AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Woolley: How It Occurs and How to Avoid It
Pause here a minute if the diesel tank already holds AdBlue in it: ignition off, engine off, then ring 0333 366 0103. Around Woolley, catching it before your motor runs usually leaves a drain and a thorough flush on the spot. Nothing happened yet? Further down, the rest of the page covers the reasons it occurs and the ways to avoid it for good.
Why does AdBlue in a diesel car need its own filler?
Diesel feeds your engine — yet plenty of current diesels driven about Woolley and Bradford Leigh hold another fluid too. 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 comes with one filler of its own. Many of vehicles have a single flap for the two, whereas some put the AdBlue filler to the boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is topped up at the petrol pump all the time. Far less often, the AdBlue side is topped up — normally from a bottle, by a person working out where it goes. The slip lives in that gap.
How does AdBlue in your diesel tank happen in Woolley?
Carelessness seldom causes it. Instead is three things lining up together.
First, the warning. Low AdBlue brings a message from the vehicle, and running out means limp mode — hence a hurried top-up, maybe before work off Coronation Avenue, perhaps outside The George on the way home after work.
Then your 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 gets to for the cap it would have 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. Whether it occurs in Woolley Green or the middle of Woolley, it's the same few seconds.
Telling the AdBlue filler from the diesel filler
Check these before pouring, at a forecourt around Woolley or a driveway over in Widbrook. A few seconds, that's all.
- Read the cap rather than going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are often blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones usually aren't.
- Plenty of vehicles give AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- Open the filler flap and check for a label — plenty of motors mark which goes in each inlet right there.
- Cannot find it next to your diesel inlet? Then check below the bonnet or in your boot — the handbook will say where.
- Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you pick up a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park outside Bradford-On-Avon.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching the diesel tank
When the light comes on, wherever around Wiltshire, follow this routine.
- Park and switch off. Not on a slope, not with your engine running, and not in a rush on the side of Woolley Street.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, after finding the AdBlue filler and read it. Daft, perhaps, but it works.
- The diesel cap stays on. Where the two sit under a flap, confirm it's closed before the bottle comes up.
- Stop when the tank is topped up or the bottle runs dry; until then, pour gently through the built-in spout.
- Only after that, start the vehicle: close the cap, check once more, and make sure your diesel cap was never opened.
Find during the second or third step that the bottle went into the wrong filler? That's where you stop. Do not go on to stage five.
Already put AdBlue in your diesel tank around Woolley?
Short list, then. Top of that: the engine remains unstarted. The fuel pump runs on many diesels the moment the ignition is switched on — and so keep it off. Topping up with diesel will not dilute it: rather than mixing, AdBlue drops to the bottom of your tank, just where the fuel is taken from.
The staff at Murco, Texaco or another forecourt will usually lend a hand pushing the car clear when asked. Leave it where it is if you are on your own drive around Woolley.
Where your engine has run by now, stop somewhere safe and switch it off. The next exit is the place to leave when you're on the M4, under 15 miles from Woolley. Mileage counts — a short hop across Woolley makes a smaller job than heading under 10 miles to Bath — so tell us about how far it went.
When we turn up around Woolley, what occurs?
By Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School, close to Mount Pleasant Community Centre or on your own driveway: wherever the car has stopped, our engineers come to it. Those replies settle the work and our quote, and so our engineers ask what went in, about how much, and if it's run. Nobody sets off until you've heard our quote by phone.
Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush of the fuel system. With AdBlue that matters more than with petrol: it crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't wash out on its own. Filter flushed or, where needed, swapped; fresh diesel in; and then a check of the vehicle. Before leaving, we fire it up and confirm that it's running smoothly.
Unstarted cars usually mean a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive. The kit is safe on a live filling station, and quiet enough for a residential street after dark. Your insurer usually wants an engineer's report and the VAT invoice, and both are yours at the end. Payment is on the day, with no deposit. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Woolley
Woolley is a suburban area in Wiltshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 67 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type. Woolley lies close to the city of Bath, approximately 5.6 miles away, and is also near other local places such as Woolley Green and Bradford-on-Avon. Woolley has a population of around 2614 residents and is located in the South West region of England, about 91.7 miles from London. Woolley benefits from its scenic riverside setting and proximity to nearby areas like Forewoods Common.
AdBlue drains in Woolley and across Wiltshire
As a residential suburb, Woolley shares its vans surrounding places — Bradford-on-Avon, Forewoods Common — right through BA postcodes and the wider area beyond. Fastest of all: give a BA15 1 postcode to the van.
Shifting the vehicle isn't needed. The drain takes place right there, whether a driveway, a street by Christ Church, or a lay-by towards The Strips Wood. If you're near a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Iron Duke, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Woolley motorists: the short version
Read the cap before you tip. Still AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can drain it where it is, anywhere across Wiltshire: switch it off and ring 0333 366 0103.