Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Cutsyke: Why It Occurs
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103. A drain and a full flush, done right where the car stands around Cutsyke, is usually what it takes when caught before your engine runs. The remainder of this page explains why it occurs and how to make sure it does not — useful if you're reading ahead of time.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Many current diesels on the roads round Cutsyke and Whitwood carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to your motor. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
There's a filler on each tank. On a lot of motors 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, your diesel side is topped up all the time. A driver who has to stop and work out where it goes usually tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less often. That gap is where the slip lives.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank happen in Cutsyke?
Carelessness rarely explains it. Instead is three things lining up at once.
On a drive off Meadow Road before work, or in the car park outside Cutsyke Working Mens Club heading home: that is where the rushed top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue gets low your car warns you, and once it is empty, limp mode follows.
New-to-you cars come next, too. Hire cars, new cars and company motors put their fillers in new places, and habit reaches for the cap used on the old one.
Lastly, the bottle fits: diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in just as readily, and after the pour begins, no part halts it. Hightown or the heart of Cutsyke: it takes the same few seconds either way.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Check these before pouring, on a forecourt in Cutsyke or a driveway over in Whitwood Mere. Seconds, that's all.
- Position can mislead; the cap does not. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or bear the name "AdBlue" — diesel ones usually do not.
- Many motors give AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- A label inside your fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on plenty of vehicles. Check for it.
- The handbook says where it is when the filler is not next to your diesel cap: your boot, or under the bonnet.
- Picking up a hire or company car, say at the car park outside Castleford? Ask whoever drove the vehicle last before you set off, not once the light goes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the day the warning appears — anywhere you are in West Yorkshire — a simple routine to follow.
- Not in a rush on the side of Aketon Road, not on a slope, not with the motor running: park and switch off first.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap works — once you've found the filler and read the cap.
- 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's full or 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.
Discover at the second or third step that the bottle went into the wrong filler? That's where you stop. Never carry on to step five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Cutsyke already?
Brief list, then. Top of that: your engine remains off. Keep your ignition off as well, because on plenty of diesels it alone starts your fuel pump. Filling up with diesel will not thin it: rather than mixing, AdBlue drops to the base of your tank, right where fuel is taken from.
If you're at a forecourt, whether it's the BP or the another forecourt nearby, ask the attendants to help push your car away from the pump. Leave it where it is if you are on your own driveway around Cutsyke.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. On the M62, under a mile from Cutsyke, that means the next junction. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Cutsyke is smaller a job than a trip of under 10 miles to Wakefield, so tell us.
Cutsyke: what happens when we arrive
We come to your car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside Ackton Pastures Primary Academy, close to Cutsyke Christian Church or on your own driveway. What liquid went in, the amount, and if it ran: our engineers ask since those replies set the work and quote. That quote is given over the phone, ahead of any van leaving.
After that: a drain, then a thorough flush of the entire system. 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 does not wash out on its own. After the fuel filter has been cleaned — or replaced, if needed — fresh diesel goes in, and finally your car is tested. The motor is started next and checked to make sure it runs correctly, all before our engineers head off.
Most jobs are finished in roughly half an hour once our engineers arrive, as long as your motor has not run — and the pumps we use are fine on a live forecourt yet quiet at night outside a house. Payment happens on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Wrong-fuel cover is part of plenty of insurance policies — so make use of the wait to look at yours.
About Cutsyke itself
Cutsyke is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 5.8 miles from Wakefield and 161 miles from London. Cutsyke lies at an elevation of 23 metres, characterised by semi-detached housing and a mix of local amenities. Cutsyke is surrounded by nearby places such as Hightown, Round Hill, and Half Acres, forming part of the wider Wakefield urban area. Cutsyke has a population of around 6105 residents.
AdBlue drains across West Yorkshire, Cutsyke included
Round Hill and Half Acres are among the towns near Cutsyke, a residential suburb, that the same teams cover, over WF postcodes. A postcode starting WF10 5 gets our van to you fastest.
There's no need to move the vehicle. The drain takes place on the spot, be it a drive, a road by Castleford Christadelphian Hall, or a lay-by towards Cutsyke Recreation Ground. If you are near a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of All Saints, ring and ask instead of assuming.
In short, for Cutsyke drivers
Pour no AdBlue until you've read the cap. Still AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will empty it wherever it stands, wherever across West Yorkshire: switch the car off and call 0333 366 0103.