AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Great Kingshill, and What to Do Next
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? This one question settles nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Great Kingshill itself or out in Spurlands End. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. In Great Kingshill, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Stop the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Wherever across Buckinghamshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
On a Great Kingshill forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Possibly you're at the Harvest Energy, maybe at the Esso, possibly somewhere else around Great Kingshill.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Great Kingshill
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. It takes place on driveways just off Copes Road as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop any early-morning drive by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. In Heath End or here in Great Kingshill, the drain happens at your drive. The equipment runs quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Great Kingshill?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Stag Lane, say, or the route towards St Albans — a run of under 25 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, then switch your engine off. On the M40, under 5 miles from Great Kingshill, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, it was new to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you happen to be in Buckinghamshire, any driver can slip up.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added stage. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Stuck near Great Kingshill Cricket Pavillion or at Great Missenden till someone replies, the car remains turned off the whole time.
Great Kingshill: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School, or on a friend's drive in Little Kingshill.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to the engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start your engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
Great Kingshill: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins identically, whichever your situation. Filling station, drive, The Polecat Inn's car park or a road beside Great Kingshill Village Hall — the van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: which liquid, which amount, and whether it ran. On the phone, before anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, our engineers start it. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. If it is noticed early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Many policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Great Kingshill, for a moment
Great Kingshill is a village in Buckinghamshire, situated in the inland countryside of the South East region, with an elevation of around 168 metres. Great Kingshill lies approximately 28 miles west of London and 17 miles northwest of St Albans, near the settlements of Heath End, Widmer End, and Cryers Hill. Great Kingshill has a population of around 1361 residents, predominantly living in detached houses.
AdBlue drains across Buckinghamshire, Great Kingshill included
Throughout HP postcodes, the vans serving Great Kingshill — a rural village — reach nearby towns as well, Widmer End and Cryers Hill among them. Quickest of all: a HP15 6 postcode for where you stand.
No towing is needed, whether stopped centrally in Great Kingshill or on a layby en route to Heath End Park, and so leave it put. We drain it where it sits. Tricky to explain? Close to Church of the Good Shepherd or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Buckinghamshire and in Great Kingshill — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it's run.