AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Crossgar, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it got in. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, whether the vehicle is — Crossgar or Shrigley. Leave your engine and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Crossgar. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, wherever in County Down you are.
At the pump around Crossgar: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Whether the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else around Crossgar, the situation is the same.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Still inside your tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and start it to clear the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the car is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
Crossgar, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Homes just off B7041 get caught out as much as anywhere else.
The point: zero driving since makes it nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. A night standing alters none of that.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody drives your car off first thing. Then, phone. Out in Kilmore or right here in Crossgar, the draining happens at your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Crossgar: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the top-up. Maybe heading for Lisburn, under 15 miles away, or just down B7065.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue in. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Services farther on can wait: on the M77, over 50 miles out of Crossgar, use the first junction. It won't have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to check. About how far had it gone? Tell us as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the car hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across County Down.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner often has to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because settling it beforehand saves time. Keep the car off as the answer comes, even if you are waiting at the nearest station or close to the centre.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Crossgar
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Killyleagh.
Put simply: spillage near your filler does the engine no harm. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the engine. Phone and give what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your motor has run.
What every AdBlue drain around Crossgar has in common
No matter the situation, a single start is used. We come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street close to a street just off the centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your engine has run. Your price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the job.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter is flushed or changed, and the car is then tested. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
We start the engine last. We make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it is spotted quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Crossgar and where it is
Crossgar is a small locality in County Down, situated inland at a low elevation of around 20 metres. Crossgar lies near the communities of Kilmore, Listooder, and Drumaness, and is approximately 13 miles from the city of Lisburn. Crossgar has a population of around 528 people, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type in the area.
AdBlue drains in Crossgar, and across County Down too
Crossgar is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Listooder and Drumaness among them, across the BT postcode area. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts BT30 9.
Centre of Crossgar or a lay-by near the green space at the edge of the village: either way it sits, the car doesn't need to move an inch for us. Where it sits, that's where it gets cleared. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to the far end of the built-up part or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Crossgar and anywhere around County Down on 0333 366 0103.