Derrygonnelly: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then keep the car like that, whether the vehicle sits — Derrygonnelly or Springfield. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly flushing it on the spot in Derrygonnelly — and so leave the key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Step one remains unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Below: the situations our engineers see, anywhere in County Fermanagh. Choose yours.
At the petrol pump around Derrygonnelly: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Anywhere around Derrygonnelly, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. Have the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, save the bottle, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Derrygonnelly drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Houses just off Crown Street are caught out 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 doesn't change that.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may drive it away at breakfast — then phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether in Derrygonnelly or Monea. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Derrygonnelly: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and soon the engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Crom Street, perhaps, or the way towards Derry — a trip of under 50 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger run, once the filter and lines have it. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then turn your motor off. Services farther along can wait: from the M77, over 50 miles out of Derrygonnelly, use the first junction. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Call, and say how far your car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Wherever you are around County Fermanagh, any motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stranded in the car park outside the nearest station, or by the centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Derrygonnelly
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or someone's drive out in Killadeas.
The point: the motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting your car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep your motor off. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Derrygonnelly shares these steps
No matter the situation, one opening applies. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a street by a street just off the centre — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions follow: which liquid, which amount, and whether it ran. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Then comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Not started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Finally, our engineers fire it up. Our engineers confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel before leaving. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it's noticed soon, lasting damage is very unusual. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Derrygonnelly and where it is
Derrygonnelly is a small locality in County Fermanagh, situated inland at an elevation of 89 metres. Derrygonnelly lies near the villages of Monea, Blaney, and Boho, and is approximately 45 miles from the city of Derry. Derrygonnelly is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Derrygonnelly is a relatively small community, with a population of around 584 people.
Derrygonnelly and County Fermanagh: AdBlue drains across the area
Blaney and Boho have the identical vans as Derrygonnelly, a small village, plus further places throughout BT postcodes. The location is quickest from a postcode that starts BT93 6.
Centre of Derrygonnelly or a layby near the green space at the edge of the village: either way it is, your vehicle never needs to shift an inch for the drain. Our technicians drain the car where it is. Tricky to explain? By the far end of the built-up part or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so ring.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Leave it that way then phone. Run already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, in Derrygonnelly and County Fermanagh, on 0333 366 0103.