Cupids Corner: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on a single fact: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle is — North Shoebury, Cupids Corner — never run an engine that hasn't been started yet. Leave your engine and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Cupids Corner. Already run? Stop when safe, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, but the identical opening step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Essex it happened.
At the petrol pump around Cupids Corner: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it Asda, BP or somewhere else around Cupids Corner, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays just inside that tank.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump wants clearing. Get the attendants to help rolling it into a bay, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Cupids Corner
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives near Poynters Lane get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Next: keys in the house, so no one takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. We drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Cupids Corner or out in Samuels Corner. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road around Cupids Corner with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Shoebury Road, say, or the route towards Southend-on-Sea — a run of under 5 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Past your filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. Exit at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M2, under 25 miles from Cupids Corner. It won't have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to find out. Let us hear the mileage driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had this vehicle for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was just next to the diesel. Throughout Essex, no one is immune.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — and one further stage. Plenty of hire and fleet contracts require the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside Shoeburyness, or by St Nicholas, Great Wakering, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Cupids Corner: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Great Wakering Primary Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Shoeburyness.
The point: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Cupids Corner shares these steps
The job begins the same way, whatever the situation. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Waeccer or a side street near Great Wakering Memorial Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if your motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the quote follows by phone while nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Finally come your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Where the motor has not been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. When it's spotted soon, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Cupids Corner
Cupids Corner is a small suburban area located on the coast of Essex, with an elevation of approximately 3 metres above sea level. Cupids Corner sits near the city of Southend-on-Sea, about 4.4 miles away, and is close to other nearby places such as Samuels Corner and Great Wakering. Cupids Corner is characterised by its predominant semi-detached housing stock and is situated within commuting distance of London, about 40.5 miles away.
Cupids Corner and Essex: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Cupids Corner shares its vans with the nearby places — Great Wakering, Suttons — all the way through SS postcodes. Fastest of all: a SS3 0 postcode to show your location.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Cupid's Country Club or in a car park in the middle of Cupids Corner, it does not need to shift. The drain happens right there. Tricky to pin down? By Great Wakering Library or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Started already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, across Cupids Corner and Essex, on 0333 366 0103.