AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Drumlough: What Now?
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started since. Out in Mayobridge or here in Drumlough, an unrun engine should remain that way. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Drumlough, that is generally emptied and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then turn everything off. Step one remains unchanged, even if the work grows.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere in County Down. Choose the one that fits.
At the pump around Drumlough: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Anywhere in Drumlough, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays just inside that tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Three jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Drumlough
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Houses just off B7041 get hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base inside your tank and stays. One night parked changes nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is in Drumlough or out in Rathfriland. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drumlough: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Somewhere along B7065 or else heading to Newry — under 10 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and lines have it. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next step — then turn it off. On the M77, over 50 miles from Drumlough, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across County Down, no one is safe from it.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside the nearest station, or near the centre? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Drumlough?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive over in Monteith.
In short: a spill near your filler does your engine no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Next: assume it went in, then leave your motor off. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
Drumlough: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. We come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, 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 was put in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. Answers set the job; the price follows by phone whilst no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in once the filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then tested. Where your motor hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
We start the car last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running smoothly, and then we go. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual when it has been noticed soon. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Drumlough, for a moment
Drumlough is a small locality in County Down, situated inland at an elevation of 108 metres, approximately 7.5 miles from Newry. Drumlough is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting the area's residential nature. Drumlough sits within a wider landscape of rolling hills and countryside, near to the towns of Rathfriland and Hilltown.
AdBlue drains across County Down, Drumlough included
Throughout BT postcodes, the teams serving Drumlough — a small village — reach surrounding places as well, Hilltown and Corbet included. Giving us a BT34 5 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No moving is required, whether parked in the centre of Drumlough or in a lay-by heading to the green space at the edge of the village, and so leave it where it is. Where it stands, that's where it is drained. Phone and check instead of guessing when you're close to the far end of the built-up part, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and phone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Drumlough and anywhere across County Down on 0333 366 0103.