AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Clonoe: What Now?
All of that turns on one fact: if your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Clonoe itself or out in Acton. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. Across Clonoe, that is generally drained and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across County Tyrone it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Clonoe forecourt
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. It might be the the nearest petrol station, or perhaps the another forecourt nearby, or a different forecourt in Clonoe.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Still in that tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Three things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Clonoe with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Houses just off Heugh Road are caught out as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains there, no matter how long the night.
Next: stop any early-morning drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Clonoe or out in Coalisland. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Clonoe?
A mile or two after topping up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Anywhere on Welsh Place or on the road towards Armagh — under 15 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels deeper with every extra mile driven and every restart.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then switch your engine off. On the M77, over 50 miles from Clonoe, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just had this vehicle for days. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be around County Tyrone, every driver can slip up.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Any work on your car often requires the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside the nearest station, or near the centre? Leave the engine off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Clonoe
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. A slight ammonia whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe at a friend's drive in Washing Bay, or in a rush outside the local primary school at the school run.
The upshot: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be sucked in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start the car. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
The common ground in each Clonoe AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whatever your situation. Three things come once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a street by a street just off the centre or the car park at the pub in the village: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has run. Those replies settle the work, and you hear our price by phone, before anybody sets off.
Emptying your tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long you wait. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where your motor has not been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Starting the engine comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running properly, and then we go. When it's caught quickly, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole 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. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Clonoe itself
Clonoe is a small locality in County Tyrone, situated inland at a low elevation of around 20 metres. Clonoe lies near the cities of Armagh and Dungannon, and is close to the villages of Coalisland, Brackaville, and Derrytresk. Clonoe has a population of approximately 561 people, with a predominance of semi-detached housing. Clonoe is located about 12.7 miles from Armagh, the nearest city.
AdBlue drains across County Tyrone, Clonoe included
Brackaville and Derrytresk have the identical vans as Clonoe, a small village, along with further places throughout BT postcodes. Fastest of all: a BT71 4 postcode for where you stand.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to the green space at the edge of the village or in a car park in the middle of Clonoe, it does not need to shift. The drain happens on the spot. Phone and ask rather than guess when you are by the far end of the built-up part, on a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Started already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever case, in Clonoe and County Tyrone, on 0333 366 0103.