What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Fant
All of that turns on one fact: if the motor has been run after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Over in Tovil or here in Fant, an unstarted motor must stay that way. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle stands in Fant. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work grows.
Wherever around Kent it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the petrol pump in Fant: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Maybe you are at the Esso, perhaps at the BP, perhaps somewhere else around Fant.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will help roll it — and keep the receipt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
At home in Fant with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Houses just off Oakwood Road are hit as often as anywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves this almost as good to finding it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop any early-morning drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Upper Fant or Fant: wherever your driveway is, that is where it gets emptied. Our equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Fant?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. It might have been driving for Southend-on-Sea, under 25 miles away, or just down Astor Park.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger run, once the filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Services further on can wait: on the M20, under 3 miles out of Fant, take the next junction. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Across Kent, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Stranded near Astor Sports & Leisure Complex or outside Maidstone West until the firm replies, the vehicle remains turned off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Fant?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone, or on a friend's drive in Maidstone.
The upshot: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Firing up your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Fant: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Walnut Tree's car park, a road beside St Michael's, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the amount, and if the engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the job.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Last are the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians arrive.
Last, our engineers fire it up. We confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before leaving. Long-term damage is very unusual if it is spotted early, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Fant, for a moment
Fant is a locality in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of around 60 metres, and is part of a larger residential area that includes Upper Fant, Cherry Orchard, and Lower Fant. Fant is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is home to a population of approximately 3014 residents. Fant is located near the city of Southend-on-Sea, about 20.6 miles away, and is also within commuting distance to London, which is around 31.6 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Fant and across Kent
Being a small village, Fant has the same vans as the nearby towns — Lower Fant, Cherry Orchard — all the way through ME postcodes. Telling us a ME16 8 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Parked en route to Oak Wood, or bang in the centre of Fant, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to shift it anywhere. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming won't help near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your situation
If it has not run, ring and leave it that way. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Kent and in Fant — once you stop, switch off then phone, if it has run.