New Holland: How Does AdBlue End Up in a Diesel Tank, and How Do You Avoid It?
Stop here for a moment when the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, motor off, and phone 0333 366 0103. Caught before your engine runs, it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in New Holland. Nothing happened yet? Below, the rest of the page covers the why it occurs and the ways to avoid it for good.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
Many modern diesels on the roads around New Holland and North End carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to your engine. The exhaust, not your motor, is where AdBlue goes: sprayed into the fumes to clean them, from its own tank.
There is a filler on each tank. On a lot of cars 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, the diesel side gets filled all the time. Far less often, the AdBlue side gets topped up — normally from a bottle, by a person working out where it goes. It is in that gap that the slip happens.
How AdBlue in the diesel tank takes place in New Holland
Seldom is it carelessness: usually three things line up.
To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a warning from the vehicle, and running dry leads to limp mode — hence a hurried top-up, perhaps before work off Oxmarsh Lane, or outside the pub in the village on the way home that evening.
Unfamiliar vehicles are next, too. Hire cars, new vehicles and company cars place their fillers differently, and the hand reaches for the cap it used on the old one.
Lastly, the spout fits: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it slides in just as easily, and after the pour begins, no part stops it. Whether it takes place in Barrow Hann or the middle of New Holland, it's the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Look at these before pouring, at a forecourt in New Holland or a driveway out in Barrow upon Humber. A few seconds, that's all.
- Blue and marking: an AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap normally does not. Trust the cap, not its position.
- On many vehicles, the size gives it away: AdBlue has the smaller filler neck.
- The flap. Look inside the fuel flap for a label. Many cars say there which fuel goes where.
- Can't find it next to your diesel filler? Then check beneath the bonnet or inside the boot — the handbook says which.
- The person who drove the vehicle last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at the nearest station, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
When the light comes on, wherever in Lincolnshire, use this routine.
- Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with your engine running, and not in a rush on the side of Westburn Avenue.
- Silly as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you have located the filler and read the cap.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave the car on.
- Finish once your tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; before that, pour gently using the built-in spout.
- Only then, start the car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Find during the second or third stage that the bottle went in the wrong filler? That is where you stop. Do not go on to stage five.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank in New Holland already?
Brief order, then. Top of it: the motor remains unstarted. Keep your ignition off too, because on plenty of diesels it by itself runs your fuel pump. Diluting it with extra diesel fails, since AdBlue settles to the bottom rather than mixing — and that is where your fuel is drawn from.
If you're on a forecourt, whether it is the Esso or the Asda, ask the staff to help roll your car clear of the pump. Your own driveway in New Holland is the place it stays.
Already started? Stop when it's safe, then turn off. On the M180, under 10 miles from New Holland, that means the next exit. Tell us roughly how far it went: a run towards Kingston upon Hull, under 5 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across New Holland.
Our arrival around New Holland, and what occurs next
Our van comes to the car wherever it stopped — your own driveway, near Christ Church, or by New Holland Church of England and Methodist Primary School. Which liquid was put in, the amount, and if it ran: our technicians ask because those replies set both work and quote. On the call itself, you hear our price — ahead of dispatch.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush of your system. Not like petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and neither washes out unaided. That is why it counts more. Testing is at the end: before that, clean diesel is added, and your filter is flushed or changed if necessary. Before leaving, our engineers fire it up and confirm that it is running correctly.
If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are safe on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. Your insurer will ask for the engineer's report and your VAT invoice, and both are yours once this job is done. Payment comes on the day, with no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About New Holland
New Holland is a small village on the coast of Lincolnshire, situated near the Humber Estuary and close to the city of Kingston upon Hull. New Holland has a low elevation of around 5 metres above sea level, and its population of approximately 993 people live in predominantly semi-detached housing. New Holland is located near other small settlements such as Barrow Hann and Barrow Haven, and is about 151.8 miles from London. New Holland sits in a scenic area with nearby landmarks like The Castles.
AdBlue drains around New Holland, and Lincolnshire beyond
Barrow Haven and The Castles are among the places near New Holland, a coastal village, that the same vans cover, over DN postcodes. Give a postcode that starts DN19 7, and our van arrives quickest.
Moving your car is not necessary. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Midby Park, a side street near The Castles: our technicians drain the vehicle where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guessing if you're near a boundary, or somewhere hard to describe, like the back of Holy Trinity.
In short, for New Holland drivers
Before you pour, read the cap. Even so AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it wherever it is, wherever in Lincolnshire: keep the car off then phone 0333 366 0103.