AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Farleigh Green: What Now?
All of that turns on a single fact: whether your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not started so far? Then keep it like that, whether the car is — Farleigh Green or East Farleigh. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. Across Farleigh Green, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first step.
Further down: the cases we meet, anywhere in Kent. Pick the one that fits.
At the pump around Farleigh Green: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. It might be the JET, or perhaps the Esso, or a different station in Farleigh Green.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still inside the tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Have the staff to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Farleigh Green drive?
Several days had passed with the dash light on. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. Driveways near Kettle Lane get it as much as any other street.
The point: zero miles since makes it almost equal to finding it at the pump. On the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person may take it away first thing — and call us. We drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Farleigh Green or out in West Farleigh. Our equipment works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Farleigh Green?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Maybe it was on Ewell Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Southend-on-Sea, under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. It goes further with each extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Farleigh Green sits under 5 miles from the M20; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Call, and say how far your vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just driven the car for days. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Anyone, anywhere around Kent, might do it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside East Farleigh, or near Smith's Hall? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Farleigh Green?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of East Farleigh Primary School, or a call to a friend in East Barming: either fits.
The upshot: your motor isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it went in, then leave your motor off. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than a run one emptied.
The common ground in every Farleigh Green AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. We come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Good Intent or a side street near All Saints Church, West Farleigh, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has been run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you hear our price, and those answers decide the job too.
Then your tank is emptied and the system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Finally are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting it comes at the end. Before we head off, it's checked to be sure it runs correctly on new diesel. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it is spotted quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Farleigh Green, for a moment
Farleigh Green is a small village in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of around 93 metres. Farleigh Green lies near the villages of West Farleigh and Hoppers Corner, and is also close to Kettle Corner. Farleigh Green is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, and is located approximately 31 miles from London and 23 miles from Southend-on-Sea.
AdBlue drains about Farleigh Green and across Kent
Hoppers Corner and Kettle Corner have the same vans as Farleigh Green, a rural village, along with other towns throughout ME postcodes. Giving us your ME15 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Centre of Farleigh Green or a layby towards Quarry Wood: either way it is, your car never needs to move at all for us. We drain it where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near The Ancient Parish Church of East Farleigh or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Keep it that way then ring. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Farleigh Green or wherever in Kent.