Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Lynch Hill: Why It Occurs
Stop reading a minute when your diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, then call 0333 366 0103. Caught before your engine runs, it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Lynch Hill. The remainder of this page explains why it takes place and how to ensure it does not — useful if you're reading before it has happened.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car
Diesel goes to your motor — but many newer diesels driven about Lynch Hill and Laverstoke hold a second liquid as well. AdBlue's own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to the exhaust, where a spray treats the fumes.
There is a filler on every tank. On a lot of vehicles the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. At the petrol pump, your diesel side gets filled constantly. Rarely filled, AdBlue normally goes in out of a bottle, tipped by someone who must stop and think which filler it needs. It's in the gap that the slip happens.
AdBlue in the diesel tank around Lynch Hill: how it happens
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is seldom one of them.
On a drive off Lynch Hill Park before work, or in the car park at Red House heading home: that's where the rushed top-up happens. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low the vehicle warns you, and if it is empty, limp mode kicks in.
Unfamiliar cars come second, as well. Rentals, new vehicles and company vehicles put their fillers in new places, and habit reaches for the cap used on the old one.
Third, the spout fits: diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it goes in as readily, and after the pour starts, nothing stops it. The same few seconds settle it, in the middle of Lynch Hill or out in Whitchurch.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
A couple of seconds is all the checks take — so run through them before you pour anything, on a drive in Cole Henley or a forecourt around Lynch Hill.
- Blue and marking: an AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap normally doesn't. Go by the cap, not where it sits.
- Look at the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many cars, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside the fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on plenty of motors. Check for it.
- Cannot find it beside the diesel filler? In that case look below the bonnet or in the boot — the owner's manual will say where.
- Whoever had it before knows. Check as you pick up a hire car or fleet car — from Whitchurch (Hampshire)'s car park, say — rather than when the light appears.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach your diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever in Hampshire that is.
- Stop somewhere level, motor off, with time to spare — never rushing on the side of Newbury Road.
- Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly and it does the trick.
- The diesel cap remains on. Where both sit under a flap, make sure it is closed before lifting the bottle.
- Stop once your tank fills or the bottle runs dry; until then, tip gently using its built-in spout.
- Before starting the vehicle, shut the cap and look again that the diesel cap never opened off.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you have already poured into your diesel side. Step five is out.
Lynch Hill: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
What follows is a short order of things, starting with no starting your motor. Leave the ignition off as well, because on plenty of diesels it by itself runs your pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is pulled from — so don't top up with diesel to thin it.
The staff at Whitchurch Filling Station, Esso or any forecourt will usually help pushing the vehicle away when asked. Leave it where it is if you are on your own drive in Lynch Hill.
Already started? Stop once it's sensible, then switch off. Leave the M3 — under 10 miles out of Lynch Hill — at the next exit. Tell us roughly how far it went: a run towards Winchester, under 15 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Lynch Hill.
What happens when our technicians turn up in Lynch Hill
Our engineers come to the car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside Whitchurch Church of England Primary School, close to Whitchurch Town Hall or on your own driveway. Both the work and our price rest on three replies — what liquid, which amount, and if it's run — so our engineers ask. The quote comes on the call, ahead of any van leaving.
The system is then purged thoroughly, after the tank is drained. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and none of that clears out unaided. Hence it counts more. The filter cleaned or, if it must be, swapped; clean diesel in; then a check of the car. We don't go until it has been fired up and is running properly.
If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there, using pumps that are fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house after dark. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It's worth looking at your insurance while we travel to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About Lynch Hill itself
Lynch Hill is a locality situated on the riverside in Hampshire, with an elevation of around 105 metres. Lynch Hill lies near the city of Winchester, approximately 11.9 miles away, and is also close to nearby places such as Whitchurch, Tufton, and Freefolk. Lynch Hill has a population of around 2442 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Lynch Hill is located in the South East region of England, about 55.4 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Lynch Hill and across Hampshire
Being a small village, Lynch Hill has the same vans as nearby places — Tufton, Freefolk — right through RG postcodes and the surrounding area around them. The van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting RG28 7.
The car doesn't need to shift. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Kingsley Park, a side street close to Whitchurch Silk Mill: our technicians drain the car where it sits. Ring and ask rather than assuming if you're close to a border, or somewhere hard to describe, like the back of Whitchurch Library.
The short version for Lynch Hill drivers
Tip no AdBlue till you have read the cap. AdBlue in the diesel tank after all? Keep the vehicle off and call 0333 366 0103; Petrol in Diesel empties it where it stands, throughout Hampshire.