AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Lamberhurst: Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then put this page down a moment, leave the ignition and engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. Normally, if your motor hasn't run, it's emptied and fully rinsed where your vehicle sits in Lamberhurst. Nothing happened yet? Below, the page covers the reasons it occurs and the ways to avoid it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Diesel goes to your motor — but many newer diesels driven about Lamberhurst and Riseden carry a second liquid as well. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
There is a filler for every tank. Many of vehicles share a single flap for the two, whereas some put the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. Diesel goes in on every filling station visit, again and again. The AdBlue side is topped up far less regularly, usually from a bottle, and usually by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. It is in that gap that the error lives.
Lamberhurst: how AdBlue in your diesel tank occurs
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
On a drive off High Street before work, or in the car park at The Chequers on the way home: that is where the rushed top-up takes place. Why the rush? As AdBlue runs low the vehicle warns you, and if it's empty, limp mode kicks in.
Then, the hand reaches for the cap it knew on the old car — since a rental car, a new vehicle or a company car places the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
Lastly, the spout goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in as easily, and after the pour starts, no part halts it. Whether it occurs in Hook Green or the middle of Lamberhurst, it's the same few seconds.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
A couple of seconds is all these take — so run through them before you pour anything, on a driveway in Lower Cousley Wood or a forecourt in Lamberhurst.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap usually isn't. Read it rather than going by position.
- The size. On plenty of cars the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- The flap. Look inside the fuel flap for a label. Plenty of cars say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook shows where it lives when the filler is not next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- Whoever had it before knows. Ask when you pick up a rental or fleet car — at Wadhurst's car park, perhaps — not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
The day the light comes on, anywhere across Kent, use this routine.
- Pull in on level, motor off, with time in hand — not hurried on the side of The Broadway.
- Daft as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you have found the filler and read the cap.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — then leave the car on.
- Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check once more. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start your car.
Find at stage two or three that it's already gone into the diesel side? Then stop right there. Never go on to stage five.
Lamberhurst: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Don't start your engine: that is where the short order of things starts. Keep the ignition off too, since on many diesels switching it on alone runs the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where your fuel is drawn from — so do not top up with diesel to thin it.
If you are at a forecourt, whether it's the BP or the Weald Service station, ask the attendants to help roll the car clear of the petrol pump. If you are on your own drive in Lamberhurst, leave the vehicle where it stands.
Already started? Pull over when it's sensible, then turn off. The next junction is the place to leave if you're on the M20, under 15 miles from Lamberhurst. Mileage matters — a quick hop across Lamberhurst is a smaller job than heading under 50 miles to Brighton and Hove — so tell us about how far it went.
What occurs when our technicians get there around Lamberhurst
Outside Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, near Lamberhurst War Memorial Hall or on your own drive: wherever your car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Both the work and the quote rest on three answers — what liquid, which amount, and whether it has run — so we ask. During the phone call itself, you are told the price — before anything else.
After that: draining, then a thorough flush of the entire system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why the flush matters more with AdBlue than with petrol. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. We don't go until it has been started and is running properly.
Unrun cars mostly mean a half-hour job from the moment we arrive. The kit is fine on a busy filling station, and hushed enough for a driveway late at night. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. While we travel, take a look at your insurance documents; plenty include cover for misfuelling.
About Lamberhurst, briefly
Lamberhurst is a village situated in the county of Kent, on the banks of a river, with an elevation of around 43 metres. Lamberhurst lies approximately 36 miles from London and is close to the nearby cities, with Brighton and Hove being about 30 miles away. Lamberhurst has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most common. Lamberhurst is surrounded by other small settlements, including Hook Green, Kilndown, and Lamberhurst Quarter.
AdBlue drains around Lamberhurst and across Kent
As a village, Lamberhurst shares its vans nearby places — Kilndown, Lamberhurst Quarter — right across TN postcodes and the surrounding area around them. Our van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting TN3 8.
Shifting the vehicle is not needed. Draining takes place on the spot, whether a drive, a road by St Mary, or a layby on the way to Lamberhurst Golf Club. Awkward to explain, like the back of Scotney Castle? Close to a border? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
In short, for Lamberhurst people
Read the cap before you tip. Even so AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will empty it where it stands, wherever around Kent: keep the car off then call 0333 366 0103.