What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bounds Green
All of it turns on a single fact: if your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle is — Muswell Hill, Bounds Green — don't run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. In Bounds Green, such a case is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Where your engine has run, pull in safely first, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever around Greater London you are.
At the petrol pump around Bounds Green: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Be it Bounds Green Service Station, BP or somewhere else around Bounds Green, the situation is the same.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. Still in the tank, with no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. A few jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained in place.
Bounds Green, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off Durnsford Road get hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of the tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Out in Bowes Park or here around Bounds Green, the drain is done at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Bounds Green?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Possibly it was on Woodfield Way, maybe on the way out towards London, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. It travels deeper with each mile covered and every restart.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. Bounds Green sits under 5 miles from the M1; there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Tell us hear the mileage driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had this vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Greater London.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with an added step. The owner often has to approve any work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Bowes Park, or beside Bowling Green? Leave your engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Bounds Green?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. What cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Bounds Green Infant School, or on a friend's drive in Wood Green.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your motor. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and never turn your key. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Bounds Green shares these stages
The job begins identically, whichever the case. Forecourt, driveway, Springfield Tavern's car park or a street beside Golf Course Allotments Community Hall — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: which liquid, what quantity, and if it has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you hear the quote, and those replies decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Then comes the filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it's noticed early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Bounds Green itself
Bounds Green is a suburban area in north London, situated near the banks of the River Lea and the New River, with an elevation of around 53 metres. Bounds Green is characterized by its predominantly flat-based residential accommodation, with many residents commuting to central London, which is approximately 6.8 miles away. Bounds Green is close to several other suburban areas, including Bowes Park, Alexandra Park, and Arnos Grove. Bounds Green has a population of around 13568 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, Bounds Green included
Throughout N postcodes, the vans serving Bounds Green — a residential suburb — work nearby places too, Alexandra Park and Arnos Grove included. Quickest of all: a N11 2 postcode for your location.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Spinney or in a car park in the middle of Bounds Green, it does not need to shift. Where it stands, that's where it is emptied. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you are by Walt Green & Co, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off and call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Bounds Green and anywhere in Greater London on 0333 366 0103.