AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Hollingwood: How It Occurs and How to Prevent It
Keep the motor and ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103 now — reading can wait when AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Around Hollingwood, catching it before the motor turns usually leaves draining and a thorough flush on the spot. If you are reading before it has happened, the rest of this page is about why it occurs and how to make sure it doesn't.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel car need its own filler?
Many newer diesels in Middlecroft, as well as Hollingwood, run on two liquids; the motor takes just your diesel. The exhaust, not the motor, is where AdBlue ends up: dosed into the gas to clean them, from a separate tank.
Separate tanks, different fillers. Plenty of cars share a single flap for both, while some move the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. At the pump, the diesel side gets filled constantly. Rarely topped up, AdBlue usually goes in from a bottle, tipped by a driver who must stop and think what cap to use. It is in the gap that the mistake lives.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank occur in Hollingwood?
Seldom is it carelessness: normally three things coincide.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a message from the vehicle, and running dry means limp mode — hence a rushed top-up, maybe before work off Hornbeam Close, or outside The Hollingwood on the way home that evening.
The old car's filler is where the hand reaches — but a hire car, a new car or a company car keeps the fillers somewhere else. That's the second factor: an unfamiliar vehicle.
A spout-topped bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. So the tip, once started, carries on. Whether it takes place in Hollingwood Estate or the middle of Hollingwood, it's the same few seconds.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Brimington or a forecourt in Hollingwood, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Read the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally are not.
- On plenty of vehicles, the size tells: AdBlue has the smaller filler neck.
- A label inside the fuel flap often says which fuel goes where, on plenty of cars. Look for it.
- In your boot or under the bonnet: that is where the filler is if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook says which.
- The person who drove the vehicle last. On a hire or company car picked up from somewhere like the car park at Chesterfield, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
When the light goes on, wherever in Derbyshire, use this routine.
- Not in a rush on the side of Damson Croft, not on a slope, not with the engine running: park and switch off first.
- Find the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and speak the name "AdBlue" aloud while you unscrew it. It sounds silly. It does the trick.
- Both under a single flap? So confirm the cap on the diesel filler is still closed before lifting the bottle.
- Finish when the tank fills or the bottle runs dry; until then, tip gently using the own spout.
- Close the cap, and check once more — making sure your diesel filler remained shut the whole time. After that, start your car.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you have already poured into the diesel side. Leave out step five altogether.
AdBlue in the diesel tank already, in Hollingwood?
What follows is a short order of things, starting with no starting your engine. Leave your ignition off too, since on many diesels it by itself starts your pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of that tank, where your fuel is pulled from — so do not top up with diesel to thin it.
Ask the staff to help roll the car clear of the petrol pump if you are at a forecourt — the JET, the Morrisons or somewhere else. If you're on your own drive around Hollingwood, leave it where it stands.
Already started? Pull over once it is safe, then switch off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Hollingwood, that means the next junction. A short hop across Hollingwood is a smaller job than a run towards Sheffield, under 10 miles away, and so tell us about how far it went.
What takes place when our engineers get there around Hollingwood
Anywhere the vehicle came to rest, whether by Hollingwood Primary School, beside Hollingwood Hub or on your own drive, the van travels to it. Which liquid was put in, the quantity, and if it ran: our engineers ask because those answers set the work and price. Nobody heads out before you've heard our quote by phone.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system purged thoroughly. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and none of that clears out by itself. That is why it counts more. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. After that our technicians start the car and make sure it runs properly before leaving.
If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there, using pumps that are fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It's worth checking your policy while we travel to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About Hollingwood, briefly
Hollingwood is a locality in Derbyshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 64 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Hollingwood lies approximately 8.9 miles from Sheffield and 132.5 miles from London, making it a commuter base for the nearby city. Hollingwood is close to several nearby places, including Hollingwood Estate, New Brimington, and Barrow Hill. Hollingwood has a population of around 1599 residents.
AdBlue drains across Derbyshire, Hollingwood included
Over S postcodes, our teams covering Hollingwood — a small village — work the surrounding spots too, Barrow Hill and New Brimington included. Give a postcode that starts S43 2, and the van arrives fastest.
Your car does not need to move. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street near Barrrow Hill Methodist Church, a lay-by on the way to Barrow Hill Driving Range, a driveway. Awkward to pin down, like the back of Barrow Hill Memorial Hall? Close to a county line? Asking is better than guessing, and so phone.
For Hollingwood people, the short version
Read the cap before you pour. AdBlue in your diesel tank regardless? Leave the vehicle off then ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, across Derbyshire.