AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Rimbleton: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
Keep your motor and ignition off and call 0333 366 0103 now — reading can wait if AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Caught before the motor runs, it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Rimbleton. The rest of this page covers why it happens and how to ensure it doesn't — useful if you are reading ahead of time.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel car need its own filler?
Many newer diesels on the roads around Rimbleton and Glenrothes carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to your motor. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
Each tank has its own filler. Plenty of motors have a single flap for the two, while others move the AdBlue filler to your boot or under the bonnet. Filling the diesel side at the pump goes on constantly. Seldom filled, AdBlue normally comes from a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think what cap to use. The slip lives in that gap.
Rimbleton: how AdBlue in your diesel tank takes place
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is seldom one of them.
On a driveway off Aline Court before work, or in the car park at CISWO heading home: that's where the hurried top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue gets low the vehicle tells you, and if it's gone, limp mode kicks in.
The old car's filler is where the hand goes — but a rental car, a new car or a company car puts the fillers elsewhere. That's a second factor: an unfamiliar car.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the pour after it has started. Whether it occurs in Caskieberran or the middle of Rimbleton, it is the same few seconds.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
A couple of seconds is all the checks take — so check them before you pour anything, on a drive in Town Centre or a forecourt in Rimbleton.
- Blue and marking: an AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap usually doesn't. Go by the cap, not its position.
- Check the size: the smaller filler neck is, on plenty of vehicles, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside the fuel flap often shows which fuel goes where, on plenty of motors. Look for it.
- The handbook. If your filler isn't by the diesel cap, it is in your boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- The previous driver will know. Check as you collect a hire car or fleet car — from Markinch's car park, perhaps — rather than once the light appears.
How to top up without AdBlue in the diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across Fife that is.
- Not in a rush on the side of Caskieberran Road, not on a slope, not with the engine running: park then switch off first.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, once finding the AdBlue filler and reading it. Silly, perhaps, but it works.
- If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — then leave the vehicle on.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Shut the cap, then look again — confirm the diesel filler stayed closed throughout. Only then, start your car.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you have already poured into the diesel side. Stage five is out.
Put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Rimbleton already?
Brief order, then. Top of it: the engine remains off. Keep your ignition off as well, since on plenty of diesels switching it on alone starts your pump. Diluting it with more diesel won't work, because AdBlue sinks to the base instead of mixing — and that's where your fuel is sucked from.
On a forecourt — Shell, Morrisons or any other — the staff will usually help push your car away, when you ask. If you are on your own drive in Rimbleton, leave the vehicle where it sits.
Already run? Stop once it is sensible, then turn off. Rimbleton sits under 10 miles from the M90; on it, take the first exit. Roughly how far did it go? Crossing Rimbleton is less work than a trip of under 15 miles to Dunfermline, so tell us.
Rimbleton: what occurs when we arrive
Wherever your car came to rest, be it outside the local primary school, beside Rexie or at home, the van comes to it. Which liquid went in, the amount, and whether it ran: our technicians ask since those answers set the work and price. During the phone call itself, you are told the quote — ahead of dispatch.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system purged thoroughly. Much more than with petrol, it counts here: the crystals form, certain metals are attacked, and none of that washes out unaided, no matter how long it is left. Testing comes last: before that, fresh diesel goes in, and the fuel filter is flushed or replaced as needed. We don't leave until it has been started and is running smoothly.
With pumps safe on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night, most jobs in which the engine has not run need about half an hour once our technicians arrive. Nothing upfront; you settle up that day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and the report from the engineer are handed to you for your insurer. Wrong-fuel cover is part of many insurance policies — so make use of the wait to check yours.
About Rimbleton itself
Rimbleton is a suburban area in Fife, situated inland at an elevation of 115 metres, with terraced housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Rimbleton lies approximately 13 miles from Dunfermline and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Caskieberran and East Finglassie. Rimbleton has a population of around 3888 residents and is located about 346 miles north of London. Rimbleton forms part of the wider residential area around Dunfermline.
AdBlue drains around Rimbleton, and Fife beyond
South Parks and East Finglassie are among the towns near Rimbleton, a residential suburb, that the same teams cover, throughout KY postcodes. Fastest of all: give a KY6 2 postcode to the van.
Moving your car isn't necessary. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Warout Walk Playpark, a side street close to Mushrooms: we drain it where it stands. Guessing doesn't help behind St Columba's Church, on a boundary, or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
Rimbleton drivers: the short version
First, the cap; then, the tip. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless, leave it off and call 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it sits, anywhere around Fife.