AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Freezy Water, and What to Do Next
All of it turns on a single detail: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Over in Brimsdown or right in Freezy Water, an unstarted engine must remain that way. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, done just where the car sits around Freezy Water. Stop the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, yet the identical opening step.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever across Greater London you are.
Freezy Water forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only now, bottle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Freezy Water, then — BP, Esso Express, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Get the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Can't move it by the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Freezy Water drive?
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Just off Ordnance Road is not less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Enfield Lock or Freezy Water: wherever your drive is, that's where it gets drained. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Freezy Water?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. It might have been driving to London, under 15 miles away, or simply along Standard Road.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Through the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M25, under a mile from Freezy Water. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. Tell us hear the distance covered as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Greater London.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added step. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we arrive than after. If you're stuck in the car park outside Enfield Lock, or by Ss Peter and Paul Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Freezy Water?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Holdbrook, or in a rush outside Chesterfield Primary School on the school run.
Put simply: spillage round the filler leaves your engine no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats draining one after it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Freezy Water AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one start applies. Forecourt, driveway, Railway Inn's car park or a street by Ordnance Road Methodist Church — the van comes to the car, and three questions come next: which fluid, what quantity, and if it ran. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work.
Emptying the tank comes first, then a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Clean diesel goes in once the filter is flushed or replaced, and the car is then tested. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
We start the engine last. Before our engineers leave, it is checked to confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is noticed quickly, permanent damage is very rare. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Freezy Water and where it is
Freezy Water is a suburban area in the London Borough of Enfield, situated on the banks of the River Lea. Freezy Water has a relatively low elevation of 19 metres, and its riverside location has influenced the development of the area. Freezy Water is close to other nearby places such as Enfield Lock, Enfield Wash, and Enfield Island Village, and is characterized by a high proportion of flat housing.
AdBlue drains about Freezy Water and across Greater London
Freezy Water is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Enfield Wash and Enfield Island Village among them, across the EN postcode area. Fastest of all: a EN3 6 postcode for your location.
No towing is required, be it parked centrally in Freezy Water or in a layby heading to Soham Lane Open Space, so leave it where it is. The van drains it in place. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are close to Totteridge Road Baptist Church, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
Where it hasn't run, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Freezy Water and anywhere across Greater London on 0333 366 0103.