Newport: How Does AdBlue End Up in a Diesel Tank, and How Do You Prevent It?
Pause here a minute when the diesel tank already holds AdBlue in it: ignition off, motor off, and ring 0333 366 0103. Around Newport, catching it before your motor runs normally leaves a drain and a thorough flush on the spot. The rest of this page covers why it takes place and how to ensure it doesn't — handy if you are reading before it has happened.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle: two tanks, two fillers
Many newer diesels in Chestwood, like those in Newport, run on two fluids; the engine gets only your diesel. Kept in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into your exhaust stream to clean it.
Every tank has one filler of its own. On a lot of motors the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Diesel goes in on every forecourt visit, again and again. A driver who has to stop and think where it goes normally fills the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and much less frequently. That gap is where the mistake lives.
AdBlue in your diesel tank around Newport: how it occurs
It is rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the car tells you, and if it runs out altogether, your vehicle drops into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a driveway off Newport Road before work, or in the car park at The Underground on the way home.
Next, your hand goes for the cap it would have used on the old car — since a rental car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
A spout-topped bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, after started, carries on. Whether it takes place in Rumsam or the middle of Newport, it is the same few seconds.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Look at these before pouring, on a forecourt in Newport or a driveway over in Lake. A few seconds, no more.
- Blue and marking: an AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually does not. Go by the cap, not where it sits.
- Many motors give AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- Look inside your fuel flap: many motors have a label there saying which fuel goes where.
- Cannot find it next to your diesel filler? In that case check below the bonnet or inside the boot — the handbook says where.
- The person who drove the vehicle last. On a hire or company car picked up from somewhere like the car park outside Barnstaple, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
For the day the light appears — anywhere you are in Devon — a simple routine to follow.
- Stop somewhere level, engine off, with time in hand — not hurried on the side of Cyprus Terrace.
- Silly as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap works — once you've located your filler and read the cap.
- The two under a single flap? So make sure the cap on your diesel side stays shut before lifting the bottle.
- Gently is best, through the bottle's own spout, until it's full or the bottle runs out.
- Before starting the vehicle, shut the cap and check again that your diesel cap was never opened off.
Spot at step two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? So stop just there. Step five stays off limits.
Put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Newport already?
Don't start the engine: that's how the short order of things begins. Leave your ignition off too, since on many diesels switching it on alone starts your fuel pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where your fuel is sucked from — so don't top up with diesel to dilute it.
The attendants at Esso, Tesco or any forecourt will normally help to push your car clear when asked. Your own driveway in Newport is the place it stays.
Already started? Stop once it's sensible, then switch off. On the M5, under 50 miles from Newport, that means the next exit. A short hop across Newport is a smaller job than a run towards Exeter, under 50 miles away, so tell us about how far it went.
When our technicians turn up in Newport, what occurs?
Wherever the car came to rest, whether outside Newport Community School Primary Academy, beside St John The Baptist or on your own drive, our van comes to it. What liquid got in, the quantity, and whether it ran: our engineers ask since those answers set the work and quote. Nobody heads out before you've heard the price by phone.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a thorough flush of the system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why that matters more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. The engine is started next and tested to be sure it runs correctly, all before our technicians head off.
Unstarted cars usually mean a half-hour job from the moment we arrive. The kit is fine on a busy forecourt, and quiet enough for a residential street after dark. The insurer usually wants an engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours at the end. Payment is on the day, with no money upfront. It's worth looking at your policy as the van travels to you: misfuelling cover comes with many policies.
About Newport and where it is
Newport is a suburban area in Devon, situated on the riverside with a relatively low elevation of 18 metres. Newport sits near several nearby places, including Rumsam, Whiddon, and the larger town of Barnstaple, and is located approximately 33 miles from the city of Exeter. Newport has a population of around 5697 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Newport is also within commuting distance of larger cities, being around 172 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Newport and across Devon
Throughout EX postcodes, the vans covering Newport — a residential suburb — work the nearby spots too, Barnstaple and Whiddon among them. Quickest of all: quote a EX32 9 postcode to the van.
Shifting the car isn't necessary. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street close to Grosvenor Church, a lay-by on the way to Rock Park, a drive. Ring and ask instead of assuming if you're near a boundary, or somewhere hard to explain, like the back of Holy Trinity Church.
Newport people: the short version
Before you tip, read the cap. Still AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it where it stands, anywhere around Devon: keep it off then phone 0333 366 0103.