Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in George Green: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? Then put this page down a moment, keep the ignition and motor off, then ring 0333 366 0103. Usually, if the motor has not turned, it's emptied and thoroughly cleaned where the vehicle sits in George Green. Nothing happened yet? Below, the page covers the reasons it happens and the ways to avoid it altogether.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle: two tanks, two fillers
Plenty of modern diesels on the roads around George Green and Stoke Green carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the engine. 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. Under one flap, side by side: that is the arrangement on many vehicles. Elsewhere, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. Topping up your diesel side at the pump goes on all the time. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes usually tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less often. Mistakes happen in that gap between the two.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around George Green: how it occurs
Rarely is it carelessness: usually three things line up.
Hurry comes from the warning. The vehicle warns you as AdBlue runs low, and an empty tank sends the vehicle into limp mode — so the top-up gets done in a rush, before work on a driveway off George Green Road, or on the way home in the car park outside The George.
Then, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old car — because a hire car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
Lastly, the spout goes in: a diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in as readily, and once the tip starts, no part halts it. The same few seconds settle it, in the middle of George Green or out in Wexham Court.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Check these before pouring, at a forecourt in George Green or a driveway over in Shreding Green. Seconds, that's all.
- Where it sits can mislead; the cap does not. AdBlue caps are often blue or carry the name "AdBlue" — diesel ones usually don't.
- Plenty of cars fit AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- Open the flap and look for a label — many cars mark which belongs in which inlet right there.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that's where the filler sits if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook says which.
- Whoever had it before will know. Check when you pick up a hire car or fleet car — at Langley's car park, say — not once the warning appears.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
Anywhere in Buckinghamshire the light comes on, here is a routine for the day.
- Stop somewhere level, motor off, with time in hand — not hurried on the side of Post Office Lane.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it does the trick.
- Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Slowly does it, through the bottle's own spout, until it is full or the bottle runs out.
- Shut the cap, and check again — making sure the diesel filler remained shut the whole time. After that, start the car.
Spot at stage two or three that it has already gone into the diesel side? So stop right there. Stage five is out.
George Green: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Then the order of things is short. Do not start your engine. Do not switch your ignition on; on plenty of diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is sucked from — so do not top up with diesel to dilute it.
At a forecourt — BP, Shell or another — the staff will usually help push the vehicle away, when you ask. Your own drive around George Green is where it should stay.
Stop as soon as it is safe then switch off, if the motor has already run. George Green sits under 3 miles from the M4; on it, use the next exit. Tell us roughly how far it went: a run towards St Albans, under 25 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across George Green.
George Green: what happens when our technicians get there
We come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside Wexham Court Primary School, near St Mary or on your own drive. Which fluid was put in, the quantity, and if it ran: our engineers ask because the replies set both work and price. On the call itself, you are told the price — before anything else.
Next: draining, then a full flush of the entire 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. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Before we go, our technicians start it and confirm that it is running correctly.
Most jobs are finished in roughly half an hour after our technicians get there, provided the engine hasn't run — and the pumps our technicians use are safe on a busy forecourt and quiet after dark beside a house. No money upfront; you settle up on the day. Afterwards, the VAT invoice and the report from the engineer go to you for your insurer. It is worth checking your insurance as the van travels to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About George Green, briefly
George Green is a village in Buckinghamshire, situated on the riverside at a low elevation of around 32 metres. George Green lies within the South East region, approximately 18.6 miles from London and close to nearby places such as Wexham Court and Middle Green. George Green has a population of around 1392 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. George Green is also near Upton Lea and St Albans, which is about 18.5 miles away.
AdBlue drains around George Green and across Buckinghamshire
As a village, George Green shares its vans nearby areas — Middle Green, Upton Lea — all the way through SL postcodes and the wider area around them. A postcode starting SL3 6 gets the van to you fastest.
No need to shift the car. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street near Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, a lay-by on the way to Rochfords Gardens Park, a driveway. If you're close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to describe like the back of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, ring and ask rather than guessing.
The short version for George Green people
Tip nothing until you have read the cap. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless, leave the car off then phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel clears it where it stands, anywhere across Buckinghamshire.