AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Garvaghey: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it was put in. Wherever your vehicle is — Augher, Garvaghey — never run an engine that hasn't run yet. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, done right where the car stands around Garvaghey. Stop the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere across County Tyrone you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around Garvaghey: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Anywhere in Garvaghey, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Still in the tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs clearing. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Garvaghey with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Drives close to B842 see it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Altamuskin or Garvaghey: wherever your drive sits, that's where it gets emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Garvaghey?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Perhaps it was on Dunaverty Court, maybe on the way out towards Armagh, under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Past the filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, and switch your motor off. On the M77, over 50 miles from Garvaghey, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Call us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had the car a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever in County Tyrone, might do it.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or not — plus one extra stage. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside the nearest station, or beside the centre? Leave your engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Garvaghey?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. What cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Beragh.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never touch your motor at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Assume it went in, and never turn the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Garvaghey shares these stages
No matter the case, one start applies. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at the pub in the village or a side street near a street just off the centre, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear the price, and those replies decide the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally come the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Where your motor hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it's running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is caught quickly, permanent damage is very rare. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Garvaghey itself
Garvaghey is a rural locality in County Tyrone, situated inland at an elevation of 164 metres, and is located near the villages of Altamuskin and Eskra. Garvaghey has a population of around 550 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Garvaghey is approximately 21 miles from the city of Armagh, and is part of the wider countryside of Northern Ireland. Garvaghey sits in a scenic area, with the nearby village of Gortaclare also being a notable settlement.
AdBlue drains around Garvaghey and across County Tyrone
Garvaghey is a small village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Eskra and Gortaclare among them, across the BT postcode area. Fastest of all: a BT70 2 postcode for your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to the green space at the edge of the village or in a car park in the middle of Garvaghey, it does not need to shift. Our technicians drain it where it sits. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near the far end of the built-up part or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Garvaghey or wherever across County Tyrone.