Preventing AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Scott Hall: Why It Occurs
Stop here a minute if the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. In Scott Hall, finding it before the engine runs normally leaves a drain and a full flush on the spot. The rest of this page covers why it happens and how to ensure it doesn't — handy if you're reading before it has happened.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Diesel feeds your engine — yet many current diesels seen round Scott Hall and Miles Hill carry a second liquid too. AdBlue's own tank holds it, and from there it goes to the exhaust, and there a spray cleans the gas.
Each tank comes with one filler of its own. Under one flap, side by side: that's the arrangement on a lot of cars. On others, AdBlue's filler sits beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. The diesel side is filled at the petrol pump all the time. Far less regularly, the AdBlue side gets topped up — mostly from a bottle, by a person thinking about where it goes. That gap is where the mistake lives.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank happen around Scott Hall?
Carelessness seldom explains it. Instead is three things lining up together.
On a driveway off Sholebroke Mount before work, or in the car park at The Primrose heading home: that's where the rushed top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue gets low your car warns you, and if it is gone, limp mode kicks in.
Then, the hand goes for the cap it knew on the old motor — since a rental car, a new car or a company car puts the fillers somewhere your last one did not.
A spouted bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the tip, once begun, keeps on. Buslingthorpe or the heart of Scott Hall: it is the same few seconds in both.
The AdBlue filler and the diesel filler: telling them apart
Before you tip anything, whether on a driveway in Little London or a forecourt in Scott Hall, check these. They take a few seconds.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap usually isn't. Read it rather than going by where it sits.
- Look at the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many cars, the AdBlue one.
- A label inside your fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on many cars. Check for it.
- The handbook shows where it is if the filler isn't next to the diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- Whoever had it before knows. Ask when you collect a rental or fleet car — from Burley Park's car park, say — not when the warning comes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching your diesel tank
Wherever in West Yorkshire the light comes on, here is a routine for the day.
- Not in a rush on the side of Scott Hall Road, not on a slope, not with your motor running: park and switch off first.
- Locate the AdBlue filler, read the cap, and say the word "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew it. It seems daft. It works.
- Both under one flap? So confirm the cap on your diesel side is still closed ahead of lifting the bottle.
- Finish once your tank is topped up or the bottle is empty; until then, tip gently using its own spout.
- Close the cap, then look once more — confirm your diesel filler remained shut throughout. After that, start the car.
Find at stage two or three that it has already gone into your diesel side? So stop right there. Skip stage five altogether.
AdBlue in the diesel tank already, in Scott Hall?
Short order, then. First: your motor remains off. On many diesels your ignition alone runs the fuel pump, so do not switch the vehicle on. Topping up with diesel will not thin it: instead, AdBlue sinks to the base of your tank, just where fuel is drawn from.
At a forecourt — Jet, Esso or another — the staff will usually help push your car clear, if you ask. If you are on your own driveway around Scott Hall, leave the vehicle where it is.
If your engine has already run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The next junction is the place to leave if you are on the A64(M), under a mile from Scott Hall. Mileage matters — a short hop across Scott Hall makes a smaller job than heading under 3 miles towards Leeds — so tell us roughly how far it went.
When our technicians arrive around Scott Hall, what occurs?
By Alder Tree Primary Academy, near Barbados Association or on your own drive: wherever your car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Our engineers ask what was put in, roughly how much, and whether it's run, because the answers determine this work and the quote. You hear that price by phone, before anyone heads out.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a thorough flush of the fuel system. Much more than with petrol, it matters with AdBlue: crystals build up, certain metals are attacked, and nothing clears away on its own, however long it is left. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Before leaving, our technicians fire it up and check that it's running smoothly.
If your motor has not run, the majority of 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 after dark. Payment is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the paperwork your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Misfuelling cover is part of many insurance policies — so make use of the wait to check yours.
About Scott Hall, for a moment
Scott Hall is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated near the River Aire and close to the city centre of Leeds. Scott Hall sits at an elevation of around 85 metres, with terraced housing being the predominant type of accommodation in the area. Scott Hall is located near other local places such as Buslingthorpe, Potternewton, and Woodhouse Carr, and is approximately 1.3 miles from Leeds city centre.
AdBlue drains about Scott Hall, and West Yorkshire beyond
Scott Hall is a residential suburb, and our vans that cover it also work the towns around it, Potternewton and Woodhouse Carr among them, across the LS postcode area. A postcode starting LS7 2 gets the van to you fastest.
Moving your car is not needed. A driveway, a lay-by on the way to Prince Philip Centre, a side street near Scott Hall Church: our technicians drain the vehicle where it sits. Assuming doesn't help at the back of Al-Amin Masjid, on a border, or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
The short version for Scott Hall people
Read the cap before you pour. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank all the same, leave the vehicle off then ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it waits, anywhere in West Yorkshire.