What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blaydon Burn
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it was put in. Out in Hedgefield or here in Blaydon Burn, an unstarted motor should stay unrun. Usually that is draining and thoroughly flushing it right there around Blaydon Burn — and so keep your ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Where your engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn the car off. A bigger job, then, but the identical opening step.
Anywhere around Tyne and Wear it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Blaydon Burn forecourt
You're 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. Be it the nearest petrol station, Shell or somewhere else around Blaydon Burn, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Only that tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Have the attendants to help rolling it into a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home in Blaydon Burn with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Houses just off Morgans Way are hit as often as anywhere else.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
Next: prevent an early move by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's in Blaydon Burn or out in Winlaton. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Blaydon Burn with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. It might have been driving for Newcastle upon Tyne, under 10 miles away, or just down Black Lane.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have had it. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Blaydon Burn sits under 5 miles from the Central Motorway East; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on for the services. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've just had the car for days. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue cap was right beside the diesel. Anyone, anywhere in Tyne and Wear, might make the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or not — and one further stage. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Keep the vehicle off while the answer arrives, whether you are parked at Blaydon or near Edward Pit entrance.
Blaydon Burn: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A rushed top-up by the gates of West Lane Primary School, or a call to a friend in Stella: either fit.
Put simply: spillage near the filler leaves your engine no harm. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't fire it up. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Blaydon Burn has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, Rose and Crown's car park or a street beside Mill race spillway — our van reaches the vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. Answers shape the job; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits form and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses away unaided. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is then checked. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
Starting the car comes last. Before we head off, it is tested to make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. If it is spotted early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Blaydon Burn
Blaydon Burn is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, with nearby settlements including Winlaton and Blaydon. Blaydon Burn has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are particularly prevalent in the area. Blaydon Burn is located close to Newcastle upon Tyne, at an elevation of around 93 metres above sea level. Blaydon Burn is part of the larger urban landscape of the North East region, with easy access to the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
AdBlue drains in Blaydon Burn, and across Tyne and Wear too
As a residential suburb, Blaydon Burn shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Stargate, Blaydon — all the way through NE postcodes. Giving us your NE21 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Parked heading to Stargate Ponds and Bewes Hills, or right in the centre of Blaydon Burn, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it at all. Draining happens on the spot. Ring and ask instead of guessing when you are close to The Whinlaton Centre, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Tyne and Wear and within Blaydon Burn — after you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.