Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Kirklevington: Why It Happens
Keep the motor and ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103 now — the rest can wait if AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Caught before your motor runs, it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Kirklevington. The remainder of this page explains why it happens and how to ensure it doesn't — handy if you're reading ahead of time.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
Diesel goes to the engine — but many newer diesels seen around Kirklevington and High Leven hold another liquid as well. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Every tank comes with a filler of its own. Under one flap, next to each other: that's the arrangement on many vehicles. Elsewhere, AdBlue's filler is under the bonnet or in the boot instead. Diesel goes in on each filling station visit, again and again. Far less often, the AdBlue side gets filled — mostly from a bottle, by someone thinking about where it goes. The slip lives in that gap.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Kirklevington: how it takes place
Carelessness rarely explains it. Instead is three things lining up at once.
Haste follows from the warning. The car warns you as AdBlue runs low, and an empty tank puts the vehicle into limp mode — so the top-up happens in a rush, before work on a drive off Pump Lane, or heading home in the car park at Crown Hotel.
The old car's cap is where your hand goes — but a hire car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers elsewhere. That is the second factor: an unfamiliar car.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the pour once it has started. The same few seconds settle it, in the middle of Kirklevington or out in Castlelevington.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
A couple of seconds is all the checks take — so check them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Yarm or a forecourt around Kirklevington.
- Colour and marking: an AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually doesn't. Trust the cap, not its position.
- The size. On plenty of vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- The flap. Look inside the fuel flap for a label. Many motors say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook. If your filler isn't by the diesel cap, it's in your boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- The person who drove it last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at Yarm, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
For the day the light comes on — wherever it is around North Yorkshire — a routine to follow.
- Turn off once parked — flat ground, engine stopped, and not rushed beside Penders Lane on the verge.
- Daft as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap works — after you have located your filler and read it.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — then leave the vehicle on.
- Stop once the tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; before that, pour slowly through the built-in spout.
- Shut the cap, then check again — making sure the diesel filler remained shut the whole time. After that, start the vehicle.
Spot at step two or three that it's already gone into the diesel side? So stop just there. Never go on to step five.
Kirklevington: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Brief order, then. First: the motor stays unstarted. Keep the ignition off as well, because on plenty of diesels it alone starts your fuel pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of that tank, where the fuel is drawn from — so do not top up with diesel to thin it.
Ask the attendants to help push your car clear of the pump if you're at a forecourt — the Shell, the Asda Express or somewhere else. If you are on your own drive around Kirklevington, leave the car where it stands.
When your motor has been run already, pull over somewhere safe and switch the car off. Kirklevington lies under 15 miles from the A66(M); on it, use the next junction. A short hop across Kirklevington is a smaller job than a run towards Durham, under 25 miles away, so tell us about how far it went.
Kirklevington: what occurs when we turn up
Wherever the vehicle has stopped, whether by Kirklevington Primary School, beside St Martin & St Hilary or at home, our van comes to it. The answers determine this work and our price, and so our technicians ask what was put in, about how much, and whether it has run. Nobody heads out until you have heard the price over the phone.
Next: draining, then a full flush of the whole system. Unlike petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and eats at some fuel-system metals, and neither clears away by itself. Hence it counts more. Testing is at the end: before that, fresh diesel is added, and the fuel filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. After that our technicians fire it up and confirm it runs correctly before we go.
Unstarted cars usually need a half-hour visit after arrival. The kit is safe on a live filling station, and hushed enough for a residential street late at night. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Before we get there, take a look at your insurance documents; many include cover for misfuelling.
About Kirklevington itself
Kirklevington is a village situated on the banks of a river in North Yorkshire, with a relatively low elevation of around 50 metres. Kirklevington lies near the villages of Castlelevington, Crathorne, and Picton, and is approximately 22 miles from the city of Durham. Kirklevington has a population of around 940 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Kirklevington is located in the north-east of England, about 212 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains around Kirklevington and across North Yorkshire
Kirklevington is a village, and the teams that cover it also work the towns around it, Crathorne and Picton among them, across the TS postcode area. Our van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting TS15 9.
Your car stays where it is. The drain takes place on the spot, whether a drive, a road by Pump Cottage 1680, or a layby towards Grove Plantation. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you are near a border, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Yarm Squash Club.
Kirklevington drivers: the short version
Before you tip, read the cap. AdBlue in your diesel tank regardless? Leave it off and ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, across North Yorkshire.