Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Priorswood: Why It Happens
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then put this page aside a moment, keep your ignition and motor off, then ring 0333 366 0103. Usually, when the engine hasn't run, it's drained and thoroughly purged where your vehicle sits around Priorswood. Reading before the event? In that case what follows explains why it comes about and how to stop it happening at all.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Many newer diesels in Maidenbrook, like those in Priorswood, run on two liquids; the motor takes just your diesel. AdBlue's own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, where spraying cleans the fumes.
Each tank has its own filler. Plenty of motors have a single flap for both, while some move the AdBlue filler to the boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is topped up at the pump all the time. Seldom filled, AdBlue usually comes from a bottle, tipped by someone who has to stop and think which cap it needs. The mistake grows in that gap between them.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank happen in Priorswood?
Seldom is it carelessness: usually three things line up.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the vehicle 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 Eastwick Road before work, or in the car park at The Waggon on the way home.
Next, the hand reaches for the cap it knew on the old vehicle — since a rental car, a new motor or a company car puts the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
A spout-topped bottle meets no resistance at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, once started, carries on. Whether it occurs in Lyngford or the middle of Priorswood, it is the same few seconds.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
A couple of seconds is all the checks take — so check them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Firepool or a forecourt in Priorswood.
- Check the cap rather than going by position: AdBlue ones are regularly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones normally are not.
- The size. On plenty of vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- A label inside the fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on many motors. Look for it.
- In the boot or under the bonnet: that is where your filler is if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- Ask the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — when you collect a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at Taunton.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
When the light comes on, anywhere across Somerset, use this routine.
- Stop somewhere level, engine off, with time in hand — never rushing on the side of Barlinch Close.
- Silly as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap works — after you have found the filler and read the cap.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Slowly is best, through the bottle's own spout, until it's full or the bottle runs out.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Stop there if you find, at step two or three, that you have already poured into the diesel side. Step five is off limits.
Put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Priorswood already?
The short order of things, beginning with no starting your motor. On many diesels your ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so don't switch the car on. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is sucked from — so don't top up with diesel to thin it.
The staff at Asda, Asda Express or another forecourt will usually help pushing your car clear when you ask. If you're on your own driveway around Priorswood, leave it where it sits.
If your motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Priorswood sits under 3 miles from the M5; there, use the next junction. About how far did it go? Crossing Priorswood is less a job than a trip of under 25 miles to Wells, so say.
When our engineers get there in Priorswood, what happens?
We come to your car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside Lyngford Park Primary School, close to St Teresas or on your own driveway. Those replies settle this work and our quote, and so we ask what got in, roughly how much, and if it's run. That quote comes on the call, ahead of any van leaving.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and none of it clears out unaided. That is why it matters more. Once the filter has been cleaned — or renewed, where needed — clean diesel is added, and then your car gets tested. The engine is started next and tested to confirm it runs smoothly, all before our technicians go.
With pumps fine on a busy forecourt and quiet enough for use outside a house at night, most jobs in which your motor hasn't run need about half an hour once our technicians are there. Payment is on the day, not upfront, and you are given the paperwork an insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Priorswood, briefly
Priorswood is a suburban area located on the riverside in Somerset, with an elevation of 19 metres above sea level. Priorswood sits near the towns of Lyngford, Pyrland, and Obridge, and is approximately 22.8 miles from the city of Wells. Priorswood is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and is home to around 6477 residents. Priorswood is also situated a considerable distance from London, at around 132.2 miles away.
Priorswood and Somerset: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Priorswood shares its vans nearby areas — Pyrland, Obridge — right across TA postcodes and the surrounding area beyond. A postcode starting TA2 7 gets the van to you fastest.
No need to shift the vehicle. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Priorswood Road Rec, a side street near St Peters: our engineers drain the car where it stands. Assuming won't help behind Wellesley Street Communal Hall, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
In short, for Priorswood motorists
Read the cap before you pour. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will empty it wherever it is, anywhere around Somerset: switch it off then call 0333 366 0103.