AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Brasted, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on a single detail: if the engine has been run after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Anywhere the vehicle is — Hosey Hill, Brasted — don't run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave the engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Brasted. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch it off. Stage one stays the same, even though the job grows.
Wherever in Kent it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Brasted forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the correct one. Be it BP, Tesco or anywhere else around Brasted, the situation is identical.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Brasted drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Drives close to Rectory Lane see it as much as anywhere.
In short: if your car has not moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Brasted or Sundridge. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Brasted?
A mile or two after topping up, your motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along The Carriageway or heading towards Westminster — under 25 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M25, under a mile out of Brasted, take the first junction. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to find out. Let us know the mileage covered as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
It is a motor you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. Anywhere you are in Kent, any driver could be caught.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on if it's run. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Dunton Green, or beside St Martin? Leave the car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Brasted?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? It might have been at a friend's driveway in Force Green, or rushing by Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn your engine. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
Brasted: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, one start is used. We come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside White Hart or a side street close to Earn, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether the motor has been run. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the work.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, however long you wait. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Lastly, our technicians start it. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before we head off. If it is spotted quickly, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy while you wait pays.
About Brasted and where it is
Brasted is a village in Kent, situated lakeside in the South East of England, with an elevation of around 89 metres. Brasted lies close to the nearby settlements of Sundridge, Brasted Chart, and Dryhill, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Brasted is also relatively close to London, at a distance of approximately 19 miles, and to the nearest city, Westminster, which is about 18.6 miles away. Brasted remains a small, rural community with a population of around 915 people.
AdBlue drains about Brasted and across Kent
Brasted is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Brasted Chart and Dryhill among them, across the TN postcode area. Fastest of all: a TN16 1 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Brasted Recreation Ground or in a car park in the middle of Brasted, it doesn't need to move. Our van empties it where it stands. Guessing doesn't help beside St. Mary's, on a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and check.
Your situation, in one line
Where it has not run, ring and keep it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Kent and in Brasted — once you stop, switch off and ring, if it has run.