Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Feniscowles: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then set this page down a moment, leave the ignition and motor off, and phone 0333 366 0103. Usually, when your engine hasn't turned, it is emptied and thoroughly rinsed where your car is in Feniscowles. The remainder of this page explains why it takes place and how to make sure it doesn't — handy if you are reading ahead of time.
AdBlue in a diesel motor: two tanks, two fillers
Many newer diesels in Green Lane, as well as Feniscowles, run on two fluids; the engine takes only your diesel. AdBlue's own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to your exhaust, where a spray cleans the fumes.
Each tank has its own filler. Other motors put the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot more place both together behind one flap. Topping up your diesel side at the pump goes on all the time. Someone who has to stop and work out where it goes normally fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less often. It is in the gap that the error happens.
How AdBlue in your diesel tank happens in Feniscowles
Three things tend to come together, and carelessness is seldom one of them.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a warning from your car, and running dry leads to limp mode — hence a hurried top-up, perhaps before work off Larkspur Close, or at Feildens Arms on the way home that evening.
Unfamiliar vehicles are next, as well. Rentals, new cars and company vehicles place their fillers differently, and the hand reaches for the cap it used on the old one.
Third, the spout goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in as readily, and once the pour starts, nothing halts it. Whether it occurs in Higher Broadhalgh or the middle of Feniscowles, it is the same few seconds.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
A few seconds is all these take — so run through them before you pour anything, on a drive in Feniscliffe or a forecourt in Feniscowles.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap usually is not. Read it instead of going by where it sits.
- Many cars fit AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- Lift the flap and look for a label — many motors show what goes in which filler just there.
- In your boot or under the bonnet: that's where the filler is if it's not by the diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you pick up a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at Pleasington.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Wherever in Lancashire the light comes on, this is a routine for the day.
- Turn off once parked — flat ground, motor stopped, and not rushed by Park Farm Road at the roadside.
- Daft as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" aloud while you unscrew the cap does the trick — after you have found your filler and read it.
- The two under one flap? So confirm the cap on the diesel side is still closed ahead of lifting the bottle.
- Slowly is best, through the bottle's own spout, until it is full or the bottle runs out.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Find during the second or third stage that AdBlue went into the wrong filler? That's where you stop. Step five is off limits.
AdBlue in the diesel tank already, around Feniscowles?
Then the order of things is short. Don't start your motor. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels the moment the ignition is switched on — so leave it off. Do not top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where the fuel is drawn from.
On a forecourt — EG On the Move, Texaco or another — the attendants will normally help push the car away, if you ask. At home in Feniscowles? Then the car remains put.
Already started? Pull over when it is safe, then switch off. Feniscowles sits under a mile from the M65; on it, use the next exit. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Preston, under 10 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Feniscowles.
Feniscowles: what takes place when we get there
Anywhere the car came to rest, be it outside Feniscowles Primary School, near Fesniscowles & Pleasington Memorial or at home, our van travels to it. What fluid got in, the quantity, and if it ran: we ask because the replies decide both work and price. Nobody heads out before you have had the price by phone.
After that: draining, then a thorough flush of the entire system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not wash out on its own — which is why that counts more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter cleaned or, where needed, replaced; clean diesel in; and then a check of your car. Before leaving, our engineers start it and confirm that it is running properly.
If the motor has not run, most 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 after dark. Your insurer will ask for the engineer's report and your VAT invoice, and you get both once this job is done. Payment is on the day, with no deposit. Before we get there, take a look at your policy; many include cover for misfuelling.
About Feniscowles itself
Feniscowles is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 111 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Feniscowles lies approximately 7 miles from Preston and 183.5 miles from London, placing it in a commuter-friendly location. Feniscowles is surrounded by nearby places such as Higher Broadhalgh, Cherry Tree, and Pleasington, and has a population of around 2715 residents. Feniscowles forms part of the wider urban area along the river, with its residents enjoying the local scenery.
Feniscowles and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Cherry Tree and Pleasington are among the places around Feniscowles, a residential suburb, that the same vans cover, throughout BB postcodes. A postcode starting BB2 5 gets the van to you fastest.
There's no need to shift the vehicle. Our engineers drain it where it is — a side street near Immanuel, a lay-by on the way to Feniscowles & Pleasington War Memorial Recreation Ground, a drive. If you are close to a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Cherry Tree Library, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The short version for Feniscowles drivers
Always, the cap; then, the pour. Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, anywhere around Lancashire, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless — and so leave it off then ring 0333 366 0103.