AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Wyke: Why It Occurs and How to Stop It
Leave the motor and ignition off then call 0333 366 0103 first — reading can wait when AdBlue is already in the diesel tank. Caught before your engine runs, it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Wyke. Not happened yet? Below, the rest of the page covers the why it takes place and the how to avoid it for good.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel vehicle
Not one fluid but two: that is how plenty of modern diesels around Wyke and Barrow run, with diesel for the engine. Stored in a tank of its own, AdBlue is sprayed into your exhaust gas to clean it.
Separate tanks, different fillers. On a lot of vehicles the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. Diesel goes in at each filling station visit, again and again. Seldom topped up, AdBlue usually comes from a bottle, tipped by a driver who must stop and think what filler it needs. The mistake grows in the gap between them.
Wyke: how AdBlue in your diesel tank occurs
Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them.
The warning comes first. As AdBlue runs low your car tells you, and if it runs out completely, the car drops into limp mode. So the top-up is done in a hurry: on a drive off Benthall Lane before work, or in the car park at the pub in the village on the way home.
Unfamiliar vehicles come next, too. Hire cars, new cars and company motors place their fillers in new places, and the hand reaches for the cap used on the old one.
Nothing halts the pour once it has started, since a bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one. The bottle fits. It's a few seconds, whether in Posenhall or bang in the heart of Wyke.
Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel?
A few seconds is all the checks take — so check them before you tip anything, on a driveway in Broseley or a forecourt in Wyke.
- Colour and marking: an AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or says "AdBlue", where a diesel cap normally doesn't. Go by the cap, not where it sits.
- Plenty of motors fit AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- A label inside your fuel flap frequently says which fuel goes where, on plenty of vehicles. Look for it.
- The handbook. If the filler isn't by your diesel cap, it is in the boot or under the bonnet, and the handbook says which.
- Collecting a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park outside Telford Central? Ask whoever drove it last before you set off, rather than when the light goes on.
Topping up AdBlue without it reaching your diesel tank
On the day the warning appears — wherever you are in Shropshire — a routine to use.
- Switch off once parked — level ground, engine off, and never rushed beside B4375 on the verge.
- Daft as it sounds, saying "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap does the trick — once you have found your filler and read it.
- The diesel cap stays on. Where the two share a flap, confirm it's shut before lifting the bottle.
- Slowly does it, through the bottle's own spout, till it's full or the bottle is empty.
- Only then, start the vehicle: close the cap, check once more, and make sure the diesel cap was never opened.
If at stage two or three you find you have already poured into your diesel side, stop there. Step five is out.
Put AdBlue in your diesel tank in Wyke already?
The short order of things, starting with no starting the engine. Leave your ignition off as well, since on plenty of diesels switching it on alone starts the fuel pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of that tank, where your fuel is pulled from — so don't top up with diesel to dilute it.
The attendants at the nearest petrol station, Shell or any forecourt will usually help pushing your car clear if asked. Your own drive around Wyke is the place it stays.
Already started? Pull over when it is sensible, then turn off. Wyke lies under 10 miles from the M54; there, take the next exit. A short hop across Wyke is a smaller job than a run towards Wolverhampton, under 25 miles away, so tell us roughly how far it went.
Wyke: what happens when we turn up
We come to your car wherever it has stopped, whether that's outside Barrow 1618 CofE Free School, near St Bartholomew's or on your own drive. Our technicians ask what went in, roughly how much, and whether it's run, since the replies decide this work and the quote. The price comes over the phone, ahead of any van leaving.
Draining that tank comes next, followed by a thorough flush of your system. With AdBlue that counts 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. A test comes at the end: before that, clean diesel goes in, and your filter is cleaned or changed if necessary. Your engine is started next and checked to confirm it runs smoothly, all before our engineers go.
Most jobs are finished in about half an hour after we get there, as long as your engine has not run — and the pumps our technicians use are safe on a live forecourt and quiet at night outside a house. Paying is on the day, not upfront, and you receive the documents an insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. While we travel, take a look at your policy; many include cover for misfuelling.
About Wyke, for a moment
Wyke is a small hamlet in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of 171 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Wyke lies near the villages of Posenhall, Farley, and Benthall, and is approximately 16.6 miles from Wolverhampton. Wyke is a rural community with a population of around 501 residents, located in the West Midlands region of England. Wyke is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 127.3 miles.
AdBlue drains across Shropshire, Wyke included
Being a rural hamlet, Wyke shares its vans nearby areas — Farley, Benthall — right across TF postcodes and the surrounding area around them. Our van gets to you fastest with a postcode starting TF13 6.
No need to shift the car. Anywhere it sits — near Benthall Hall, on a lay-by en route to Audience Wood, on a drive — that is where it gets drained. Assuming doesn't help at the back of Ironbridge Rowing Club, on a boundary, or anywhere hard to describe; phone and check.
For Wyke drivers, the short version
Before you tip, read the cap. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel can empty it where it is, anywhere around Shropshire: keep the vehicle off then call 0333 366 0103.