AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Way Village: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
AdBlue already in the diesel tank? Then put this page aside a moment, keep the ignition and engine off, and call 0333 366 0103. Caught before your engine runs, it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Way Village. Nothing happened yet? Below, the page covers the reasons it takes place and the how to avoid it for good.
AdBlue in a diesel motor, and its separate tank
Plenty of modern diesels in Pennymoor, like those in Way Village, carry on two liquids; the motor gets only your diesel. Its own tank keeps it, and from there it is sent to your exhaust, where a spray treats the gas.
Every tank has one filler of its own. On a lot of motors the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in your boot or under the bonnet. Topping up your diesel side at the petrol pump goes on constantly. Someone who has to stop and work out where it goes normally tops up the AdBlue side, from a bottle, and far less commonly. That gap is where the error lives.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank occur in Way Village?
It is seldom 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 drops into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a drive off Cotton Lane before work, or in the car park outside the pub in the village on the way home.
New-to-you motors are second, too. Rentals, new cars and company motors place their fillers differently, and habit reaches for the cap it used on the old one.
A spout-topped bottle meets no obstacle at a diesel filler no more than at an AdBlue one. And so the pour, after begun, keeps on. It's a few seconds, whether in Well Town or right in the centre of Way Village.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Look at these first, on a forecourt in Way Village or a drive out in Hayne. A few seconds, that's all.
- Where it sits misleads; the cap does not. AdBlue caps tend to be blue or bear the name "AdBlue" — diesel caps usually do not.
- The size. On many vehicles the AdBlue filler neck is the smaller of the two.
- The flap. Look inside your fuel flap for a label. Many vehicles say there which fuel goes where.
- The handbook says where it lives when the filler is not next to your diesel cap: the boot, or under the bonnet.
- The person who drove the car last. On a hire or company car collected from somewhere like the car park outside Newton St Cyres, ask before you leave, not when the light comes on.
AdBlue top-ups that never reach the diesel tank
When the light comes on, anywhere across Devon, use this routine.
- Pull in on level, motor off, with time in hand — not hurried on the side of Hookway Lane.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, once you find the AdBlue filler and read it. Silly, yes, yet it works.
- Leave your diesel cap on. If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle.
- Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure your diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the vehicle.
Stop there if you find, at stage two or three, that you have already poured into your diesel side. Stage five stays off limits.
Way Village: already put AdBlue in your diesel tank?
What follows is a short order of things, starting with not starting the motor. Don't switch your ignition on; on plenty of diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. Topping up with diesel will not weaken it: rather than mixing, AdBlue drops to the base of that tank, right where fuel is taken from.
On a forecourt — Shell, Morrisons or another — the staff will usually help push your car away, if you ask. If you're on your own driveway around Way Village, leave it where it is.
When the engine has been run already, pull over somewhere safe and turn the vehicle off. Leave the M5 — under 10 miles out of Way Village — at the first exit. Roughly how far did it go? Hopping across Way Village is smaller work than a trip of under 15 miles to Exeter, and so say.
When we turn up in Way Village, what takes place?
Our engineers come to your car wherever it has stopped, whether that is outside Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School, near Holy Cross or on your own driveway. What liquid was put in, the amount, and whether it ran: we ask since the answers set both work and price. On the call itself, you hear our quote — before dispatch.
Then your tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not wash out on its own — which is why that counts more with AdBlue than with petrol. A test comes last: before that, clean diesel is added, and the fuel filter is cleaned or replaced as needed. We do not leave until it has been fired up and is running properly.
Most jobs are done in about half an hour once our engineers arrive, provided the engine has not run — and the pumps we use are safe on a busy forecourt yet quiet after dark outside a house. Payment happens on the day, not upfront, and you are given the paperwork an insurer wants: an engineer's report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Way Village and where it is
Way Village is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Devon, with a mix of detached homes and rural landscapes. Way Village sits at an elevation of 237 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside and nearby settlements like Well Town and Upham. Way Village remains a quiet and secluded community, despite being within commuting distance of Exeter, which is approximately 11 miles away.
AdBlue drains round Way Village, and Devon beyond
As a rural hamlet, Way Village has the same vans as nearby areas — Upham, Cruwys Morchard — right through EX postcodes and the surrounding area beyond. Quote a postcode beginning EX16 8, and our van gets there quickest.
No need to shift your car. Anywhere it sits — beside Withleigh Church, on a lay-by heading to Eastland Copse, on a drive — that's where it is cleared. Ring and ask rather than assuming if you're close to a border, or somewhere hard to describe, like the back of Poughill Village Hall.
For Way Village drivers, the short version
Always, the cap; then, the pour. Petrol in Diesel empties it on the spot, anywhere around Devon, if AdBlue has gone in the diesel tank regardless — so leave the vehicle off and call 0333 366 0103.