Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Grove: Why It Occurs
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103. Caught before the motor runs, it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Grove. Not happened yet? Below, the rest of the page covers the why it occurs and the how to prevent it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel car, and its separate tank
Plenty of current diesels on the roads round Grove and Kingsbridge carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the motor. Your exhaust, not the motor, is where AdBlue ends up: sprayed into the fumes to fresh them, from a separate tank.
There's a filler on every tank. Plenty of vehicles share a single flap for both, whereas some move the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is topped up at the petrol pump all the time. Seldom topped up, AdBlue normally comes from a bottle, tipped by a driver who must stop and think which cap to use. That gap is where the slip lives.
How AdBlue in the diesel tank happens in Grove
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a message from the vehicle, and running out leads to limp mode — so a hurried top-up, maybe before work off Grove Drive, or outside The Hope Inn on the way home that evening.
The old car's cap is where the hand reaches — yet a rental car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers elsewhere. That is a second factor: an unfamiliar vehicle.
Lastly, the spout fits: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in just as readily, and once the tip starts, nothing halts it. Orange Gardens or the heart of Grove: it takes the same few seconds in both.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
A few seconds is all these take — so check them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Green or a forecourt in Grove.
- Read the cap instead of going by position: AdBlue ones are commonly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally aren't.
- Check the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many motors, the AdBlue one.
- The flap. Look inside the fuel flap for a label. Plenty of motors say there which fuel goes where.
- Can't find it next to your diesel inlet? In that case look below the bonnet or inside the boot — the handbook will say which.
- Whoever had it before will know. Check as you collect a rental or fleet car — from Pembroke's car park, say — not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach your diesel tank
Wherever in Pembrokeshire the light comes on, here is a routine for the day.
- Turn off after you park — level ground, motor stopped, and never in a rush beside Grove Hill at the roadside.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you've located your filler and read the cap.
- Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Stop once the tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; until then, pour slowly using the own spout.
- Before you start your car, close the cap and look again that your diesel cap was never opened off.
Find at stage two or three that it's already gone into the diesel side? Then stop just there. Never go on to stage five.
Grove: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Then the order of things is short. Do not start the motor. Leave your ignition off as well, since on many diesels switching it on by itself starts your fuel pump. Filling up with diesel won't thin it: instead, AdBlue drops to the bottom of the tank, just where fuel is drawn from.
Ask the staff to help push the vehicle clear of the pump if you're at a forecourt — the the nearest petrol station, the Tesco or somewhere else. If you're on your own drive in Grove, leave the car where it stands.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. Grove sits under 50 miles from the M4; on it, use the first exit. About how far did it go? Crossing Grove is less work than a run of under 25 miles towards St Davids, so tell us.
Grove: what takes place when we turn up
We come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside the local primary school, close to Pembroke Library or on your own driveway. Those replies decide the work and our quote, so our engineers ask what went in, roughly how much, and if it has run. During the call itself, you hear the price — ahead of anything else.
The system is then flushed thoroughly, after your tank is cleared. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own — which is why the flush matters more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter cleaned or, where needed, replaced; clean diesel in; and then a test of your vehicle. Before we go, our technicians fire it up and confirm that it is running properly.
Using pumps safe on a working forecourt and quiet enough for use outside a house at night, most jobs where your motor has not run need about half an hour after our engineers arrive. The insurer usually wants an engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours at the end. Payment comes on the day, with no deposit. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Grove
Grove is a coastal suburban area in Pembrokeshire, situated near the towns of Pembroke and St Davids. Grove has a population of around 1747 people and is characterised by detached housing. Grove sits at a low elevation of 11 metres above sea level, close to the coastline of Wales. Grove is located near other local places such as Orange Gardens and Merlins Cross.
AdBlue drains round Grove, and Pembrokeshire beyond
Merlins Cross and Pembroke are among the towns around Grove, a residential suburb, that the same vans cover, over SA postcodes. The van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting SA71 5.
Your car doesn't need to shift. We drain it where it is — a side street close to Pembroke Museum, a lay-by on the way to Holyland Wood, a drive. If you're close to a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Pembroke Town Hall, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Grove motorists: the short version
Always, the cap; then, the tip. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank anyway, leave the car off and ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it sits, anywhere across Pembrokeshire.