--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Lobley Hill? Read This canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/lobley-hill-tyne-and-wear/ location: Lobley Hill county: Tyne and Wear latitude: 54.939130 longitude: -1.634180 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-16 --- # Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Lobley Hill: Why It Happens If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103. Usually, if your engine hasn't turned, it is drained and thoroughly flushed where the vehicle sits around Lobley Hill. Not happened yet? Below, the page explains the reasons it happens and the how to avoid it altogether. ## Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car Plenty of current diesels on the roads round Lobley Hill and Teams carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the motor. Your exhaust, not the engine, is where AdBlue goes: sprayed into the gas to clean it, from a separate tank. Each tank comes with one filler of its own. Some vehicles keep the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; plenty more have both side by side under one flap. Filling the diesel side at the petrol pump happens constantly. The AdBlue side is filled far less regularly, normally from a bottle, and usually by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. The mistake grows in the gap between them. ## How AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place around Lobley Hill Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is seldom one of them. Haste follows from the warning. The vehicle warns you as AdBlue runs low, and a dry tank puts it into limp mode — so the top-up gets done quickly, before work on a drive off Elmwood Gardens, or on the way home in the car park at The Waggon Team. Then, your hand goes for the cap it would have used on the old motor — because a rental car, a new car or a company car places the fillers somewhere your last one did not. A spout-topped bottle meets no resistance at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. So the tip, once started, keeps on. Dunston Hill or the middle of Lobley Hill: it is the same few seconds either way. ## How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Saltwell or a forecourt around Lobley Hill, check these. They take a couple of seconds. - Colour and lettering: an AdBlue cap is regularly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually does not. Go by the cap, not where it sits. - On plenty of vehicles, the size gives it away: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck. - Look inside the fuel flap: many cars have a label there showing which fuel goes where. - The handbook says which it is if your filler is not next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet. - Whoever had it before knows. Check as you pick up a hire car or fleet car — from Dunston's car park, say — not when the warning comes on. ## Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up For the day the warning appears — wherever it is around Tyne and Wear — a simple routine to use. - Park and switch off. Not on a slope, not with the motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Thornwood Gardens. - Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after you find the AdBlue filler and reading it. Silly, yes, but it does the trick. - Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle. - Finish once the tank is topped up or the bottle runs dry; until then, tip gently through the own spout. - Only then, start the car: close the cap, check a second time, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Find at step two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? So stop just there. Step five stays out. ## Put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Lobley Hill already? Then the order of things is short. Don't start your engine. The fuel pump runs on plenty of diesels as soon as your ignition goes on — and so keep it off. Thinning it with more diesel fails, since AdBlue settles to the base rather than mixing — and that is where your fuel is pulled from. The attendants at EV Chargers, Esso or another forecourt will usually help to push your car clear when asked. Your own driveway in Lobley Hill is where it should stay. Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your motor has already run. The next exit means the place to leave if you're on the Central Motorway East, under 3 miles from Lobley Hill. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Newcastle upon Tyne, under 3 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Lobley Hill. ## What occurs when our technicians get there around Lobley Hill Outside Lobley Hill Primary School, close to Lobley Hill Library or on your own drive: wherever the car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Our technicians ask what got in, about how much, and whether it has run, because those replies settle the work and the quote. During the phone call itself, you are told the price — before dispatch. Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush of the fuel system. With AdBlue that counts more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not wash out on its own. A test comes last: before that, clean diesel goes in, and your filter is flushed or replaced as needed. After that our engineers fire it up and make sure it runs smoothly before we leave. Unstarted cars usually mean a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive. The equipment is safe on a busy forecourt, and hushed enough for a residential street late at night. Payment happens on the day, not upfront, and you are given the documents an insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way. ## About Lobley Hill Lobley Hill is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Tyne and Wear, with a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Lobley Hill lies close to the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, approximately 2.8 miles from the city centre, and is near other local areas such as Dunston Hill and Team Valley. Lobley Hill has a population of around 4846 people and is located at an elevation of 46 metres above sea level. Lobley Hill is part of the wider urban area surrounding Newcastle upon Tyne, which is a significant city in the North East of England. ## AdBlue drains in Lobley Hill and across Tyne and Wear Team Valley and Bensham are among the places near Lobley Hill, a residential suburb, that the same teams cover, throughout NE postcodes. Quote a postcode beginning NE11 0, and our van gets there fastest. Your car stays where it is. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Watergate Forest Park, a side street near Lobley Hill Youth And Comunity Centre: our engineers drain it where it is. If you are near a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Immaculate Heart Of Mary, ring and ask instead of assuming. ## For Lobley Hill drivers, the short version Before you tip, read the cap. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank all the same, leave it off and phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel clears it where it stands, anywhere across Tyne and Wear.