AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blaney, and What to Do Next
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single point decides almost everything else from here. Anywhere the car stands — Springfield, Blaney — never start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits around Blaney. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then turn everything off. A larger job, then, yet the same opening step.
Anywhere around County Fermanagh it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
Blaney forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Maybe you're at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, perhaps somewhere else in Blaney.
In short: there is no better place exists to discover it. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Three things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
At home around Blaney with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Crown Street as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is close to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and stays. A night standing changes none of that.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one takes the car off at breakfast. Then, phone. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Blaney or out in Monea. The pumping kit runs quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Blaney?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading to Derry, under 50 miles away, or simply along Rock Street.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then switch the motor off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M77, over 50 miles from Blaney. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, saying what distance your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this vehicle barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Anywhere you are around County Fermanagh, every motorist can be caught.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts need the owner's approval for repairs.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it early cuts time. If you're stranded in the car park at the nearest station, or by the centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Blaney
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Look familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Lisnarick.
The point: the engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the outside. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Next: act as though it got in, and keep your motor off. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
Blaney: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever the situation. Three things come once our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street by a street just off the centre or the car park at the pub in the village: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Answers set the job; the price comes on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
Then that tank is cleared and your system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most cases.
Our engineers fire it up last. Our technicians check it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed quickly, long-term damage is very unusual. Paying is that day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Blaney, briefly
Blaney is a small locality in County Fermanagh, situated inland at an elevation of around 60 metres. Blaney lies near the villages of Monea and Derrygonnelly, and is approximately 43 miles from the city of Derry. Blaney is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Blaney is home to a population of around 878 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Blaney and across County Fermanagh
Throughout BT postcodes, the vans serving Blaney — a small village — work surrounding towns as well, Derrygonnelly and Killadeas included. Quickest of all: a BT93 7 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to the green space at the edge of the village or in a car park in the middle of Blaney, it doesn't need to shift. Where it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Tricky to pin down? Close to the far end of the built-up part or a border? Asking beats assuming, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Leave the car off and phone. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Blaney or wherever in County Fermanagh.