--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Spixworth: Explained canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/spixworth-norfolk/ location: Spixworth county: Norfolk latitude: 52.687620 longitude: 1.323350 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-28 --- # How It Happens and How to Avoid It: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Spixworth Pause reading for a moment if the diesel tank already has AdBlue in it: ignition off, motor off, then ring 0333 366 0103. Usually, when your motor has not turned, it is drained and fully cleaned where the car is in Spixworth. If you are reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it takes place and how to make sure it does not. ## AdBlue in a diesel car, and its separate tank Diesel goes to your engine — but plenty of modern diesels seen about Spixworth and Old Catton carry another liquid as well. AdBlue goes to your exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to clean it, and it lives in a tank of its own. Every tank has a filler of its own. Under one flap, next to each other: that's the layout on a lot of cars. Elsewhere, AdBlue's filler is beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. Diesel gets filled at each filling station visit, again and again. A driver who has to stop and work out where it goes normally tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less regularly. That gap is where the slip lives. ## How AdBlue in the diesel tank happens in Spixworth It's rarely carelessness. Three things tend to line up. The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low the vehicle tells you, and if it runs out altogether, the car goes into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a drive off Crostwick Lane before work, or in the car park at The Longe Arms on the way home. The old car's cap is where the hand goes — yet a hire car, a new car or a company car keeps the fillers elsewhere. That is the second factor: a new car. A spout-topped bottle finds no obstacle at a diesel filler any more than at an AdBlue one. And so the pour, once started, carries on. It's a few seconds, be it out in Crostwick or right in the centre of Spixworth. ## Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel? Whether a Spixworth forecourt or a driveway over in George Hill, take a couple of seconds on these before anything goes in. - The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". Your diesel cap usually is not. Read it instead of going by position. - Plenty of cars give AdBlue the smaller neck of the two. - A label inside your fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on many vehicles. Look for it. - The handbook. If the filler isn't by your diesel cap, it's in the boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which. - The person who drove the car last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park outside Salhouse, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on. ## Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across Norfolk that is. - Park then switch off. Not on a slope, not with the motor running, and not in a rush on the side of Saint Peter's Way. - Silly as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap does the trick — after you have located your filler and read it. - Both under one flap? So make sure the lid on your diesel side stays shut ahead of lifting the bottle. - Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty. - Only after that, start your car: close the cap, check once more, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Discover during the second or third stage that the bottle went in the wrong tank? That's where you stop. Never go on to step five. ## Spixworth: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank? The short order of things, starting with no starting your engine. The fuel pump starts on many diesels the moment your ignition is switched on — so leave it off. Filling up with diesel won't dilute it: instead, AdBlue sinks to the bottom of the tank, right where the fuel is drawn from. If you're at a forecourt, whether it is the Harvest Energy or the Tesco, ask the attendants to help roll your car clear of the petrol pump. Your own driveway in Spixworth is where it should stay. When your motor has run by now, stop safely then switch the vehicle off. The next junction means the place to come off when you are on the M11, over 50 miles from Spixworth. About how far did it go? Crossing Spixworth is smaller a job than a run of under 5 miles to Norwich, so say. ## When we turn up in Spixworth, what takes place? Wherever your car came to rest, be it outside Spixworth Infant School, near Spixworth Village Sign or on your own drive, our van travels to it. Our engineers ask what was put in, roughly how much, and whether it has run, since those replies settle the work and the price. The quote comes on the call, before any van leaves. After that: a drain, then a full flush of the entire system. With AdBlue that matters more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own. Filter flushed or, where it must be, swapped; clean diesel in; then a test of the car. After that we fire it up and make sure it runs properly before we go. Unstarted vehicles mostly need a half-hour job after the moment we arrive. The equipment is fine on a live filling station, and hushed enough for a residential street after dark. Paying happens on the day, not upfront, and you are given the documents your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Misfuelling cover is part of plenty of insurance policies — and so make use of the wait to look at yours. ## About Spixworth, for a moment Spixworth is a village in Norfolk, situated approximately 4 miles north of Norwich, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Spixworth sits in a low-lying area of the Norfolk countryside, with an elevation of around 13 metres above sea level. Spixworth is close to several nearby villages, including Crostwick, Frettenham, and Horsham St Faith, and is within commuting distance of Norwich. Spixworth has a population of around 2560 people, according to recent estimates. ## AdBlue drains in Spixworth and across Norfolk Spixworth is a rural village, and our teams that cover it also work the towns near it, Frettenham and Horsham St Faith among them, across the NR postcode area. Our van reaches you fastest with a postcode starting NR10 3. The car does not need to shift. We drain it where it is — a side street close to Spixworth Village Hall, a lay-by on the way to Greg's Meadow, a drive. Awkward to pin down, like the back of Saint Peter? By a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring. ## Spixworth motorists: the short version Tip nothing till you have read the cap. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it wherever it is, wherever in Norfolk: keep it off and phone 0333 366 0103.