Avoiding AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Sandy Lane: Why It Occurs
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? In that case set this page down a moment, leave your ignition and motor off, then call 0333 366 0103. Normally, when the motor hasn't turned, it is emptied and thoroughly cleaned where your car sits in Sandy Lane. Nothing happened yet? Further down, the page covers the reasons it happens and the ways to prevent it for good.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor
Diesel goes to your engine — yet many modern diesels seen round Sandy Lane and Chellow Heights hold another liquid too. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is fed into your exhaust stream to clean it.
Separate tanks, different fillers. On a lot of cars the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. Topping up the diesel side at the pump happens all the time. Someone who has to stop and work out where it goes usually tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less frequently. That gap is where the slip lives.
AdBlue in your diesel tank in Sandy Lane: how it occurs
It's hardly ever carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from the car, and running dry means limp mode — hence a rushed top-up, perhaps before work off Acacia Drive, or outside Victoria Hotel on the way home that evening.
Unfamiliar motors are second, too. Rentals, new motors and company vehicles place their fillers in new places, and the hand reaches for the cap it used on the old one.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the tip after it has started. It takes a few seconds, be it in Shay Gate or right in the heart of Sandy Lane.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Look at these before pouring, at a forecourt in Sandy Lane or a drive out in Lee Lane. Seconds, no more.
- Check the cap instead of going by position: AdBlue caps are regularly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones normally are not.
- Plenty of motors fit AdBlue the smaller filler of the two.
- Lift the flap and look for a label — plenty of cars mark which belongs in which filler right there.
- The handbook. If the filler is not by your diesel cap, it is in the boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- Whoever had it before will know. Check when you pick up a rental or fleet car — at Bingley's car park, say — rather than once the warning appears.
How to top up without AdBlue in the diesel tank
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across West Yorkshire that is.
- Stop on level, engine off, with time to spare — never rushing on the side of Meadow Court.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after you find the AdBlue filler and read it. Daft, yes, but it works.
- Leave the diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Slowly is best, through the bottle's own spout, till it is full or the bottle is empty.
- Shut the cap, and check again — making sure the diesel filler stayed shut the whole time. Only then, start the car.
Find at stage two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? Then stop just there. Leave out step five entirely.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Sandy Lane?
The short order of things, starting with no starting your motor. The fuel pump starts on many diesels as soon as your ignition is switched on — and so keep it off. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is drawn from — so do not top up with diesel to dilute it.
At a forecourt — Shell, Texaco or any other — the staff will usually help push your car away, when you ask. If you are on your own drive in Sandy Lane, leave the car where it sits.
When the engine has been run already, pull over safely and switch it off. On the M606, under 5 miles from Sandy Lane, that means the next junction. Roughly how far did it go? Hopping across Sandy Lane is smaller a job than a trip of under 5 miles to Bradford, so tell us.
When our engineers get there in Sandy Lane, what takes place?
Our van reaches the vehicle wherever it has come to rest — your own drive, near Pyche Nook, or outside Sandy Lane Primary School. Our technicians ask what was put in, about how much, and whether it has run, since the answers determine the work and our price. You get that price by phone, before anybody heads out.
The fuel system is then purged thoroughly, once that tank is cleared. Much more than with petrol, it counts here: crystals form, some metals are attacked, and none of that washes out on its own, no matter how long it is left. Testing is last: before that, fresh diesel is added, and your filter is flushed or changed as needed. Then our technicians start the car and check it runs properly before we go.
With pumps safe on a working forecourt and quiet enough for use outside a house at night, most jobs where your motor hasn't run need about half an hour after our engineers arrive. No money upfront; you settle up on the day. Afterwards, a VAT invoice and the report from the engineer go to you for your insurer. Before we get there, have a look at your insurance documents; many carry cover for misfuelling.
About Sandy Lane itself
Sandy Lane is a suburban area located on the riverside in West Yorkshire, with an elevation of around 200 metres. Sandy Lane sits near the city of Bradford, approximately 3.6 miles away, and is close to nearby places such as Shay Gate and Noon Nick. Sandy Lane has a population of around 2151 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Sandy Lane is situated in a region with a mix of urban and rural landscapes, with London being around 174.8 miles to the south.
Sandy Lane and West Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over BD postcodes, our teams that cover Sandy Lane — a residential suburb — work the nearby locations too, Stony Lane and Noon Nick among them. A postcode starting BD15 9 gets the van to you fastest.
Moving your car isn't needed. Draining takes place on the spot, be it a driveway, a street near Cottingley Community Centre, or a lay-by towards Greenwood Park. Tricky to explain, like the back of St Michael and All Angels? Close to a border? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
The short version for Sandy Lane drivers
Read the cap before you tip. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank all the same, leave the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel clears it where it sits, anywhere around West Yorkshire.