Dunadry: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run afterwards. Anywhere your vehicle is — Craigarogan, Dunadry — don't run a motor that hasn't run yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Dunadry. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around County Antrim it happened.
At the pump in Dunadry: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Anywhere in Dunadry, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Only that tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home around Dunadry with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Houses just off Chalet Road are caught out as much as everywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's around Dunadry or out in Templepatrick. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Dunadry?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the fill. Perhaps it was on North Crescent, possibly on the way out towards Belfast, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, and switch your engine off. On the M77, over 50 miles from Dunadry, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far did it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits just beside your diesel. Anywhere you happen to be in County Antrim, every driver can be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner often has to sign off any work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside the nearest station, or beside the centre? Leave the car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Dunadry?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. What cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Roughfort.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't reach your engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the motor. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain in Dunadry shares these stages
The job begins the same way, whatever the case. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street near a street just off the centre, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. Those replies settle this work, and you hear our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Where your motor hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The last step is firing it up. We confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel before leaving. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where your car is. Payment comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Dunadry and where it is
Dunadry is a locality in County Antrim, situated inland at an elevation of 145 metres, approximately 9.6 miles from Belfast. Dunadry is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located near the villages of Templepatrick and Parkgate. Dunadry sits within the wider Belfast commuter belt, with the city's amenities and services readily accessible. Dunadry is also relatively close to the small village of Killead.
AdBlue drains around Dunadry, and across County Antrim too
Being a small village, Dunadry shares its vans with the nearby places — Killead, Parkgate — all the way across BT postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning BT39 0.
Stopped heading to the green space at the edge of the village, or bang in the heart of Dunadry, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. The drain happens right there. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to the far end of the built-up part or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, ring and leave it that way. Run already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, across Dunadry and County Antrim, on 0333 366 0103.