AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Luddenden Foot: Why It Occurs and How to Stop It
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103. A drain and a thorough flush, done just where your car stands around Luddenden Foot, is normally what it takes if found before your engine runs. Here in advance? Then the rest covers why it happens and what to prevent it ever happening.
AdBlue in a diesel car: two tanks, two fillers
Many modern diesels on the roads round Luddenden Foot and Boulder Clough carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to your motor. Its own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to your exhaust, and there spraying treats the fumes.
Every tank has one filler of its own. Some vehicles keep the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot more place the two side by side behind one flap. Diesel gets filled on each forecourt visit, week in, week out. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes normally tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less regularly. The mistake grows in the gap between the two.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank take place around Luddenden Foot?
It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off Luddenden Lane before work, or in the car park outside The Brandy Wine on the way home: that is where the hurried top-up happens. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low your car tells you, and once it's gone, limp mode kicks in.
Next, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old car — because a hire car, a new car or a company car places the fillers where your last one did not.
Nothing halts the tip after it has started, because a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as readily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. Whether it happens in Luddenden or the middle of Luddenden Foot, it is the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Before you tip anything, whether on a drive in Warley Town or a forecourt around Luddenden Foot, check these. They take a few seconds.
- Read the cap rather than going by position: AdBlue caps are regularly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps usually are not.
- The size. On many motors the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- A label inside your fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on many motors. Check for it.
- The handbook shows which it is if your filler isn't next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- Collecting a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park outside Mytholmroyd? Ask the person who drove the vehicle last before leaving, rather than once the light goes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching your diesel tank
On the day the warning appears — anywhere it is across West Yorkshire — a routine to use.
- Not in a rush on the side of Burnley Road, not on a slope, not with your engine running: park then switch off first.
- Find the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and speak the word "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It seems silly. It does the trick.
- The two behind one flap? Then make sure the lid on the diesel filler stays closed before lifting the bottle.
- Using the bottle's own spout, tip slowly — and stop when it's full or the bottle is empty.
- Only then, start the car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
Spot at stage two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? So stop right there. Stage five is out.
Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank around Luddenden Foot?
What follows is a short order of things, starting with no starting the engine. Leave your ignition off too, because on plenty of diesels it alone runs the pump. Filling up with diesel will not weaken it: rather than mixing, AdBlue sinks to the base of that tank, just where the fuel is taken from.
On a forecourt — BP, another forecourt nearby or another — the attendants will normally help push the car clear, if you ask. At home in Luddenden Foot? So the vehicle stays where it is.
Already started? Pull over once it is safe, then switch off. On the M62, under 10 miles from Luddenden Foot, that means the next exit. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Luddenden Foot is less work than a trip of under 10 miles towards Bradford, so say.
Our arrival around Luddenden Foot, and what takes place next
Anywhere your car came to rest, whether outside Luddenden CofE School, near Fender, Pool and Splice or at home, our van comes to it. The replies determine the work and the quote, and so our technicians ask what got in, about how much, and if it has run. During the phone call itself, you are told our price — before dispatch.
Your system is then cleaned thoroughly, after the tank is drained. More than with petrol, it matters here: crystals build up, certain metals corrode, and nothing clears out on its own, no matter how long it sits. After your filter has been flushed — or renewed, where required — fresh diesel goes in, and finally your car is tested. Before leaving, our engineers start the engine and confirm that it is running properly.
Unstarted cars usually need a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive. The kit is fine on a busy filling station, and hushed enough for a residential street after dark. Paying happens on the day, not upfront, and you are given the documents an insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Luddenden Foot and where it is
Luddenden Foot is a village in West Yorkshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 93 metres, with terraced housing predominant in the area. Luddenden Foot lies near the villages of Luddenden, Brearley, and Midgley, and is approximately 9 miles from Bradford. Luddenden Foot has a population of around 1498 residents, and its location near the river has influenced its development. Luddenden Foot is also relatively distant from London, at 171 miles away.
AdBlue drains across West Yorkshire, Luddenden Foot included
Being a village, Luddenden Foot has the same vans as nearby areas — Brearley, Midgley — right through HX postcodes and the surrounding area beyond. Give a postcode beginning HX2 6, and our van gets there fastest.
The vehicle doesn't need to move. Our engineers drain it where it is — a side street close to Luddenden Foot Community Centre, a lay-by on the way to Holmes Park, a drive. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you are close to a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Luddenden Youth Centre.
In short, for Luddenden Foot drivers
Read the cap before you pour. AdBlue in the diesel tank regardless? Keep it switched off and call 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel drains it on the spot, across West Yorkshire.