What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Boldon Colliery
One fact matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has run afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Boldon Colliery itself or out in Brockley Whins. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where your car stands around Boldon Colliery. Already started? Pull over once safe, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Tyne and Wear it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Boldon Colliery forecourt
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the correct one. Somewhere in Boldon Colliery, then — Asda, Esso, or anywhere else nearby.
The upshot: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it into a space, save the receipt, then ring us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Boldon Colliery
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the driveway. It occurs on drives just off Reginald Street as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it's second to the pump case. At the bottom of your tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. West Boldon or Boldon Colliery: whichever your driveway sits, that is where it gets emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Boldon Colliery: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, the motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. North Road, say, or the way towards Sunderland — a run of under 5 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. It travels deeper with every mile covered and each restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then switch your engine off. Boldon Colliery sits under 3 miles from the A194(M); on it, come off at the next junction instead of pushing on to the services. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to find out. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Wherever you happen to be across Tyne and Wear, any driver could be caught.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or not — and one extra step. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Brockley Whins, or beside Cineworld Boldon? Leave your car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Boldon Colliery?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Hedworth Lane Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in East Boldon.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to your motor. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the vehicle. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Boldon Colliery: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation gets the same opening to the work. Three things are asked when we arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a street by Independent Methodist Church or the car park at Boldon British Legion: the fluid, the quantity, and whether it has run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Clean diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. If your motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running smoothly, and then we head off. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been spotted soon. Payment comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Boldon Colliery itself
Boldon Colliery is a locality situated on the banks of the River Wear in Tyne and Wear, with nearby settlements including West Boldon and Hedworth. Boldon Colliery has a mix of housing types, but predominantly features terraced homes. Boldon Colliery is located close to the city of Sunderland, which is approximately 4 miles away. Boldon Colliery sits at a relatively low elevation of around 30 metres above sea level.
Boldon Colliery and Tyne and Wear: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout NE postcodes, the vans covering Boldon Colliery — a small village — reach surrounding towns as well, Hedworth and Biddick Hall included. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning NE35 9.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Boldon Colliery or on a lay-by heading to Camping was fun here, and so keep it where it is. Wherever it sits, that is where it gets cleared. Assuming doesn't help beside Sacred Heart Catholic Church, close to a border or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Engine not started: phone, leaving it switched off. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, in Boldon Colliery and Tyne and Wear, on 0333 366 0103.