Friday Street: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it hinges on one fact: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Over in Dittons or here around Friday Street, an unrun engine should stay that way. Usually that is draining and properly rinsing it right there around Friday Street — so keep the key and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Where the engine has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around East Sussex you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Friday Street forecourt
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the right one. Be it Esso, Morrisons or anywhere else around Friday Street, the case is identical.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then save the bottle. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Friday Street, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Right off Friday Street is no less likely from anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Your move: keys in the house, so nobody takes the vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether around Friday Street or Stone Cross. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Friday Street: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Downland Close, say, or the route to Brighton and Hove — a trip of under 25 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a bigger run, after your filter and lines have had it. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Next: find a safe place, stop, and turn your motor off. Services further along are too far: from the M23, under 50 miles out of Friday Street, take the next junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About what distance did it go? Say so when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the car barely a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits just next to your diesel. Across East Sussex, no one is immune.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Keep the vehicle off while the reply comes, even if you're waiting at Pevensey & Westham or close to Shinewater Sports Centre.
Friday Street: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Shinewater Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Jenkins Green.
Put simply: a spill round the filler does your motor unharmed. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave your motor off. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier result than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain in Friday Street has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come when we arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a street by Langney Shopping Centre or the car park outside Farm @ Friday Street: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the work.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of it rinses away unaided. Last are the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
The last step is firing it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it's running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed soon, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Friday Street, for a moment
Friday Street is a suburban area in East Sussex, situated near the coast and approximately 19 miles from Brighton and Hove. Friday Street lies close to nearby places such as Stone Cross, Langney, and Blackness, and is characterised by its semi-detached housing stock. Friday Street has a population of around 7147 people and is located at an elevation of 22 metres above sea level. Friday Street is also within commuting distance of London, being around 51 miles from the capital.
AdBlue drains about Friday Street and across East Sussex
Friday Street is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Langney and Blackness among them, across the BN postcode area. Telling us your BN23 8 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No towing is needed, whether stopped centrally in Friday Street or in a layby en route to Adur Park, and so leave it where it is. Draining happens right there. Ring and check rather than guess if you are close to St Luke, near a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
Motor never started: phone, and leave it alone. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across East Sussex and in Friday Street — once you pull over, turn off and phone, if it's run.