AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bunny: What Now?
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? That single question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Over in Keyworth or right in Bunny, an unrun motor must stay unrun. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle sits in Bunny. Pull over the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Below: the situations we meet, anywhere around Nottinghamshire. Pick yours.
At the pump in Bunny: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it Total, Esso or somewhere else around Bunny, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Nothing has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Next: resist the temptation to start it only to free up the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home in Bunny with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown 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. Homes just off Moor Lane get hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put the keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it away first thing — and phone us. In Bunny Hill or here around Bunny, the drain is done at your drive. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Bunny?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Church Street, perhaps, or the route to Nottingham — a trip of under 10 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn your motor off. On the M1, under 10 miles from Bunny, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. About what distance had it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just driven this car for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Throughout Nottinghamshire, nobody is safe from it.
The point: just as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Attenborough, or beside Church of St Mary the Virgin? Leave your engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Bunny
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Bunny CofE Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Costock.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't reach the engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked is a better result than a run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain around Bunny shares these stages
No matter the case, one opening applies. Three questions are asked when our engineers arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Bunny Village Hall or the car park at The Rancliffe Arms: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. Those answers settle the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Fresh diesel goes in after the fuel filter is cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. Where the engine has not run, allow about half an hour on site, in most jobs.
The final step is starting it. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it's caught early, permanent damage is very unusual. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as we travel pays.
About Bunny and where it is
Bunny is a small village in Nottinghamshire, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of around 40 metres. Bunny lies close to the nearby settlements of Bunny Hill, Bradmore, and Wysall, and is approximately 6.6 miles from Nottingham. Bunny has a population of around 715 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Bunny is located in the East Midlands region, about 102.8 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains about Bunny and across Nottinghamshire
Bradmore and Wysall have the identical teams as Bunny, a village, along with other places over NG postcodes. Giving us your NG11 6 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Bunny Village Green or in a car park in the middle of Bunny, it does not need to shift. Our van drains it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near Mission Room, Bradmore or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't run, ring and keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Bunny and anywhere across Nottinghamshire on 0333 366 0103.