AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Each End, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it was put in. Wherever the vehicle stands — Woodnesborough, Each End — don't run a motor that hasn't run yet. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Each End. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. A larger job, then, yet the identical first move.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, wherever across Kent. Pick the one that fits.
On a Each End forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it Shell, Gulf or somewhere else in Each End, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away gets cleared right at the petrol pump.
Each End, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the driveway. Driveways near Sandwich Road get it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. East Street or Each End: wherever your drive is, that is where it is drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Each End?
A short way after filling up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Goss Hall Lane, say, or the way to Canterbury — a run of under 10 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Past the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Service stations farther along can wait: from the M20, under 15 miles out of Each End, use the first junction. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You have just had this car a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Kent, no one is safe from it.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Work on the vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company terms.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. If you are stranded in the car park outside Sandwich, or by Watermills Wake and Aqua Park, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Each End
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Sandwich Infant School, or on a friend's drive in Cooper Street.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Each End AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whichever the situation. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street near Woodnesborough Village Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the quote, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians turn up.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Our test that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it is caught early, long-term damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Each End itself
Each End is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Kent, with a low elevation of around 10 metres. Each End lies near several other small settlements, including East Street, Marshborough, and Coombe, and is approximately 9.9 miles from the city of Canterbury. Each End is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Each End is also relatively distant from London, at around 63.9 miles away.
Each End and Kent: AdBlue drains across the area
As a rural hamlet, Each End shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Coombe, Marshborough — all the way through CT postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode that starts CT3 2.
Stopped en route to The Butts, or right in the centre of Each End, the car stays where it is — there is no need to move it anywhere. Our van drains it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to St Mary The Blessed Virgin Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Kent and within Each End — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it's run.