Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Rathfriland: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? In that case put this page aside for now, keep the ignition and motor off, and phone 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a thorough flush, carried out just where your vehicle sits in Rathfriland, is usually all it needs when caught before your engine runs. The rest of this page explains why it takes place and how to ensure it doesn't — handy if you're reading before it has happened.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel car need its own filler?
Plenty of newer diesels in Corbet, like those in Rathfriland, carry on two liquids; the engine gets just your diesel. Its own tank holds it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, and there a spray cleans the gas.
There is a filler for each tank. Under one flap, side by side: that is the arrangement on many vehicles. Elsewhere, AdBlue's filler is beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. The diesel side is filled at the pump all the time. The AdBlue side is topped up far less commonly, usually from a bottle, and normally by somebody who has to stop and think where it goes. That gap is where the mistake lives.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank occur in Rathfriland?
It is seldom carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the car tells you, and if it runs out completely, the car drops into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a driveway off B7041 before work, or in the car park at the pub in the village on the way home.
Next, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old motor — since a rental car, a new motor or a company car places the fillers where your last one did not.
Lastly, the bottle fits: a diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in as readily, and once the pour starts, nothing halts it. Whether it occurs in Drumlough or the middle of Rathfriland, it is the same few seconds.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Whether a Rathfriland forecourt or a driveway out in Moneyslane, take a couple of seconds over these before any is poured in.
- Check the cap instead of going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are commonly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones normally are not.
- On plenty of cars, size gives it away: AdBlue has the smaller filler neck.
- A label inside the fuel flap often says which fuel goes where, on many cars. Look for it.
- The handbook says where it is when the filler is not next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The person who drove the car last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park outside the nearest station, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Anywhere around County Down the light comes on, this is a routine for the day.
- Pull in on level, motor off, with time in hand — never hurried on the side of High Row.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after finding the AdBlue filler and reading it. Daft, perhaps, but it works.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check again. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the vehicle.
If at step two or three you find you have already poured into your diesel side, stop there. Never carry on to step five.
AdBlue in your diesel tank already, in Rathfriland?
Brief order, then. First: the motor remains unstarted. The fuel pump runs on many diesels as soon as your ignition goes on — so keep it off. Diluting it with extra diesel fails, because AdBlue settles to the base instead of mixing — and that is where your fuel is drawn from.
Ask the staff to help push your car away from the petrol pump if you are on a forecourt — the the nearest petrol station, the another forecourt nearby or somewhere else. If you are on your own drive in Rathfriland, leave the car where it is.
Stop as soon as it is safe and switch off, if the motor has already run. On the M77, over 50 miles from Rathfriland, that means the next exit. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Newry, under 10 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Rathfriland.
When our engineers turn up in Rathfriland, what occurs?
The van reaches the vehicle anywhere it stopped — your own driveway, near the centre, or by the local primary school. Both the work and the quote rest on three replies — which liquid, which amount, and if it's run — so we ask. No one heads out until you have heard the price by phone.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a thorough flush of the system. More than with petrol, it matters here: crystals build up, some metals are attacked, and nothing clears away on its own, however long it sits. A test is at the end: before that, clean diesel goes in, and the filter is flushed or changed as needed. Before leaving, we fire it up and confirm that it is running properly.
If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there, using pumps that are fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. Paying is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents your insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. Wrong-fuel cover is included in many insurance policies — and so use the wait to check yours.
About Rathfriland itself
Rathfriland is a locality in County Down, situated inland at an elevation of 156 metres, approximately 8.7 miles from Newry. Rathfriland is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is close to nearby places such as Drumlough, Monteith, and Hilltown. Rathfriland has a population of around 1609 people and is located in a rural area of Northern Ireland, about 314.3 miles from London.
Rathfriland and County Down: AdBlue drains across the area
Monteith and Hilltown are among the places around Rathfriland, a small village, that the same vans cover, over BT postcodes. Our van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting BT34 5.
Shifting the vehicle is not needed. Anywhere it stands — beside a street just off the centre, in a layby heading to the green space at the edge of the village, at home — that's where it is cleared. Awkward to pin down, like the back of the far end of the built-up part? Close to a border? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
Rathfriland people: the short version
First, the cap; after that, the tip. Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, anywhere around County Down, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank all the same — and so leave the car off then phone 0333 366 0103.