AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Boughton under Blean, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the motor has been run since it got in. Wherever the car is — Hickmans Green, Boughton under Blean — don't run a motor that hasn't run yet. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where your vehicle sits in Boughton under Blean. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Wherever across Kent it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Boughton under Blean forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Possibly you are at the Gulf, maybe at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Boughton under Blean.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Boughton under Blean, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Driveways close to Arthur Kennedy Close get it as much as anywhere.
In short: if the car hasn't been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone might drive it away at breakfast — then phone us. Boughton Street or Boughton under Blean: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Boughton under Blean: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Maybe it was on School Lane, possibly on the way out towards Canterbury, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Pull in safely — that's the next job — then turn everything off. Services further on can wait: on the M2, under 3 miles out of Boughton under Blean, use the next junction. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call, and say what distance the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Throughout Kent, no one is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements require the owner's approval for repairs.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Leave the car switched off as the reply arrives, even if you're parked at Selling or near St Barnabas.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Boughton under Blean?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School, or a call to a friend in Slutshole: both fits.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never reach your engine at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Turning on your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Next: assume it got in, then keep the engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Boughton under Blean: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens identically, whatever your case. Our engineers come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Queen's Head or a side street close to Boughton Village Hall, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits form and some metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. Clean diesel goes in once your filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is finally checked. Where your motor hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The final step is firing it up. We confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been spotted soon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Boughton under Blean, for a moment
Boughton under Blean is a village in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of 37 metres, approximately 5.6 miles from Canterbury. Boughton under Blean has a mix of housing types, with semi-detached homes being predominant, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Boughton Street and Staplestreet. Boughton under Blean remains a relatively small community, with a population of around 1149 residents, and is located about 48.8 miles from London.
Boughton under Blean and Kent: AdBlue drains across the area
Staplestreet and Horselees get the same vans as Boughton under Blean, a rural village, plus other places over ME postcodes. A postcode starting ME13 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Boughton under Blean or a layby towards Academy Course: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for us. Our engineers drain it where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near Boughton Library or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Leave the car off and ring. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, across Boughton under Blean and Kent, on 0333 366 0103.