AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Leam Lane: How It Happens and How to Prevent It
Leave the engine and ignition off and call 0333 366 0103 first — the rest can wait when AdBlue is already in your diesel tank. Caught before the engine runs, it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Leam Lane. Not happened yet? Below, the rest of the page explains the why it takes place and the ways to avoid it altogether.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Plenty of modern diesels in Whitehills, like those in Leam Lane, carry on two fluids; your engine takes only your diesel. Kept in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into your exhaust stream and cleans it.
Each tank has a filler of its own. Some motors put the AdBlue filler in your boot or under the bonnet; a lot of others place the two side by side under one flap. Filling your diesel side at the pump happens constantly. A driver who has to stop and work out where it goes normally fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less regularly. The mistake grows in the gap between the two.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank occur around Leam Lane?
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
On a driveway off The Willows before work, or in the car park at Durham Ranger heading home: that's where the hurried top-up happens. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low the vehicle tells you, and once it's empty, limp mode follows.
The old car's cap is where your hand reaches — but a rental car, a new car or a company car keeps the fillers somewhere else. That's a second thing: a new 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. Whether it happens in Follingsby or the middle of Leam Lane, it is the same few seconds.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
Look at these first, at a forecourt around Leam Lane or a drive over in Usworth. Seconds, no more.
- Read the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue ones are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally are not.
- Many vehicles give AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- Open the filler flap and look for a label — plenty of cars mark what belongs in which inlet right there.
- In your boot or under the bonnet: that's where your filler sits if it's not by the diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- The person who drove it last. On a hire or company car picked up from somewhere like the car park at Heworth, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
The day the light goes on, anywhere in Tyne and Wear, use this routine.
- Park and switch off. Not on a slope, not with the engine running, and not in a rush on the side of Leam Lane.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds daft and it does the trick.
- The diesel cap remains on. Where the two sit under a flap, make sure it is shut before lifting the bottle.
- Using the bottle's own spout, tip slowly — and stop when it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check again. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start your car.
Find at step two or three that it's already gone into your diesel side? So stop just there. Never go on to stage five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Leam Lane already?
Don't start the engine: that is where the short order of things begins. Don't switch the ignition on; on plenty of diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Thinning it with extra diesel won't work, since AdBlue sinks to the bottom instead of mixing — and that's where the fuel is sucked from.
If you're on a forecourt, whether it is the JET or the Jet, ask the staff to help push the vehicle clear of the petrol pump. If you're on your own drive around Leam Lane, leave the car where it stands.
If the engine has already run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The next exit is where to come off when you're on the A194(M), under a mile from Leam Lane. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Leam Lane is smaller a job than a run of under 5 miles towards Newcastle upon Tyne, and so tell us.
What takes place when our engineers arrive around Leam Lane
Wherever the vehicle has stopped, whether by Roman Road Primary School, near Saint Andrew's Church or on your own drive, our van comes to it. Which liquid got in, the amount, and if it ran: our technicians ask because those answers set both work and price. During the call itself, you hear our quote — before dispatch.
Then that tank is drained and your system cleaned thoroughly. Much more than with petrol, it counts with AdBlue: the crystals build up, some metals corrode, and none of it washes away on its own, however long it is left. A test comes last: before that, fresh diesel is added, and your filter is flushed or replaced as needed. Next we start the car and make sure it runs correctly before we go.
Unstarted vehicles mostly mean a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive. The equipment is safe on a busy forecourt, and hushed enough for a residential street late at night. No money upfront; you settle up on the day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer are handed to you for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Leam Lane
Leam Lane is a suburban area located inland in Tyne and Wear, approximately 4 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne. Leam Lane sits at an elevation of 68 metres, surrounded by nearby places such as Follingsby, Heworth, and Wardley. Leam Lane has a population of around 3865 people, predominantly residing in semi-detached housing. Leam Lane is situated in the North East region of England, about 244 miles north of London.
Leam Lane and Tyne and Wear: AdBlue drains across the area
Leam Lane is a residential suburb, and our teams that cover it also work the places near it, Heworth and Wardley among them, across the NE postcode area. A postcode starting NE10 8 gets our van to you fastest.
Your car remains put. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Oliver Henderson Park, a side street near Gateshead @ Leam Lane: we drain the vehicle where it sits. Assuming won't help behind Leam Lane Library, close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
For Leam Lane drivers, the short version
Before you tip, read the cap. AdBlue in your diesel tank regardless? Leave the vehicle off and ring 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, throughout Tyne and Wear.