Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Mount Pleasant: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? Then put this page down a moment, keep the ignition and engine off, then call 0333 366 0103. In Mount Pleasant, catching it before the engine turns normally means a drain and a full flush on the spot. Not happened yet? Below, the page covers the why it occurs and the ways to avoid it altogether.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Many newer diesels in Harmans Cross, as well as Mount Pleasant, carry on two liquids; your engine takes only your diesel. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Each tank comes with a filler of its own. Under one flap, side by side: that is the layout on a lot of cars. On others, AdBlue's filler sits under the bonnet or in the boot instead. The diesel side is topped up at the petrol pump all the time. The AdBlue side is fuelled far less often, normally from a bottle, and usually by a person who has to stop and think where it goes. It's in that gap that the slip lives.
How AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place in Mount Pleasant
Three things tend to come together, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
On a drive off Old Malthouse Lane before work, or in the car park at The Kings Arms on the way home: that is where the hurried top-up happens. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low the vehicle warns you, and once it's empty, limp mode kicks in.
Then, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old motor — because a hire car, a new car or a company car places the fillers somewhere your last one didn't.
Nothing stops the tip after it has started, because a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. Langton Matravers or the middle of Mount Pleasant: it is the same few seconds either way.
Telling the AdBlue filler from your diesel filler
Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Herston or a forecourt in Mount Pleasant, check these. They take a few seconds.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap normally is not. Read it rather than going by position.
- The size. On plenty of vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- Open the flap and check for a label — plenty of vehicles show which goes in which inlet right there.
- The handbook. If the filler is not by the diesel cap, it is in the boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- The person who drove the vehicle last. On a hire or company car picked up from somewhere like the car park at Wareham, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach the diesel tank
On the day the warning comes on — wherever it is across Dorset — a simple routine to follow.
- Pull in on level, motor off, with time to spare — not rushing on the side of St Georges Close.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, check the cap, and speak the word "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It seems daft. It does the trick.
- Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Stop once the tank fills or the bottle runs dry; before that, pour gently using its own spout.
- Close the cap, and check once more — confirm your diesel cap remained closed the whole time. Only then, start the vehicle.
Stop there if you find, at step two or three, that you have already poured into the diesel side. Don't go on to step five.
Mount Pleasant: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank?
The short order of things, starting with not starting your engine. Do not switch your ignition on; on many diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Don't top up with diesel to dilute it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where your fuel is pulled from.
If you're on a forecourt, whether it's the BP or the Murco, ask the attendants to help roll your car away from the petrol pump. At home around Mount Pleasant? So the vehicle stays put.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if your engine has already run. On the M27, under 50 miles from Mount Pleasant, that means the next junction. About how far did it go? Crossing Mount Pleasant is less a job than a trip of under 50 miles to Salisbury, so say.
Our arrival around Mount Pleasant, and what takes place next
Anywhere the car came to rest, be it by St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers, beside Langton Matravers Museum of the Stone Industry or on your own drive, our van comes to it. Those answers determine this work and the price, and so our technicians ask what went in, about how much, and if it's run. You get that quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
The system is then cleaned thoroughly, once the tank is drained. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some fuel-system metals, and neither clears away by itself. Hence it matters more. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Before leaving, our technicians fire it up and check that it's running properly.
Using pumps fine on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs where the engine has not run take roughly half an hour after our technicians arrive. Payment is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents an insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. Misfuelling cover is part of many insurance policies — and so use the wait to look at yours.
About Mount Pleasant itself
Mount Pleasant is a small suburban area on the Dorset coast, situated near Langton Matravers and overlooking the English Channel. Mount Pleasant has a population of around 868 people and is characterised by detached housing. Mount Pleasant sits at an elevation of 74 metres, with nearby villages including Coombe and Acton. Mount Pleasant is located approximately 33 miles from Salisbury and 102 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Mount Pleasant, and Dorset beyond
Throughout BH postcodes, the teams covering Mount Pleasant — a residential suburb — work the nearby places too, Acton and Coombe among them. A postcode starting BH19 3 gets our van to you fastest.
No need to move the car. Anywhere it sits — near St George, on a lay-by heading to St George's C.E. V.A. Primary School Field, at home — that is where it gets cleared. Assuming won't help behind Putlake Adventure Farm, on a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and ask.
In short, for Mount Pleasant drivers
Always, the cap; after that, the pour. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank all the same, leave the vehicle off then call 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it waits, anywhere around Dorset.