst is a rural village, and the teams that cover it also work the towns near it, Mousehill and Witley among them, across the GU postcode area. Quickest of all: quote a GU8 5 postcode for our van.
The car does not need to shift. Draining happens on the spot, whether a driveway, a street near Milford Parish Church, or a lay-by on the way to Milford Common. Assuming doesn't help behind All Saints, Witley, on a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
The short version for Cramhurst motorists
Tip no AdBlue until you have read the cap. AdBlue in your diesel tank after all? Keep the car off then ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, across Surrey.