AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Sunnyside: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
Leave your motor and ignition off and call 0333 366 0103 first — reading can wait when AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Caught before your motor runs, it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Sunnyside. If you are reading before it has happened, the rest of this page is about why it occurs and how to make sure it doesn't.
AdBlue in a diesel vehicle, and its separate tank
Plenty of modern diesels on the roads around Sunnyside and Ravenfield Common carry two liquids, not one. Diesel goes to the engine. Your exhaust, not your engine, is where AdBlue ends up: sprayed into the gas to fresh them, from its own tank.
Different tanks, separate fillers. On a lot of motors the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is filled at the pump all the time. Rarely topped up, AdBlue normally goes in from a bottle, poured by a driver who has to stop and think which cap to use. The error lives in that gap.
How AdBlue in your diesel tank takes place in Sunnyside
Rarely is it carelessness: usually three things line up.
On a drive off Low Riddings before work, or in the car park at Joker on the way home: that's where the rushed top-up takes place. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low the car warns you, and if it's gone, limp mode kicks in.
Then the car is strange. A hire car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers where your last one didn't, and the hand hits for the cap it would have used on the old one.
Third, the spout goes in: a diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in just as easily, and after the tip begins, no part stops it. It takes seconds, whether out in Flanderwell or bang in the heart of Sunnyside.
Telling the AdBlue filler from your diesel filler
A few seconds is all the checks take — so check them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Listerdale or a forecourt around Sunnyside.
- Check the cap rather than going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are frequently blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones normally aren't.
- Plenty of cars give AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- Check inside your fuel flap: plenty of motors have a label there showing which fuel goes where.
- In your boot or under the bonnet: that is where your filler sits if it is not by your diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — when you pick up a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park outside Rotherham Central.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching your diesel tank
For the day the light comes on — anywhere it is across South Yorkshire — a routine to follow.
- Not in a rush on the side of The Crescent East, not on a slope, not with your motor running: park then switch off first.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after you find the AdBlue filler and reading it. Silly, perhaps, but it works.
- The diesel cap stays on. Where both sit under a flap, make sure it's shut before the bottle comes up.
- Stop when your tank fills or the bottle is empty; before that, pour slowly through the built-in spout.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start your car.
Discover at the second or third stage that the bottle went into the diesel tank? That is where you stop. Stage five is out.
Sunnyside: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
What follows is a short order of things, starting with no starting your motor. On many diesels the ignition alone runs the fuel pump, and so do not switch the car on. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of the tank, where your fuel is sucked from — so do not top up with diesel to dilute it.
The staff at Shell, Morrisons or any forecourt will usually lend a hand pushing your car clear when asked. If you're on your own drive around Sunnyside, leave the car where it stands.
Where the motor has run by now, stop safely and turn it off. Leave the M18 — under 3 miles out of Sunnyside — at the next exit. About how far did it go? Hopping across Sunnyside is less a job than a run of under 10 miles towards Sheffield, so say.
What happens when our technicians get there around Sunnyside
Our technicians come to your car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside Flanderwell Primary School, near The Blessed Trinity or on your own driveway. Those answers determine the work and our quote, and so we ask what got in, about how much, and whether it's run. On the call itself, you are told the price — ahead of anything else.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a full flush of your system. More than with petrol, it counts here: crystals build up, certain metals are attacked, and nothing washes out on its own, however long it sits. After the fuel filter has been flushed — or replaced, if needed — fresh diesel is added, and finally the car gets tested. Your engine is fired up next and tested to be sure it runs properly, all before our technicians leave.
Most jobs are done in roughly half an hour after we arrive, provided your motor hasn't run — and the pumps we use are fine on a busy forecourt and quiet at night beside a house. No money upfront; you settle up that day. Afterwards, the VAT invoice and a report from the engineer go to you for your insurer. Wrong-fuel cover is part of many insurance policies — so use the wait to look at yours.
About Sunnyside and where it is
Sunnyside is a village in South Yorkshire, situated approximately 8.5 miles from Sheffield, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Sunnyside sits inland, at an elevation of around 129 metres, and is located near other local places such as Flanderwell, Bramley, and Wickersley. Sunnyside has a population of around 5184 people and is part of the wider Sheffield urban area.
AdBlue drains about Sunnyside, and South Yorkshire beyond
Throughout S postcodes, our teams that cover Sunnyside — a rural village — work the nearby locations too, Wickersley and Bramley included. Quickest of all: quote a S66 3 postcode to the van.
The car doesn't need to shift. The drain takes place right there, be it a driveway, a street by Wickersley Methodist Church, or a layby on the way to Flanderwell Park. Tricky to pin down, like the back of Wickerley Community Centre and Library? Close to a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
The short version for Sunnyside people
Before you pour, read the cap. If AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless, leave it off then phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel empties it where it sits, anywhere around South Yorkshire.