AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Ringley Fold: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the engine and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103. Usually, if your motor has not turned, it's drained and thoroughly cleaned where your vehicle sits in Ringley Fold. Not happened yet? Further down, the rest of the page explains the reasons it occurs and the how to avoid it for good.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel car need its own filler?
Many newer diesels around Outwood, like those in Ringley Fold, carry on two liquids; the engine takes just the diesel. AdBlue's own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to your exhaust, where spraying cleans the gas.
There's a filler for each tank. On a lot of vehicles the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Topping up the diesel side at the petrol pump happens all the time. Seldom topped up, AdBlue normally goes in from a bottle, poured by someone who has to stop and think what cap to use. That gap is where the mistake lives.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank happen in Ringley Fold?
It's seldom carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off Woodlea Chase before work, or in the car park outside The Unity Brook Inn heading home: that is where the hurried top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low your car warns you, and if it's empty, limp mode kicks in.
Then, your hand goes for the cap it knew on the old car — since a hire car, a new car or a company car places the fillers somewhere your last one didn't.
Lastly, the bottle goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue filler, it slides in as easily, and once the tip begins, no part stops it. The same few seconds decide it, in the middle of Ringley Fold or out in Ringley.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
A few seconds is all the checks take — so run through them before you pour anything, on a drive in Kearsley or a forecourt in Ringley Fold.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is often blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap normally is not. Read it instead of going by where it sits.
- On many motors, the size tells: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck.
- Check inside the fuel flap: many motors have a label there saying which fuel goes where.
- 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.
- The previous driver knows. Ask when you collect a rental or company car — at Kearsley's car park, say — not once the warning comes on.
How to top up without AdBlue in your diesel tank
Anywhere across Greater Manchester the light comes on, this is a routine for that day.
- Pull in somewhere level, engine off, with time to spare — never hurried on the side of Westbourne Avenue.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after finding the AdBlue filler and read it. Daft, yes, but it works.
- The diesel cap stays on. Where both sit under a flap, make sure it is closed before lifting the bottle.
- Finish once that tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; before that, tip slowly through its built-in spout.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
If at stage two or three you find you have already poured into your diesel side, stop there. Never go on to step five.
Put AdBlue in your diesel tank in Ringley Fold already?
Don't start your engine: that's where the short order of things begins. The fuel pump runs on many diesels as soon as your ignition is switched on — so leave it off. Don't top up with diesel to thin it: AdBlue does not mix with diesel, it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is sucked from.
Ask the staff to help push the car away from the petrol pump if you're on a forecourt — the Shell, the Esso or anywhere else. If you are on your own driveway around Ringley Fold, leave the car where it stands.
When your engine has run already, pull over somewhere safe and turn the vehicle off. Come off the M60 — under a mile out of Ringley Fold — at the first exit. About how far did it go? Crossing Ringley Fold is less a job than a trip of under 5 miles to Salford, so tell us.
When our technicians turn up around Ringley Fold, what occurs?
The van comes to the car wherever it has come to rest — your own driveway, near The lookout, or outside St Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley. Which fluid got in, the amount, and if it ran: our engineers ask since those replies decide the work and price. That price is given over the phone, before any van leaves.
Next: a drain, then a full flush of the entire system. Unlike petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and neither clears out by itself. That is why it matters more. Testing is at the end: before that, clean diesel is added, and the filter is cleaned or changed as needed. After that our engineers fire it up and make sure it runs smoothly before we leave.
If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are safe on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house after dark. The insurer usually wants the engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours once this job is done. Payment comes on the day, with no deposit. Wrong-fuel cover is included in many insurance policies — and so make use of the wait to check yours.
About Ringley Fold and where it is
Ringley Fold is a small suburban area situated on the outskirts of Salford, near the lakeside in Greater Manchester. Ringley Fold has a relatively low elevation of 43 metres and is located close to nearby places such as Ringley, Stoneclough, and Kearsley Moss. Ringley Fold is characterised by its semi-detached housing and is home to a population of approximately 835 residents. Ringley Fold is also within commuting distance to major cities, with London being around 168.5 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Ringley Fold, and Greater Manchester beyond
Over M postcodes, our teams covering Ringley Fold — a residential suburb — work the surrounding locations too, Kearsley Moss and Stoneclough included. Quickest of all: quote a M27 6 postcode to the van.
Your car doesn't need to move. Our engineers drain it where it is — a side street near Trinity, a lay-by on the way to Giant's Seat Wood, a drive. Guessing doesn't help behind Engine Shed, on a border, or anywhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
In short, for Ringley Fold motorists
Read the cap before you tip. Still AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it where it is, wherever in Greater Manchester: switch the vehicle off and phone 0333 366 0103.