Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Cudworth Common: Why It Occurs
Stop reading for a moment when the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. Caught before your motor runs, it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Cudworth Common. The rest of this page covers why it takes place and how to ensure it does not — handy if you are reading ahead of time.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Many newer diesels in Grimethorpe, like those in Cudworth Common, run on two liquids; the motor gets only your diesel. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into your exhaust gas and cleans it.
There is a filler on each tank. Many of vehicles share a single flap for the two, whereas others put the AdBlue filler to the boot or under the bonnet. Filling your diesel side at the petrol pump happens all the time. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes usually fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less commonly. The mistake grows in the gap between the two.
Cudworth Common: how AdBlue in the diesel tank occurs
It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
Hurry comes from the warning. Your car tells you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank puts the vehicle into limp mode — so the top-up happens in a rush, before work on a driveway off Hollins Wood Grove, or heading home in the car park outside The Pinfold.
Then, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old vehicle — because a hire car, a new vehicle or a company car places the fillers where your last one didn't.
A spouted bottle meets no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. So the pour, after begun, keeps on. The same few seconds decide it, in the middle of Cudworth Common or out in Belle Green.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Before you pour anything, whether on a driveway in Edderthorpe or a forecourt in Cudworth Common, check these. They take a couple of seconds.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap normally isn't. Read it instead of going by where it sits.
- On many motors, size gives it away: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck.
- A label inside your fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on many cars. Look for it.
- Cannot see it next to your diesel filler? In that case look below the bonnet or in your boot — the owner's manual says which.
- Whoever had it before will know. Check as you pick up a rental or company car — at Barnsley's car park, perhaps — rather than when the warning comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever in South Yorkshire that is.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with your motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Acre Road.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" aloud while you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you have located the filler and read the cap.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Stop when your tank is topped up or the bottle runs dry; before that, tip gently through its built-in spout.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check a second time, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you've already poured into your diesel side. Step five is out.
Cudworth Common: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Short list, then. First: your engine stays unstarted. Do not switch the ignition on; on plenty of diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Don't top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where your fuel is pulled from.
If you are on a forecourt, whether it's the Stay Warm Solid Fuels LTD or the JET, ask the staff to help roll the vehicle clear of the petrol pump. Leave it where it is if you're on your own drive around Cudworth Common.
Already started? Stop when it's safe, then turn off. Come off the M1 — under 5 miles out of Cudworth Common — at the first junction. A short hop across Cudworth Common is a smaller job than a run towards Wakefield, under 10 miles away, and so tell us about how far it went.
Cudworth Common: what happens when we turn up
Wherever the car came to rest, whether outside Birkwood Primary School, beside Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre or at home, our van comes to it. The answers decide the work and our price, and so our technicians ask what went in, about how much, and if it has run. No one heads out before you've heard our price by phone.
Then your tank is cleared and your system flushed thoroughly. With AdBlue that matters 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. Filter cleaned or, if it must be, swapped; fresh diesel in; then a test of your vehicle. The engine is fired up next and tested to be sure it runs smoothly, all before our technicians leave.
If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there, using pumps that are fine on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. Nothing in advance; you settle up that day. At the end, the VAT invoice and a report from the engineer are handed to you for your insurer. Before we get there, have a look at your insurance documents; plenty carry cover for misfuelling.
About Cudworth Common and where it is
Cudworth Common is a locality situated near the River Dearne in South Yorkshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Cudworth Common lies close to the towns of Cudworth and Belle Green, and is approximately 9 miles from Wakefield. Cudworth Common has a population of around 1267 people and is located at an elevation of 55 metres above sea level. Cudworth Common is also within commuting distance of major cities, being around 152 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Cudworth Common, and South Yorkshire beyond
Cudworth and West Green are among the places near Cudworth Common, a small village, that the same teams cover, over S postcodes. Quickest of all: quote a S72 8 postcode for our van.
The car remains put. Wherever it sits — beside St John the Baptist, in a layby en route to Saville Wood, at home — that's where it is drained. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are close to a border, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Cudworth War Memorial.
The short version for Cudworth Common drivers
Always, the cap; after that, the tip. AdBlue in the diesel tank after all? Keep the vehicle off and ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, throughout South Yorkshire.