Contaminated Adblue question

NewRed2

Right, before anyone tells me I'm stupid, yes I know.... But anyhow, bit of a cock-up today with containers and to cut a long story short I poured Adblue into the adblue tank of my van which was contaminated.
To quantify it, I poured 4 litres of adblue in and at the very most it would have contained maybe lets say an inch at the bottom of a pint glass worth of kerosene. The kerosense was at the bottom of the container into which I poured the adblue before adding to adblue tank of van.
We're basically talking a large splash of kerosene. I rang mechanic and he said it's unlikely to cause any harm and would have been far worse if it had been the other way around, i.e. adblue gone into the diesel tank. But he did ask had I driven it since so I said yes for 10 minutes and also left engine running for 10 mins after to check for warning lights, none showed.


Is it something I should be worried about? Aside from deserving my head slapped for stupidity?

colm_mcm

It might damage the dpf, but it’ll probably be grand. Don’t know if adblue is added before or after the dpf

NewRed2

colm_mcm wrote: »

It might damage the dpf, but it’ll probably be grand. Don’t know if adblue is added before or after the dpf

Sound, thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. Just hope for the best so I suppose.

colm_mcm

If it’s only a few ml then it’s not worth worrying about

mickdw

I'd imagine adblue being part water doesn't mix at all with oil so the oil will be sitting on top of the adblue in its tank with the supply being drawn off lower down so the oil will be remaining in your adblue tank until it goes low and draws in all kerosene which id imagine will cause issues.

I'd enquire about cleaning the adblue tank.

NewRed2

colm_mcm wrote: »

If it’s only a few ml then it’s not worth worrying about

Yep that's definitely all it was. I guess it's probably wise to keep the adblue level reasonably high all the time now and make sure the oil doesnt get near the bottom?
Fookin raging with myself. Pure daft.

kirving

Lidl has oil pumps the other week for under €20. Drain the tank if you're worried about it. I wouldn't be too concerned personally.

Hellrazer

What van is it?
If its a Vivaro drain and flush that tank as soon as possible.
Contaminated adblue is causing us all sorts of grief with the adblue sensors failing.

NewRed2

Hellrazer wrote: »

What van is it?
If its a Vivaro drain and flush that tank as soon as possible.
Contaminated adblue is causing us all sorts of grief with the adblue sensors failing.

Citroen berlingo 192. It was a splash, minimal amount and drove it for a while without any adverse effects. Also put more adblue in to make sure reservoir is near full of adblue. Left engine running for a long while and nothing showing.
It was a splash of kerosense, not diesel as well if that makes any odds.