AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Colyers: What Now?
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has run since. Out in Erith or right around Colyers, an unstarted motor must stay that way. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, done right where your vehicle stands in Colyers. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, then, but the identical first step.
Anywhere across Greater London it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Colyers forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It could be the Shell, or perhaps the BP, or a different forecourt in Colyers.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants clearing. A few things: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home in Colyers with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the drive — and it's only at the recycling that the cap got your eye. Homes just off Hurstwood Avenue are hit as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and remains there, no matter how long it waits.
Your move: the keys in the house, so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. Out in North End or here in Colyers, the drain happens at your driveway. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Colyers: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. It might have been heading to London, under 15 miles away, or simply along Brendon Close.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M25, under 5 miles from Colyers. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, saying how far your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You have only driven the vehicle a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is just by your diesel cap — news to you. Across Greater London, no one is immune.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or not — plus one extra step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Slade Green, or by Northend Baptist Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Colyers?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Fairford Academy Barnehurst, or on a friend's drive in Northumberland Heath.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach your motor at all. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves clean beats draining one once it has been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain around Colyers shares these steps
The job opens the same way, whichever the case. Three things come once we reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Parkside Community Centre or the car park outside Royal Oak: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has run. Replies set the work; the quote comes on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is finally tested. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is starting the car. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it's running smoothly, and then we head off. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is spotted soon, permanent damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Colyers
Colyers is a suburban area in south-east London, situated approximately 13.3 miles from central London and 11.9 miles from the city centre. Colyers is characterised by its semi-detached housing stock and lies near to other local areas such as North End, Slade Green, and Barnehurst. Colyers has a population of around 11521 people and is located at an elevation of 36 metres above sea level.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, Colyers included
Colyers is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Slade Green and Barnehurst among them, across the DA postcode area. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts DA8 3.
Central Colyers or a layby near Howbury Lane Open Space: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Tricky to explain? Close to King Henry School or a border? Asking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Greater London and in Colyers — after you pull over, switch off then phone, if it's run.