AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Donagh: What Now?
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your motor has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your car sits — Donagh or Aghadrumsee. Leave the motor and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Donagh. Already started? Stop once safe, then turn it off. A larger job, then, yet the same first step.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, wherever around County Fermanagh. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Donagh forecourt
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else around Donagh, the situation is identical.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and keep the receipt. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
At home in Donagh with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Houses just off Heugh Road get caught out as much as anywhere else.
The point: zero miles since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
Next: keys in the house, so no one drives your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether in Donagh or Newtownbutler. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Donagh with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Perhaps it was on Chalet Road, maybe on the way out towards Armagh, under 50 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then switch the engine off. Services farther on are too far: on the M77, over 50 miles out of Donagh, use the next junction. It won't have cleared, so there is no point restarting to find out. Call, and say what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Throughout County Fermanagh, no one is immune.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded near the centre or outside the nearest station till the firm replies, your vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Donagh?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. 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. A hurried top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Derryvore: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Ring with the details: we would rather find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your motor has been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Donagh shares these steps
No matter the situation, one start is used. Filling station, drive, the pub in the village's car park or a street beside a street just off the centre — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions follow: which fluid, what quantity, and if it ran. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Then comes your filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
Our technicians fire it up last. Before we head off, it is tested to be sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Lasting damage is very rare if it's caught early, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as we travel pays.
About Donagh, for a moment
Donagh is a small locality in County Fermanagh, situated inland at an elevation of 68 metres. Donagh lies near several nearby settlements, including Newtownbutler, Lisnaskea, and Magheraveely, and is approximately 31 miles from the city of Armagh. Donagh has a population of around 596 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Donagh is also relatively distant from major urban centres, with London being around 356 miles away.
AdBlue drains round Donagh and across County Fermanagh
Donagh is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Lisnaskea and Magheraveely among them, across the BT postcode area. Giving us your BT92 5 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No moving is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Donagh or in a lay-by heading to the green space at the edge of the village, so keep it put. Wherever it sits, that is where it is cleared. Ring and check instead of guessing if you're by the far end of the built-up part, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Donagh or anywhere in County Fermanagh.