What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hodsoll Street
Has the motor run since the AdBlue went in? That single question decides nearly everything else from here. Out in Ridley or here in Hodsoll Street, an unrun engine should stay unrun. Leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Hodsoll Street. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. A larger job, then, yet the same opening move.
Wherever around Kent it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Hodsoll Street forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Somewhere around Hodsoll Street, then — Texaco, Gulf, or somewhere else close by.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, this is the best. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just in that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the pump. Have the staff to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
Hodsoll Street, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives close to Haven Hill get it as much as any other street.
The point: no miles since leaves it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Pettings or Hodsoll Street: whichever your driveway is, that's where it is emptied. Our equipment runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
On the road in Hodsoll Street with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, the engine started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Rosemary Lane, say, or the route towards Southend-on-Sea — a run of under 25 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it goes.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M20, under 3 miles out of Hodsoll Street, use the first junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Throughout Kent, no one is immune.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which turn on if it has run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early saves time. Leave it off as the answer comes, even if you're waiting at Meopham or near Hodsoll Street and Ridley Village Hall.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Hodsoll Street
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Culverstone Green Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway out in New Street.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Any AdBlue in that tank would be sucked in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it was put in, and don't start the engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank checked counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Hodsoll Street AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one start is used. Anywhere your car is — the pub in the village's car park, a road by Holy Innocents, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Not started? Then roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Last, our technicians start it. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we go. When it is noticed soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term 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 in advance. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Hodsoll Street
Hodsoll Street is a small village in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of 172 metres, and is located near the villages of Pettings, Culverstone Green, and Fairseat. Hodsoll Street has a population of around 522 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Hodsoll Street is positioned approximately 22.8 miles from London and 21.5 miles from the city of Southend-on-Sea.
AdBlue drains in Hodsoll Street, and across Kent too
Hodsoll Street is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Culverstone Green and Fairseat among them, across the TN postcode area. Giving us a TN15 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Centre of Hodsoll Street or a layby near Hall Wood: wherever it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for this drain. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. Tricky to pin down? Close to Culverstone Community Centre or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so ring.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Kent and within Hodsoll Street — after you pull over, turn off and ring, if it has run.