What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bethersden
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? That one question settles nearly everything else from here. Out in Tanden or right around Bethersden, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your vehicle stands around Bethersden. Where the engine has been run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around Kent you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Bethersden forecourt
Just now, bottle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Somewhere around Bethersden, then — Esso, BP, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. Only the tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
At home around Bethersden with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off The Street get caught out as often as everywhere else.
Put simply: if your car has not moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Out in Bateman Corner or here in Bethersden, the draining is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Bethersden?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Perhaps it was on George Grove, perhaps on the way out towards Canterbury, under 25 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, then switch your motor off. Exit at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M20, under 5 miles from Bethersden. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. About what distance did it go? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this car barely a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Wherever you are in Kent, any driver can slip up.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many hire and company agreements need the owner's approval for repairs.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Pluckley, or near Saint Margaret's? Leave the car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Bethersden
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's drive in Snoadhill, or rushing by Bethersden Primary School on the school run.
The upshot: your engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the engine off. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank checked is a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
Bethersden: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Wherever your vehicle is — The George's car park, a road by Bethersden Village Hall, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and whether your motor has turned over. Those replies settle this work, and you get our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. Last are the filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
We fire it up last. Before we go, it is tested to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. Lasting damage is very rare when it's noticed early, and the whole job is done where the car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while you wait pays.
About Bethersden
Bethersden is a village in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of 42 metres, approximately 46 miles from London and 17 miles from Canterbury. Bethersden has a mix of housing types, with semi-detached homes being predominant, and is surrounded by smaller settlements such as Bateman Corner and Brissenden Green. Bethersden remains a small, rural community with a population of around 1008 people.
AdBlue drains around Bethersden, and across Kent too
Being a rural village, Bethersden has the same vans as the nearby places — Wissenden, Brissenden Green — right across TN postcodes. The location is clearest from a postcode that starts TN26 3.
No moving is required, be it parked centrally in Bethersden or in a layby en route to Frid Wood, so keep it where it is. Draining is done right there. Guessing doesn't help near St. Mary the Virgin, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Motor never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Run already: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Bethersden or wherever in Kent.