Bromley Park: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one point settles nearly everything else from here. Not started yet? Then leave it that way, wherever your vehicle is — Bromley Park or Downham. Normally this means emptying and properly cleaning it right there in Bromley Park — so leave the ignition and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Greater London it happened.
On a Bromley Park forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It could be the Shell, or the Esso, or a different station in Bromley Park.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to discover it. Still in your tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once your car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and save the bottle. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Bromley Park, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Drives near Farnaby Road see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the pump case. On the floor of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Next: prevent an early drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's in Bromley Park or out in Shortlands. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Bromley Park?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Bromley Avenue, maybe on the way out towards London, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. On the M25, under 10 miles from Bromley Park, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there is no point restarting to find out. Ring us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere in Greater London, might do it.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies too — run or unrun — plus one extra step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Ravensbourne, or beside Christ Church, Bromley? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Bromley Park?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Sundridge, or rushing by Valley Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch the motor at all. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up your car would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and never turn the key. Phone and give the details: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your engine has been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Bromley Park has in common
Every situation has the same start to the job. Three questions are asked when we reach the car — on a filling station, a drive, a street by Bromley Reform Synagogue or the car park at Lock & Barrel: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the job.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that washes away unaided. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes last. Our engineers make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is caught soon, long-term damage is very unusual. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Bromley Park
Bromley Park is a suburban area in Greater London, situated near the River Ravensbourne and close to the towns of Shortlands and Bromley. Bromley Park sits at an elevation of around 37 metres, with many of its residents commuting to central London, which is approximately 8.6 miles away. Bromley Park is predominantly composed of flat dwellings, reflecting its urban character. Bromley Park is also near to Plaistow, another suburban area in the region.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, Bromley Park included
Bromley Park is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Bromley and Plaistow among them, across the BR postcode area. Your location is quickest from a postcode that starts BR1 4.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Shortlands Golf Club or in a car park in the middle of Bromley Park, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that's where it is cleared. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Laser Quest & VR Centre Bromley or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Bromley Park and anywhere across Greater London on 0333 366 0103.