--- title: Nottage: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, Explained canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/nottage-bridgend/ location: Nottage county: Bridgend latitude: 51.491660 longitude: -3.711570 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-02 --- # Nottage: How Does AdBlue End Up in a Diesel Tank, and How Do You Prevent It? If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a full flush, carried out right where your car sits in Nottage, is usually what it needs if found before your engine runs. Reading before the event? Then what follows covers how it happens and what to prevent it ever happening. ## Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car Diesel feeds the engine — but plenty of newer diesels driven around Nottage and Kenfig hold a second liquid too. Its own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to the exhaust, and there spraying cleans the gas. There is a filler on every tank. Under one flap, next to each other: that is the layout on a lot of motors. On others, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. The diesel side is filled at the pump all the time. Rarely topped up, AdBlue normally comes from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think what filler to use. That gap is where the slip lives. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank around Nottage: how it takes place It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up. The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low your 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 drive off Sker Walk before work, or in the car park outside The Seagull on the way home. The old car's filler is where the hand goes — yet a hire car, a new motor or a company car keeps the fillers elsewhere. That is the second factor: an unfamiliar car. Lastly, the bottle fits: a diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in just as readily, and after the tip starts, no part stops it. Whether it takes place in Porthcawl or the middle of Nottage, it's the same few seconds. ## Telling the AdBlue filler from your diesel filler A few seconds is all these take — so check them before you pour anything, on a drive in North Cornelly or a forecourt in Nottage. - Position misleads; the cap doesn't. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or bear the word "AdBlue" — diesel ones usually don't. - The size. On many vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two. - Look inside your fuel flap: many vehicles have a label there showing which fuel goes where. - In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where the filler sits if it's not by the diesel cap, and the handbook says which. - The person who drove it last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park at Pyle, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on. ## Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank When the light comes on, anywhere around Bridgend, use this routine. - Park and switch off. Not on a slope, not with your motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Summerfield Drive. - Find the AdBlue filler and read the cap. Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It sounds silly and it works. - The diesel cap stays on. Where both share a flap, confirm it's shut before the bottle comes up. - Stop when your tank is topped up or the bottle runs dry; before that, tip gently through the own spout. - Close the cap and check again. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car. If at step two or three you find you have already poured into the diesel side, stop there. Never go on to step five. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank already, around Nottage? The short order of things, starting with not starting your motor. Keep the ignition off too, since on many diesels switching it on by itself runs the fuel pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of that tank, where your fuel is pulled from — so do not top up with diesel to thin it. If you're at a forecourt, whether it's the Esso or the Oil4Wales, ask the attendants to help roll your car clear of the pump. Your own drive in Nottage is where it should stay. If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Come off the M4 — under 3 miles out of Nottage — at the next exit. A short hop across Nottage is a smaller job than a run towards Swansea, under 15 miles away, and so tell us about how far it went. ## When our engineers turn up around Nottage, what occurs? The van reaches the car wherever it stopped — your own driveway, near Duffryn Llynvi & Porthcawl Railway Project, or outside the local primary school. Those answers decide this work and our quote, so our technicians ask what went in, about how much, and if it has run. The quote comes on the call, ahead of any van leaving. The system is then flushed thoroughly, once your tank is emptied. Much more than with petrol, it counts with AdBlue: crystals build up, certain metals corrode, and nothing washes out on its own, no matter how long it sits. Filter cleaned or, where it must be, swapped; fresh diesel in; then a test of your vehicle. We don't leave until it has been started and is running properly. Unstarted cars mostly mean a half-hour job after arrival. The kit is fine on a busy filling station, and quiet enough for a driveway after dark. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Before we get there, take a look at your policy; plenty include cover for misfuelling. ## About Nottage Nottage is a coastal suburban area in Bridgend, Wales, situated near the seaside towns of Porthcawl and Newton. Nottage has a population of around 3985 people and is characterised by detached housing. Nottage is located approximately 13 miles from Swansea and 154 miles from London, with the nearby village of South Cornelly also being a notable neighbour. ## Nottage and Bridgend: AdBlue drains across the area South Cornelly and Newton are among the places near Nottage, a residential suburb, that the same teams cover, over CF postcodes. Quickest of all: give a CF36 3 postcode to the van. Your car does not need to shift. Draining takes place right there, whether a driveway, a road near Porthcawl Library, or a layby on the way to Trafalgar Wood. Awkward to explain, like the back of Griffin Park Community Centre? By a border? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring. ## For Nottage people, the short version Before you pour, read the cap. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, anywhere in Bridgend, if AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank anyway — and so leave the vehicle off and call 0333 366 0103.