Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Evington: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then put this page aside for now, leave the ignition and engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. Caught before the motor runs, it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Evington. Here in advance? Then what follows explains how it comes about and what to stop it ever happening.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel vehicle need its own filler?
Diesel goes to your engine — yet many current diesels seen round Evington and North Evington hold a second liquid as well. AdBlue's own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to your exhaust, where spraying treats the gas.
There's a filler on every tank. On a lot of cars the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Filling your diesel side at the pump goes on constantly. The AdBlue side is fuelled far less regularly, normally from a bottle, and normally by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. Mistakes happen in the gap between the two.
AdBlue in the diesel tank in Evington: how it takes place
Rarely is it carelessness: normally three things coincide.
Hurry comes from the warning. Your car tells you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank sends the vehicle into limp mode — so the top-up gets done in a rush, before work on a drive off Hawthorne Drive, or heading home in the car park at The Cedars.
Unfamiliar cars come second, as well. Hire cars, new vehicles and company vehicles place their fillers differently, and habit reaches for the cap used on the old one.
A spouted bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. So the pour, once started, keeps on. Whether it happens in Crown Hills or the middle of Evington, it's the same few seconds.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Look at these first, at a forecourt in Evington or a driveway over in Spinney Hills. A few seconds, no more.
- Colour and lettering: an AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually doesn't. Trust the cap, not its position.
- Look at the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many motors, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside your fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on plenty of motors. Look for it.
- The handbook says which it is when your filler isn't next to your diesel cap: your boot, or under the bonnet.
- The previous driver knows. Check as you collect a hire car or fleet car — from Leicester's car park, perhaps — not once the light comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across Leicestershire that is.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with your motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Headland Road.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it works.
- The diesel cap remains on. Where the two sit under a flap, make sure it is closed before lifting the bottle.
- Gently is best, through the bottle's own spout, till it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Before you start your car, shut the cap and check a second time that the diesel cap never came off.
If at stage two or three you find you have already poured into the diesel side, stop there. Never go on to stage five.
Evington: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Don't start the engine: that's where the short order of things starts. On plenty of diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so do not switch the car on. Do not top up with diesel to thin it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of that tank, where your fuel is pulled from.
Ask the staff to help roll the vehicle away from the pump if you are on a forecourt — the Shell, the another forecourt nearby or somewhere else. Your own drive around Evington is the place it stays.
Already run? Stop when it's safe, then turn off. The next junction is the place to leave when you're on the M1, under 10 miles from Evington. Mileage counts — a short hop across Evington makes a smaller job than heading under 3 miles to Leicester — so say roughly how far it went.
Evington: what occurs when our engineers get there
Outside Linden Primary School, near Evington Library or on your own drive: wherever your car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Our technicians ask what got in, about how much, and whether it has run, because the replies settle the work and our quote. You hear that quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
After that: draining, then a thorough flush of the whole system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why that matters more with AdBlue than with petrol. Testing comes last: before that, fresh diesel goes in, and your filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. We do not leave until it has been started and is running properly.
Using pumps fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs where the engine has not run take roughly half an hour after our technicians arrive. Nothing in advance; you settle up that day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and the report from the engineer go to you for the insurer. Wrong-fuel cover is included in many insurance policies — so make use of the wait to check yours.
About Evington
Evington is a suburban area in Leicestershire, situated near the River Soar and close to the city of Leicester. Evington sits at an elevation of around 106 metres, with its residential areas comprising mainly semi-detached housing. Evington is located near other suburban areas such as Crown Hills and Stoneygate, and is approximately 2.4 miles from Leicester city centre. Evington has a population of around 3997 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Evington, and Leicestershire beyond
Evington is a residential suburb, and the teams that cover it also work the places around it, Stoneygate and Stoughton among them, across the LE postcode area. Give a postcode that starts LE5 6, and our van gets there quickest.
No need to shift the vehicle. Wherever it sits — beside Evington House, in a layby en route to Burnaby Gardens, at home — that is where it gets drained. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you're close to a border, or somewhere hard to describe, like the back of Evington Chapel.
In short, for Evington drivers
Read the cap before you tip. Still AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it wherever it is, anywhere across Leicestershire: switch the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103.