AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ancaster: What Now?
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your motor has run afterwards. Out in Barkston Heath or right around Ancaster, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Usually that is draining and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Ancaster — and so leave the key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Where your engine has run, stop safely straight away, then switch the vehicle off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Lincolnshire it happened.
Ancaster forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the correct one. Whether Murco, BP or somewhere else around Ancaster, the case is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the pump needs freeing. Have the attendants to help pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home in Ancaster with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Water Lane get hit as often as everywhere else.
Put simply: if the car has not been driven since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
Next: the keys indoors, and so no one drives your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. Sudbrook or Ancaster: wherever your driveway sits, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Ancaster: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. High Dike, perhaps, or the route to Lincoln — a trip of under 25 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. On the M1, under 50 miles from Ancaster, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Wherever you happen to be in Lincolnshire, any driver can slip up.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it beforehand saves time. If you are stranded in the car park outside the nearest station, or by Ancaster village cross, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Ancaster
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. What cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of Ancaster CofE Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Kelby: both fits.
In short: spillage near your filler does the engine no harm. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the car. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Ancaster has in common
No matter the case, one start applies. Wherever your vehicle stands — Ermine Way's car park, a road by Saint Martin, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, and whether your engine has been run. Replies set the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where your motor has not run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. When it's noticed quickly, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Ancaster
Ancaster is a village situated in a riverside setting in Lincolnshire, with an elevation of around 45 metres. Ancaster lies near the River Witham and is close to the nearby villages of Sudbrook, West Willoughby, and Wilsford. Ancaster has a population of approximately 975 residents and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Ancaster is located 17.3 miles from Lincoln and 103.5 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Ancaster and across Lincolnshire
West Willoughby and Wilsford get the identical vans as Ancaster, a village, plus other places throughout NG postcodes. A postcode starting NG32 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Ancaster or a lay-by near Pits Hills Plantation: either way it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift at all for us. The van drains it in place. Ring and check instead of guessing when you're by Roman settlement, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Keep it that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Ancaster and anywhere in Lincolnshire on 0333 366 0103.