Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Egremont: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? Then put this page aside a moment, leave the ignition and engine off, then ring 0333 366 0103. Usually, if your engine hasn't turned, it is emptied and thoroughly flushed where the car sits in Egremont. Not happened yet? Further down, the page covers the reasons it takes place and the how to prevent it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel car: two tanks, two fillers
Plenty of modern diesels in Bigrigg, like those in Egremont, carry on two fluids; the engine gets only your diesel. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Each tank has its own filler. Some cars put the AdBlue filler in your boot or under the bonnet; a lot more have both side by side behind one flap. Diesel gets filled at each filling station call-out, week in, week out. Much less frequently, the AdBlue side gets topped up — normally from a bottle, by a person thinking about where it goes. The mistake lives in that gap.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Egremont: how it occurs
Seldom is it carelessness: usually three things coincide.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from your car, and letting it run out leads to limp mode — hence a hurried top-up, perhaps before work off South Street, or at The Blue Bell on the way home that evening.
New-to-you vehicles come second, as well. Rentals, new vehicles and company motors put their fillers in new places, and the hand goes for the cap it used on the old one.
Lastly, the bottle fits: a diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in as easily, and once the tip starts, no part halts it. It takes seconds, be it out in Carleton or bang in the centre of Egremont.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Whether a Egremont forecourt or a driveway over in Pallaflat, take a few seconds over these before any goes in.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap normally isn't. Read it rather than going by where it sits.
- The size. On many cars the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Lift the flap and look for a label — many cars show what goes in which inlet just there.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where the filler is if it's not by the diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- Collecting a hire or company car, say at the car park at Nethertown? Ask the person who drove the car last before you set off, not once the light comes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
Wherever in Cumbria the light comes on, this is a routine for the day.
- Not in a rush on the side of Saint Bridget's Lane, not on a slope, not with your motor running: park and switch off first.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and say the name "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It seems daft. It does the trick.
- The two under a single flap? Then make sure the cap on your diesel side is still shut ahead of lifting the bottle.
- Using the bottle's own spout, pour slowly — and stop when it's full or the bottle is empty.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
Spot at stage two or three that it's already gone into your diesel side? So stop just there. Don't go on to stage five.
Egremont: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Do not start the engine: that is where the short order of things starts. Leave your ignition off as well, since on many diesels switching it on alone starts your fuel pump. Filling up with diesel won't dilute it: instead, AdBlue sinks to the bottom of that tank, right where fuel is taken from.
Ask the staff to help roll your car clear of the pump if you're at a forecourt — the BP, the Texaco or anywhere else. If you're on your own drive in Egremont, leave it where it sits.
When your motor has been run by now, pull over somewhere safe then turn the car off. On the M6, under 50 miles from Egremont, that means the next exit. Distance matters — a short hop across Egremont is a smaller job than driving under 50 miles towards Carlisle — so tell us roughly how far it went.
Egremont: what happens when our technicians get there
Our van comes to your car wherever it stopped — your own drive, near Egremont War Memorial, or by Bookwell Primary School. Which liquid got in, the amount, and if it ran: we ask since the replies set both work and quote. On the call itself, you hear our price — before anything else.
Next: a drain, then a full flush of the entire system. Not like petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and eats at some fuel-system metals, and none of that washes away unaided. That is why it matters more. A test is at the end: before that, clean diesel goes in, and the fuel filter is flushed or changed if necessary. Before leaving, we start the car and confirm that it is running correctly.
Unstarted cars mostly need a half-hour job after arrival. The kit is fine on a live forecourt, and quiet enough for a residential street late at night. No money upfront; you settle up that day. Afterwards, the VAT invoice and a report from the engineer are handed to you for the insurer. It is worth looking at your policy as the van travels to you: misfuelling cover is included with many policies.
About Egremont and where it is
Egremont is a coastal town in Cumbria, situated approximately 50 metres above sea level, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Egremont lies near the towns of Carleton, Thornhill, and Woodend, and is around 37 miles from Carlisle. Egremont has a population of around 6125 people and is located in the North West region of England, about 249 miles from London. Egremont's coastal setting provides a distinctive character to the town.
AdBlue drains across Cumbria, Egremont included
Thornhill and Woodend are among the places around Egremont, a coastal town, that the same vans cover, over CA postcodes. Our van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting CA22 2.
Your car remains put. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Egremont Castle, a side street near St Mary's and St Michael's: our technicians drain the car where it is. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you are close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of The Original Factory Shop.
The short version for Egremont motorists
Read the cap before you pour. Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, anywhere in Cumbria, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank all the same — and so leave the vehicle off and call 0333 366 0103.