AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Roundswell: Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It
If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave your engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103. A drain plus a full flush, carried out right where your vehicle sits in Roundswell, is normally all it takes if caught before the motor runs. Reading in advance? Then what follows covers why it happens and what to stop it happening at all.
AdBlue in a diesel car, and its separate tank
Diesel feeds the engine — yet plenty of newer diesels driven about Roundswell and Combrew carry another liquid too. AdBlue's own tank keeps it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, where spraying cleans the fumes.
Each tank comes with one filler of its own. Some motors put the AdBlue filler in the boot or under the bonnet; a lot of others place both together behind one flap. Topping up the diesel side at the petrol pump happens all the time. The AdBlue side is topped up far less commonly, normally from a bottle, and normally by someone who has to stop and think where it goes. That gap is where the slip lives.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank occur in Roundswell?
Seldom is it carelessness: normally three things coincide.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the car tells you, and if it runs out altogether, your vehicle goes into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a driveway off Cedar Grove before work, or in the car park outside Cedars Inn on the way home.
Then your car is new. A hire car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers where your last one did not, and the hand reaches for the cap it would have used on the old one.
Third, the bottle goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it slides in just as readily, and after the tip begins, no part halts it. It's a few seconds, be it in Brynsworthy Park or right in the heart of Roundswell.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
Before you pour anything, whether on a driveway in Lake or a forecourt around Roundswell, check these. They take a couple of seconds.
- Check the cap instead of going by position: AdBlue caps are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel caps normally aren't.
- Look at the size: the smaller neck is, on many cars, the AdBlue one.
- Lift the filler flap and look for a label — many motors mark which goes in which filler right there.
- The handbook. If the filler isn't by the diesel cap, it's in the boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- Collecting a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park outside Barnstaple? Ask whoever drove the vehicle last before you set off, not when the light goes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up
On the day the warning appears — wherever it is around Devon — a simple routine to follow.
- Stop somewhere level, motor off, with time to spare — never rushing on the side of The Laurels.
- Silly as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" aloud as you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you've located your filler and read the cap.
- If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave it on.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it's full or when the bottle is empty.
- Only then, start your car: close the cap, check again, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Spot at step two or three that it's already gone into your diesel side? Then stop just there. Never go on to step five.
AdBlue in the diesel tank already, around Roundswell?
Short list, then. Top of that: your engine stays off. On plenty of diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, and so do not switch it on. Topping up with diesel won't dilute it: rather than mixing, AdBlue sinks to the bottom of that tank, right where the fuel is drawn from.
On a forecourt — Sainsbury's, BP or another — the staff will usually help push your car clear, when you ask. Leave it where it is if you are on your own drive around Roundswell.
If the motor has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Roundswell sits under 50 miles from the M5; on it, use the first junction. Tell us about how far it went: a run towards Exeter, under 50 miles away, is a bigger job than a short hop across Roundswell.
Our arrival around Roundswell, and what happens next
Our van reaches the car wherever it stopped — your own driveway, near Sticklepath Methodist Church, or outside Roundswell Community Primary Academy. Both the work and the quote depend on three replies — which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run — so we ask. On the phone call itself, you are told the price — before dispatch.
The system is then flushed thoroughly, after your tank is emptied. Not like petrol, AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain fuel-system metals, and neither washes away by itself. Hence it matters more. After your filter has been flushed — or replaced, if needed — fresh diesel is added, and finally your vehicle gets tested. We do not leave until it has been fired up and is running properly.
If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there, using pumps that are safe on a busy forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night. Payment is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the paperwork an insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. While we travel, have a look at your policy; plenty include cover for misfuelling.
About Roundswell, briefly
Roundswell is a suburban area in Devon, situated inland at an elevation of 31 metres, and is located near several nearby places including Brynsworthy Park and Bickington. Roundswell has a population of approximately 3857 residents and features predominantly detached housing. Roundswell is positioned around 33.9 miles from the city of Exeter and about 173.8 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Roundswell, and Devon beyond
Being a residential suburb, Roundswell shares its vans surrounding areas — Brynsworthy, Bickington — right through EX postcodes and the wider area beyond. A postcode starting EX31 2 gets our van to you fastest.
No need to shift your car. Anywhere it sits — beside St Paul's Church, in a layby en route to Queen Elizabeth 2 Playing Field, on a drive — that is where it gets cleared. Awkward to explain, like the back of Tawstock Castle? By a border? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
For Roundswell motorists, the short version
First, the cap; then, the tip. Still AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it where it stands, anywhere across Devon: keep the vehicle off and phone 0333 366 0103.