AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Derrylin: What Now?
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run since. Wherever your car is — Macken, Derrylin — never run an engine that has not run yet. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Derrylin. Where your engine has run, pull in safely first, then turn the vehicle off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere around County Fermanagh you are.
At the pump in Derrylin: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Perhaps you're at the the nearest petrol station, possibly at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Derrylin.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the queue needs clearing. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the car where it is.
Derrylin, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. It happens on drives just off Chalet Road as regularly as anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves this nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Teemore or Derrylin: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Derrylin?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Welsh Place, perhaps, or the way towards Armagh — a run of under 50 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger run, once the filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, and switch the engine off. On the M77, over 50 miles from Derrylin, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us know the distance driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anywhere you happen to be across County Fermanagh, every driver can slip up.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. If you are stuck in the car park at the nearest station, or by the centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Derrylin?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Carrybridge: either fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet never touch the engine at all. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it got in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Derrylin shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere your vehicle is — the pub in the village's car park, a road beside a street just off the centre, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the price follows on the call while nobody has left yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses away unaided. Finally come your filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your car. Where the motor hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers go. If it is caught soon, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into many policies.
About Derrylin and where it is
Derrylin is a small locality in County Fermanagh, situated inland at an elevation of 67 metres. Derrylin lies near the villages of Teemore, Kinawley, and Derryvore, and is approximately 38.5 miles from the city of Armagh. Derrylin has a population of around 701 people, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type. Derrylin is located in a rural area, with the nearest major city being Armagh
AdBlue drains in Derrylin, and across County Fermanagh too
Derrylin is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Kinawley and Derryvore among them, across the BT postcode area. Fastest of all: a BT92 9 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether the vehicle 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 Derrylin, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it in place. Phone and check rather than guess when you are close to the far end of the built-up part, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Where it hasn't started, phone and keep it that way. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across Derrylin and County Fermanagh, on 0333 366 0103.