Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Gillygooly: Why It Happens
Leave the motor and ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103 now — the rest can wait if AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Around Gillygooly, finding it before the engine runs normally leaves draining and a thorough flush where it stands. Not happened yet? Further down, the page explains the why it takes place and the how to avoid it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle: two tanks, two fillers
Not one liquid but two: that's how many newer diesels near Gillygooly and Clanabogan run, with diesel feeding 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.
Every tank comes with one filler of its own. Under one flap, next to each other: that is the layout on many motors. On others, AdBlue's filler sits under the bonnet or in your boot instead. Topping up the diesel side at the petrol pump goes on all the time. Seldom filled, AdBlue usually comes from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think what cap to use. The mistake grows in that gap between them.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Gillygooly: how it takes place
It is hardly ever carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a driveway off Rock Street before work, or in the car park outside the pub in the village heading home: that is where the rushed top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low the car tells you, and once it's gone, limp mode follows.
The old car's cap is where the hand goes — but a rental car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers somewhere else. That's the second thing: a strange car.
Nothing halts the pour once it has started, because a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as readily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. It takes a few seconds, be it in Omagh or bang in the centre of Gillygooly.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Check these before pouring, at a forecourt around Gillygooly or a driveway out in Drumquin. A few seconds, that's all.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap normally is not. Read it rather than going by where it sits.
- The size. On plenty of vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Check inside the fuel flap: many cars carry a label there showing which fuel goes where.
- Cannot see it next to your diesel filler? In that case check beneath the bonnet or in your boot — the owner's manual says where.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — when you pick up a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at the nearest station.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Anywhere across County Tyrone the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with your motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Crom Street.
- Find the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and say the name "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew it. It seems silly. It does the trick.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it's full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Discover during the second or third step that AdBlue went into the wrong filler? That is where you stop. Never carry on to step five.
Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Gillygooly?
Brief list, then. Top of it: the engine remains off. On many diesels your ignition alone runs the fuel pump, and so don't switch it on. Don't 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 sucked from.
At a forecourt — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby or another — the attendants will usually help push your car clear, if you ask. At home in Gillygooly? Then your car remains where it is.
Already run? Pull over when it's sensible, then turn off. The next exit is the place to leave when you're on the M77, over 50 miles from Gillygooly. About how far did it go? Crossing Gillygooly is smaller work than a trip of under 50 miles towards Derry, and so tell us.
Our arrival around Gillygooly, and what happens next
Our van comes to your car anywhere it has come to rest — your own driveway, beside the centre, or by the local primary school. The replies decide the work and the quote, so our engineers ask what got in, roughly how much, and if it's run. That price is given on the call, before any van leaves.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a thorough flush of your system. With AdBlue that counts more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own. Testing comes at the end: before that, fresh diesel goes in, and your filter is cleaned or changed as needed. The motor is started next and checked to make sure it runs properly, all before we head off.
Unstarted cars usually need a half-hour job from the moment we arrive. The kit is safe on a live filling station, and quiet enough for a driveway after dark. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Gillygooly itself
Gillygooly is a small locality in County Tyrone, situated inland at an elevation of 77 metres, and is located near the cities of Derry and Omagh. Gillygooly has a population of around 580 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Gillygooly is part of a wider rural area, with nearby places including Knockmoyle and Campsie.
AdBlue drains across County Tyrone, Gillygooly included
Knockmoyle and Campsie are among the towns around Gillygooly, a small village, that the same vans cover, over BT postcodes. Quote a postcode beginning BT78 5, and the van arrives fastest.
There's no need to move the vehicle. The drain takes place right there, whether a driveway, a street by a street just off the centre, or a layby towards the green space at the edge of the village. Assuming doesn't help at the back of the far end of the built-up part, close to a boundary, or anywhere hard to describe; ring and check.
The short version for Gillygooly drivers
First, the cap; then, the pour. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank regardless, leave the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, anywhere across County Tyrone.