AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Honley Moor: Why It Occurs and How to Stop It
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? In that case put this page down for now, leave your ignition and motor off, and phone 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a full flush, carried out just where your vehicle sits around Honley Moor, is usually all it needs if caught before the engine runs. If you're reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it takes place and how to make sure it doesn't.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle: two tanks, two fillers
Many newer diesels in Mag Dale, as well as Honley Moor, carry on two fluids; your motor takes only the diesel. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
There's a filler on every tank. On a lot of motors the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. At the petrol pump, your diesel side is topped up constantly. The AdBlue side is filled far less regularly, usually from a bottle, and normally by somebody who has to stop and think where it goes. Mistakes happen in that gap between them.
How AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place around Honley Moor
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low your car tells you, and if it runs out altogether, the car drops into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a drive off Fisher Green before work, or in the car park outside Foresters Arms on the way home.
New-to-you motors come second, as well. Hire cars, new vehicles and company vehicles place their fillers in new places, and the hand reaches for the cap used on the old one.
Nothing halts the tip after it has started, since a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. Honley or the middle of Honley Moor: it takes the same few seconds in both.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Whether a Honley Moor forecourt or a driveway out in Oldfield, take a few seconds over these before any goes in.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is often blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap usually is not. Read it rather than going by where it sits.
- Look at the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many motors, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside the fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on many motors. Look for it.
- The handbook. If your filler isn't by your diesel cap, it's in your boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- The person who drove the car last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at Honley, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach your diesel tank
The day the light comes on, wherever in West Yorkshire, follow this routine.
- Not in a rush on the side of Moor Bottom, not on a slope, not with your engine running: park then switch off properly.
- Find the AdBlue filler, check the cap, and speak the word "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft. It works.
- The diesel cap remains on. Where the two share a flap, make sure it is closed before the bottle comes up.
- Finish when that tank fills or the bottle is empty; until then, tip slowly using the own spout.
- Close the cap, then look once more — making sure your diesel cap remained closed throughout. Only then, start your car.
If at step two or three you find you have already poured into the diesel side, stop there. Skip step five altogether.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Honley Moor?
What follows is a short order of things, beginning with not starting your motor. Do not switch your ignition on; on many diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Thinning it with more diesel fails, since AdBlue sinks to the bottom rather than mixing — and that's where your fuel is pulled from.
Ask the staff to help roll your car clear of the pump if you're at a forecourt — the Fitzpatrick Fuels, the Texaco or anywhere else. If you are on your own driveway in Honley Moor, leave the vehicle where it stands.
Already started? Stop when it's sensible, then switch off. On the Outlane Interchange, under 5 miles from Honley Moor, that means the next exit. A short hop across Honley Moor is a smaller job than a run towards Bradford, under 15 miles away, so tell us roughly how far it went.
What occurs when we turn up around Honley Moor
Our engineers come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School, close to Trinity Church or on your own driveway. Those answers settle the work and our price, and so our engineers ask what got in, about how much, and whether it has run. You hear that price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then that tank is emptied and your system rinsed thoroughly. More than with petrol, it counts with AdBlue: crystals form, some metals are attacked, and none of that washes out on its own, no matter how long it sits. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Next our technicians fire it up and confirm it runs properly before we go.
If your motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. Paying is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the paperwork your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth looking at your insurance while we travel to you: misfuelling cover comes with plenty of policies.
About Honley Moor itself
Honley Moor is a locality situated near the River Holme in West Yorkshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and scenic views. Honley Moor sits at an elevation of 139 metres, close to the nearby villages of Honley, Newtown, and Scotgate. Honley Moor is located approximately 13 miles from Bradford and 161 miles from London, making it a relatively rural area within commuting distance of larger cities.
AdBlue drains round Honley Moor, and West Yorkshire beyond
Honley Moor is a small village, and the teams that cover it also work the towns around it, Newtown and Scotgate among them, across the HD postcode area. A postcode starting HD9 6 gets the van to you fastest.
Shifting your car isn't needed. The drain happens on the spot, whether a driveway, a road by Honley Library, or a lay-by on the way to Honley Cricket Club. Guessing won't help behind Southgate Theatre, close to a boundary, or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In short, for Honley Moor motorists
First, the cap; after that, the tip. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank anyway, leave the vehicle off then call 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, anywhere in West Yorkshire.