Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Kintbury: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? Then set this page down for now, leave your ignition and motor off, then phone 0333 366 0103. Usually, if your motor has not run, it is emptied and thoroughly purged where the car sits in Kintbury. If you are reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it takes place and how to make sure it does not.
AdBlue in a diesel motor, and its separate tank
No single liquid but two: that is what many modern diesels around Kintbury and Inkpen run, with diesel for the engine. The exhaust, not the engine, is where AdBlue ends up: dosed into the fumes to fresh it, from its own tank.
There's a filler for every tank. Plenty of cars have a single flap for the two, whereas some move the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is topped up at the pump all the time. Much less regularly, the AdBlue side gets topped up — normally from a bottle, by a person working out where it goes. Mistakes happen in the gap between the two.
Kintbury: how AdBlue in the diesel tank happens
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 completely, your vehicle goes into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a drive off High Street before work, or in the car park outside The Blue Ball on the way home.
Then, your hand reaches for the cap it would have used on the old vehicle — because a rental car, a new vehicle or a company car places the fillers where your last one did not.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the tip once it has started. It's a few seconds, whether out in Titcomb or bang in the heart of Kintbury.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
Whether a Kintbury forecourt or a driveway out in Hell Corner, take a few seconds over these before any goes in.
- Where it sits misleads; the cap does not. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or carry the name "AdBlue" — diesel ones normally don't.
- Check the size: the smaller filler neck is, on plenty of vehicles, the AdBlue one.
- Lift the filler flap and look for a label — many vehicles show what belongs in which inlet just there.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where the filler sits if it is not by the diesel cap, and the handbook says which.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you collect a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at the nearest station.
How to top up without AdBlue in the diesel tank
Wherever in Berkshire the light comes on, here is a routine for that day.
- Not in a rush on the side of Church Street, not on a slope, not with the motor running: park then switch off properly.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly and it works.
- Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Using the bottle's own spout, tip slowly — and stop when it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Shut the cap, and check again — making sure the diesel filler stayed closed the whole time. After that, start the vehicle.
Spot at stage two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? Then stop right there. Stage five stays off limits.
AdBlue in your diesel tank already, in Kintbury?
Do not start the motor: that's how the short order of things begins. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels the moment your ignition is switched on — so leave it off. Thinning it with extra diesel won't work, because AdBlue settles to the base rather than mixing — and that's where your fuel is sucked from.
If you're at a forecourt, whether it is the Shell or the Asda, ask the staff to help roll your car clear of the pump. If you are on your own driveway around Kintbury, leave the vehicle where it stands.
When your engine has run by now, stop somewhere safe and turn it off. The next junction is the place to come off if you are on the M4, under 5 miles from Kintbury. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Kintbury is less work than a trip of under 25 miles to Winchester, so say.
Kintbury: what occurs when we get there
Wherever your car came to rest, whether outside Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School, beside Kintbury War Memorial or on your own drive, our van travels to it. Both the work and the quote depend on three replies — which liquid, which amount, and whether it has run — so we ask. Nobody sets off before you have heard our quote over the phone.
After that: draining, then a thorough flush of the whole system. With AdBlue that counts more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own. After the fuel filter is cleaned — or renewed, if needed — clean diesel goes in, and then your car is tested. Before leaving, our engineers fire it up and check that it is running properly.
With pumps fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs where your engine has not run need roughly half an hour after our technicians arrive. Nothing upfront; you settle up on the day. At the end, the VAT invoice and the report from the engineer go to you for the insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Kintbury and where it is
Kintbury is a village situated on the banks of the River Kennet in Berkshire, with a mix of old and new buildings, including many detached houses. Kintbury sits at an elevation of 106 metres, surrounded by rolling countryside and nearby villages such as Titcomb and Avington. Kintbury is located 57.5 miles west of London and 24.1 miles east of Winchester, making it a rural community with easy access to larger cities. Kintbury has a population of approximately 1422 residents, living in a variety of detached homes, many of which are set amidst the village's scenic riverside setting.
AdBlue drains around Kintbury, and Berkshire beyond
Kintbury is a village, and the vans that cover it also work the places near it, Avington and Wawcott among them, across the RG postcode area. Quote a postcode beginning RG17 9, and the van arrives quickest.
Moving your car is not needed. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Miss Lawrence Field, a side street close to Parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Kintbury: our engineers drain it where it sits. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you are near a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Coronation Hall.
In short, for Kintbury people
Before you tip, read the cap. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, anywhere across Berkshire, if AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank anyway — so leave the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103.