AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Fairhill: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? In that case put this page aside a moment, leave your ignition and engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. In Fairhill, finding it before the motor turns normally leaves a drain and a thorough flush where it stands. Reading in advance? Then what follows covers how it happens and how to prevent it happening at all.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car
Diesel feeds the motor — yet plenty of newer diesels driven round Fairhill and Eddlewood hold another liquid too. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Each tank has a filler of its own. Plenty of vehicles share a single flap for both, whereas others put the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is fuelled at the pump all the time. Rarely topped up, AdBlue usually comes from a bottle, poured by a driver who has to stop and think what cap to use. That gap is where the error lives.
Fairhill: how AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is seldom one of them.
Hurry follows from the warning. The vehicle tells you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank puts the vehicle into limp mode — so the top-up gets done quickly, before work on a driveway off Neilsland Road, or on the way home in the car park at The Duke Inn.
New-to-you vehicles are next, as well. Rentals, new cars and company cars put their fillers differently, and habit goes for the cap it used on the old one.
Lastly, the spout fits: diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in just as easily, and after the tip begins, no part stops it. It's a few seconds, whether out in Laighstonehall or bang in the heart of Fairhill.
Telling the AdBlue filler from your diesel filler
Before you pour anything, whether on a driveway in Little Earnock or a forecourt in Fairhill, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Where it sits can mislead; the cap doesn't. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or carry the word "AdBlue" — diesel ones normally don't.
- On plenty of vehicles, the size gives it away: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck.
- Check inside your fuel flap: many vehicles carry a label there showing which fuel goes where.
- The handbook says which it lives if the filler isn't next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- Whoever had it before will know. Check when you collect a rental or fleet car — from Hamilton Central's car park, say — not when the light appears.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
The day the light goes on, anywhere around South Lanarkshire, follow this routine.
- Stop somewhere level, engine off, with time to spare — not rushing on the side of Neilsland Square.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap works — after you have found the filler and read the cap.
- The two under a single flap? Then confirm the lid on your diesel side is still shut ahead of raising the bottle.
- Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Shut the cap, then look once more — making sure your diesel cap stayed shut throughout. Only then, start your car.
Find at the second or third step that the bottle went into the diesel filler? That's where you stop. Leave out stage five altogether.
Fairhill: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Brief order, then. First: the engine stays unstarted. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels the moment your ignition goes on — so leave it off. Filling up with diesel will not weaken it: rather than mixing, AdBlue drops to the bottom of the tank, right where fuel is taken from.
The staff at BP, Esso or any forecourt will normally help pushing your car clear if asked. Your own driveway in Fairhill is the place it stays.
If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Leave the M74 — under 3 miles out of Fairhill — at the first junction. Tell us roughly how far it went: a run towards Glasgow, under 10 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Fairhill.
Fairhill: what takes place when our engineers get there
Wherever the vehicle has stopped, whether outside the local primary school, near Eddlewood Bowling Club or on your own drive, our van comes to it. Which fluid was put in, the amount, and whether it ran: our engineers ask because the replies decide the work and quote. You hear that price on the phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a full flush of the system. Unlike petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some fuel-system metals, and neither washes away unaided. Hence it counts more. Testing comes at the end: before that, clean diesel is added, and your filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. Your engine is started next and tested to be sure it runs properly, all before our technicians leave.
Unstarted vehicles mostly need a half-hour job from arrival. The kit is fine on a live filling station, and quiet enough for a residential street late at night. Your insurer usually wants an engineer's report and your VAT invoice, and both are yours once this job is done. Payment comes on the day, with no deposit. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Fairhill
Fairhill is a suburban area situated on the riverside in South Lanarkshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Fairhill lies close to the nearby places of Laighstonehall, Meikle Earnock, and Cadzow, and is approximately 9.8 miles from Glasgow. Fairhill has a population of around 6759 residents and is located at an elevation of 95 metres. Fairhill is part of the wider Glasgow urban area, with the city centre within commuting distance.
AdBlue drains around Fairhill, and South Lanarkshire beyond
Fairhill is a residential suburb, and the vans that cover it also work the towns near it, Meikle Earnock and Cadzow among them, across the ML postcode area. Our van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting ML3 8.
Your car doesn't need to shift. Anywhere it stands — near Hamilton South Parish Church, on a lay-by heading to Swing Park (disused), on a drive — that's where it is cleared. Tricky to pin down, like the back of Eddlewood Public Hall? Close to a county line? Asking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In short, for Fairhill drivers
Before you pour, read the cap. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will empty it wherever it stands, anywhere in South Lanarkshire: switch the vehicle off and phone 0333 366 0103.